Consumer Reports: Store Brands from Target and Walmart Top Latest Sunscreen Ratings
Tests find some products don’t meet SPF claims; paying more for sunscreen may not buy more protection from harmful UVA and UVB rays YONKERS, NY — In Consumer Reports’ latest Ratings of sunscreens, Up & Up (Target) Sport SPF 50...

Consumer Reports Tests: Bacteria on Turkey Raised Without Antibiotics Showed Significantly Less Antibiotic Resistance than Bacteria on Conventional Turkey
Ninety percent of samples had one or more of the five bacteria for which CR tested YONKERS, NY — In its first-ever lab analysis of ground turkey products, Consumer Reports found potential disease-causing organisms in most of the samples it...

Consumer Reports: Americans Dish about Docs
Consumer Reports’ Gripe-o-Meter captures patients’ biggest peeves YONKERS, NY — Let’s face it. Americans hate to wait. In fact, long waits in exam and waiting rooms bother them more than inconvenient office hours or filling out reams of paperwork. Those...

Consumer Reports: So Many Drugstores, So Many Prices; New Report Finds Price Mayhem at the Pharmacy
Tips for getting the best prices when you shop at the pharmacy; plus, why it pays to shop like a country mouse YONKERS, NY — Consumers who don’t shop around for their prescription drugs may be overpaying BIG time, explains...

Consumer Reports’ Ratings of Eleven Cancer Screenings Include Eight Most Should Avoid
Report shines a light on hyped screenings that confuse rather than clarify YONKERS, NY — In its March issue, Consumer Reports shines a light on oversold cancer screenings that might confuse rather than clarify. The report evaluates eleven cancer screenings,...

Consumer Reports Rates Diet Plans: MyFitnessPal, A Free App And Website, More Satisfying Than Weight Watchers
Paleo Diet Also Among Top Rated Diet Plans YONKERS, NY —MyFitnessPal, a free smart phone app and website, got one of the top satisfaction scores in Consumer Reports’ new diet Ratings published in the February issue of the magazine and...

Consumer Reports Teams With Wisconsin Collaborative For Healthcare Quality (WCHQ) To Rate Medical Groups
Ratings provide snapshot of care based on three major categories: cancer screening tests, care for people 60 and older, and treating people with existing heart disease YONKERS, NY — In a special edition of its magazine, Consumer Reports is publishing...

Consumer Reports Investigation of Pork Products Finds Potentially Harmful Bacteria?Most of Which Show Resistance to Important Antibiotics
Yersinia enterocolitica found in 69 percent of 198 pork samples tested; Low levels of the drug ractopamine discovered in about one-fifth of 240 additional pork products analyzed YONKERS, NY — In testing and analysis of pork-chop and ground-pork samples from...

Consumer Reports Teams with Minnesota Groups to Rate More Than 500 Doctors’ Practices
CR, Minnesota Community Measurement, and HealthPartners Jointly Release Evaluations; Ratings Reveal Variations in Cost and Care YONKERS, NY — In a special edition of its magazine, Consumer Reports is publishing Ratings of 552 Minnesota physician group practices and an analysis...

Consumer Reports Investigates Vitamins and Supplements: Ten Dangers That May Surprise You
Plus, advice for protecting yourself against hazards associated with vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other nutritional supplements YONKERS, NY — In a new report in its September issue and online at www.ConsumerReports.org, Consumer Reports identifies ten hazards that might surprise the...