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The red wine antioxidant resveratrol may not only inhibit inflammation causing disease in lung cells but could also be a more effective treatment for the irreversible condition chronic obstructive pulmonary disease than standard drugs, suggests a...
Manufacturers of fruit and vegetable extracts need to better standardise their products to help customers compare brands, finds a new report. Industry-wide standardisation would also promote development of the functional food industry, the biggest...
A UK court this week heard the case of a woman who developed kidney failure after taking Chinese herbal medicine containing the plant extract aristolochia, banned in the UK and several other countries.
A low-carbohydrate diet may be more effective than reducing fat intake for men seeking to prevent advanced prostate cancer, say US researchers presenting laboratory results at a meeting this week.
Can the trend for foods with added health benefits turn the tide of consumer cynicism towards genetically modified foodstuffs? US researchers hypothesise that shoppers might just pay a premium for GMOs if they are told of the potential health benefits...
The Office of Dietary Supplements has released the latest issue of the 'Annual Bibliography of Significant Advances in Dietary Supplement Research' for the year 2002, featuring several studies on vitamin E supplements and heart disease management,...
Abbott Laboratories' Ross Products Division - the maker of Ensure nutritional products - is to gain direct acces to millions of New Yorkers next month with the launch of an extensive marketing campaign in the New York metro region to support its...
Korean ingredient supplier Nics Corporation is to market a novel lipid developed by Israeli firm Enzymotec to dairy and infant formula makers.
Park City, Utah-based Nutraceutical International has been selected for the second consecutive year as one of Forbes Magazine's top 200 small companies.
Commercially savvy and biotech rich company Monsanto is waging a war on the waist, with impeccable timing. Following hot on the heels of new FDA rules requiring food manufacturers to imminently reveal the amount of trans-fat on food labels, the US...
Dietary supplement industry members will today testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation in a hearing designed to size up the effectiveness of DSHEA.