Science & Nutrition

Health reflects global inequalities

16-Mar-2001 - Global inequities in health is the number one ethical issue of our age, argues bioethicist Peter Singer in this weeks issue of the British Medical...

Sainsburys to kill harmful bacteria

15-Mar-2001 - UK supermarket giant Sainsbury's announced this week a new method to kill bacteria on raw chicken. The move comes after consumer research magazine 'Which?' last week...

Cereal fibres protect against stomach cancer

15-Mar-2001 - Eating increased quanities of cereal fibre, may lowerthe risk of one type of stomach cancer, Swedish scientists reported recently. Dr. Olof Nyren...

New nutritional compound for diabetics

14-Mar-2001 - US nutritional ingredients company Nutrition 21, Inc., announced on Tuesday theintroduction of Diachrome, the company's second generation of chromium picolinate-based ingredients. The...

Benefits of apples, evidence accumulates

14-Mar-2001 - Further evidence that apples protect against heart disease was found in a recent study conducted at the >a href="http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/medical_center"target="_blank">University of California-Davis Medical Center. ...

St.John's Wort influences prescription drugs

13-Mar-2001 - The controversy over the safety of taking St. John's wort with prescription drugs continues. Speaking at the annual meeting of the American Society for Clinical...

Calcium supplements to reduce colorectal cancer risk

13-Mar-2001 - Calcium supplements when part of a healthy diet may help to reduce the spread of growths that could evolve into colorectal cancer, a new study...

Diet and exercise reduce breast cancer risk

12-Mar-2001 - Overeating may increase a woman's chances of getting breast cancer, researchers suggested recently. Going hungry and hard physical labour may be among the most effective...

Food labels to help the heart

09-Mar-2001 - TheUniversity of Michigan Health System has created a program that labels food products to help shoppers with heart problems. The colour-coded labels indicating healthy choices...

Cranberries to fight ulcers, new research

08-Mar-2001 - Cranberry compounds may be effective against H. pylori, the bacteria that cause some ulcers, according to a joint study carried out at Tel Aviv University,...

US group lobbies for improved nutrition in schools

08-Mar-2001 - American school nutrition and food service officials are asking Congress for tens of millions of dollars to teach students about better nutrition, as well as...

Doctors to advise on alternative medicine

08-Mar-2001 - Pediatricians should advise families frustrated by conventional medicine on the possibilities offered by complementary and alternative medicine(CAM), comments a new policy issued by the American...

A plant a day…

08-Mar-2001 - A once-a-day cholesterol - lowering food may hit the shelves in the future, reports US paper The Des Moines Register. . Doug...

ANZFA backs GM crops

08-Mar-2001 - Australia's food safety watchdog has backed the sale of genetically modified (GM) corn and sugar beet to consumers. The Australia New Zealand Food Authority(ANZFA )on Wednesday...

Lycopene helps male fertility

07-Mar-2001 - Lycopene, a naturally occurring antioxidantfound in watermelon, grapes, tomatoes and some shellfish, may help improvefertility in men. This is the finding of a recent study...

Can vitamin E supplements help the healthy adult?

07-Mar-2001 - Vitamin E may disappoint the healthy individual, a new study suggests. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania led by Dr. Emma A. Meagher assessed the...

Oranges in a year, a new tree is grown

06-Mar-2001 - Orange trees that bear fruit in just one year have been created by researchers in Spain, the New Scientist t reports this week. In general, citrus...

Free fruit for school children

06-Mar-2001 - The UK government last week unveiled plans to improve the diet of the nations children. Starting from 28 February 2001 more than 80,000 children in...

Foot-and-mouth fears grow in Europe

05-Mar-2001 - French officials say foot-and-mouth antibodies have now been found on nine farms across the country, as fears grow of an outbreak in mainland Europe, the...

More evidence on health benefits of fatty fish

05-Mar-2001 - Eating at least one serving of fatty fish per week will significantly lower the risk of heart attacks for older individuals, announced theAmerican Heart Association ...

Fatty diet impairs memory

05-Mar-2001 - Eating a high-fat diet when young could severely hamper a child's mental development, scientists suggest. A sudy led by Gordon Winocur and...

Vitamin E - a boost to the heart for diabetics

05-Mar-2001 - Vitamin E can help reduce the risk of heart failure in diabetics, new research in the United States claims. Researchers at the University of Texas's ...

Iron overload for US elderly

02-Mar-2001 - Elderly people in the US may be taking unnecessary and possibly harmful iron supplements, according to a recent study. Researchers at the...

Fresh research on benefits of Vitamin C

02-Mar-2001 - Evidence that daily substantial intakes of fruit and vegetable intakes could help protect us from heart disease gained further support from a recent study at...

Fatty diets help the lungs

01-Mar-2001 - A fat-rich diet might benefit some patients who suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a recent Canadian study suggests. Researchers from the...

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