HEALTH

Fox News - The anxiety-reducing drug, Clonazepam, has been recalled after a potentially "life-threatening" label mix-up, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. According to a release from the federal agency, Endo Inc. announced a voluntary recall of 16 lots of Clonazepam Orally Disintegrating Tablets. The pharmaceutical company said the immediate recall came after it was discovered that 16 lots of the anxiety drug were mislabeled with the incorrect strength and National Drug Code (NDC) on them. The company said the labeling error was made by a third-party packager. 

NBC News - About a third of U.S. residents have been receiving tap water containing a previously unidentified chemical byproduct, a new study found — and scientists are now concerned about whether the chemical could be toxic. The substance in question is called "chloronitramide anion." A quick chemistry lesson: "Chloronitramide anion" is produced when water is treated with chloramine, which is formed by mixing chlorine and ammonia and often used to kill viruses and bacteria in municipal water treatment systems. Researchers said the byproduct was discovered about 40 years ago, but scientists have only recently been able to identify it. While there are hundreds of disinfection byproducts in water systems, one advocate said this one deserves scrutiny because of how widespread it seems to be. However, any conclusions about whether it's toxic are likely many years away.  

Psyche -  Having spent more than a decade studying the posture sciences of the past and present, I am still stunned at how often... fear-mongering articles appear, especially since there is negligible evidence to support a causal link between slouching and back pain in an otherwise healthy person. Studies show that, for back-pain sufferers, individually tailored posture work with a physical therapist can help, and good form can help prevent injury in certain sports such as weightlifting. But using posture training as a preventive measure for back pain – especially the crude mandate of ‘stand/sit up straight’ – seems to have little effect. Indeed, a recent Australian study found that, for young women, a slight slump in the upper back may actually be ‘protective of neck pain compared with upright posture’.