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The burden of heart failure will continue to increase substantially over the next 20 years, concludes a study in Heart. The increase will be most noticeable among men - the numbers with heart failure in Scotland will grow by 31 per cent by 2020. GP...
Early next century there will be more Europeans over 60 years old than under 20. A major European funded project currently underway will examine the factors that determine food choice and acceptance for older people in a bid to improve nutritional...
European researchers assessing the impact of functional foods have highlighted six areas where functional foods could have an impact on health, including the role of probiotics and prebiotics on the gut, antioxidants for disease prevention, diet for...
Echinacea, currently one of the most popular herbal remedies in Europe, taken to treat the common cold, had no effect when tested on a small group of students with colds, report researchers in the US.