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A new report presents the cases of two people who experienced liver failure after taking supplements containing the kava herb. While the report does not provide conclusive evidence of the herb's link to liver poisoning, it stresses the need for caution.
Novartis is delaying the planned sale of its health food and slimming and sports nutrition businesses due to a lack of attractive offers in the current weak economy, it said today.
The cost effectiveness of initiatives to treat and prevent obesity needs to be addressed in order to stem the rising rates of the disease in children, according to a new report by the UK's National Health Service and the University of York.
Coca-Cola and Disney have joined forces to launch a new soft drink for young children in the Spanish market. The drink, which is fortified with vitamins, features characters from Disney cartoons and has already been successfully launched in Austria,...
PharmaLinks, a drug discovery initiative between the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde in Scotland, has won a £1 million research contract to develop an anti-obesity drug discovered at Strathclyde's Institute for Drug Research.