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German herbal extract company Plantextrakt last week launched a new antioxidant system for use in a range of functional foods. The ingredients, viewed at Health Ingredient Europe in Paris, were featured in four different flavours of soft drinks.
Overweight children could be eating their way into health problems - no news there. But new evidence suggests that normal-weight children with abnormally high cholesterol could be predisposed to obesity in later childhood.
A White House health policy adviser on the American President's Council of Economic Advisers has been chosen to fill the role, empty since January 2001, of commissioner for the US Food and Drug Administration.
A new study suggests that Ginger Honey Tonic, a potency-assured formulation manufactured by New Chapter, is a safe and effective way to treat nausea and vomiting associated with morning sickness.
Nutrition counselling can make a difference in the health of high-risk patients, yet it takes place in a minority of primary care visits, according to a new study in the October issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine
ConsumerLab.com said today that nearly 60 per cent of sexual enhancement products marketed in the US failed to pass its independent product review.
A tropical daisy could be the answer for patients with skin disorders, according to research presented at the British Pharmaceutical Conference in Manchester, England this week. Researchers hope that the plant, which is a traditional Indian medicine,...