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South Africa has joined numerous European countries by banning all products containing the herbal remedy kava from sale. Yet another market to be tackled by the coalition of kava campaigners launched recently in Europe.
Supplementing the diet with alpha-tocopherol vitamin E may reduce the risk of certain gastrointestinal cancers, suggests a new Chinese study.
Folic acid food fortification has more than halved the incidence in Canada of the deadly childhood cancer neuroblastoma, report researchers from The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto. They plan to investigate whether the vitamin...
Sweden's Ceba Foods has expanded its dairy alternative brand to include a calcium-enriched version and a 'cream' alternative for use in cooking.
A report commissioned for the UK's Food Standards Agency has provided the clearest evidence yet that there is a link between advertising food products aimed at children and the declining health standards among the younger generation.