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Healthy spreads ride out decline in breakfasts

Breakfasts at home are fast losing popularity in Europe and impacting cereals and also vegetable spreads. But as ever the health benefits are increasingly important for spread manufacturers to sustain growth, reveals a new report.

Neurotoxin to become powerful painkiller

Combining a protein from a Mediterranean plant with the potent neurotoxin Botox could produce an effective treatment for the chronic pain experienced by millions of people, according to British research.