Archives for December 10, 2002

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Commission sets quality standards for health sites

Noting the large numbers of Europeans seeking health-related information on the Internet, the European Commission has adopted a communication setting out a number of criteria for health-related websites. The quality criteria include transparency and...

Calls to tackle iron deficiency in infants

Leading nutritional experts yesterday called for new initiatives to tackle iron deficiency among young children after a conference heard that one in four infants over six months old is iron-deficient in some parts of the UK. Iron deficiency is the...

Plant-based molecule may improve chemo results

New research by Italian company Indena suggests that its experimental molecule IDN 5390 which belongs to the class of taxanes could make chemotherapy more tolerable and more effective.