August 18, 2007/Chicago Tribune/Washington -- Bowing to growing pressure over apparent lapses in the nation's food safety system, the Food and Drug Administration Friday canceled plans to close several field
August 20, 2007/First Draft -- Flaxseed halted prostate-tumor growth in a recent Duke University Medical Center study. Flaxseed is edible and rich in omega-3 fatty acids and fiber-related compounds known
August 21, 2007/Special to Newsday -- Harvey Kamil swallows 50 pills a day. A firm believer in natural remedies, Kamil, 63, takes these vitamins and other supplements in hopes of
August 24, 2007/Cardiovascular Device Liability Week -- Vitamins C and E and beta carotene, either individually or in combination, do not appear to reduce the risk of cardiovascular events or
September 2, 2007/Hospital Business Week -- Foods that contain acrylamide are unlikely to cause breast cancer in women, according to preliminary results of a new study involving 100,000 U.S. women.
August 14, 2007/Tokyo/Asia Pulse -- Japan's Kirin Holdings Co. and the Keio University Institute of Advanced Biosciences have discovered a strain of brewer's yeast that processes large amounts of sulfurous
August 15, 2007/Press Association -- Unborn children are being put at risk of obesity by mothers-to-be who "eat for two" and increase their intake of fatty and sugary food, new
August 16, 2007/The Daily Telegraph/London -- Children should not be put on low-fat diets despite concerns about obesity, experts warned yesterday. Fat can be included as part of a healthy,
Washington/August 20/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- A new peer-reviewed study has found that those who frequently consume sweetened soft drinks do not have a higher obesity rate than those who rarely drink them.
August 20, 2007/Business Wire/Minneapolis and Purchase, N.Y. -- PepsiAmericas Inc. and PepsiCo today announced that they have completed the joint purchase of 80% of Sandora LLC. The joint venture expects