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The European Parliament this week rejected a Commission proposal to extend pharmaceutical powers to cover food supplements. The proposal was part of a series of amendments to the 'all-encompassing' and outdated 1965 medicines directive, which have...
The natural stress management ingredient Relora may also help cut snacking in stressful situations according to a new study backed by Next Pharmaceuticals, the research and development company behind the ingredient.
Dietary supplements containing the herb ephedra are associated with more reports of death, heart attack, hypertension, stroke, and seizure than all other dietary supplements combined, according to Dr Sidney Wolfe, director of Public Citizen's Health...
Elderly people who eat fish or seafood at least once a week are at lower risk of developing dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, finds a study in this week's British Medical Journal.
The energy food market will increase its dependence on science to help develop products that meet the specific needs of a wider variety of population segments, said Ted Ziemann, president of leading agri-giant Cargill's Health & Food Technologies unit.
In a study in Tanzania, researchers have found that multivitamins had an influential role in the pregnancies of the large proportion of HIV-infected pregnant women. Vitamin supplementation successfully prevented weight-loss, which can lead to...