DSM earnings improve in Q1
Sales and operating profit improve "considerably" in the first quarter for the food unit of Dutch chemicals and life sciences group DSM, the firm reports.
Archives for April 27, 2005
Indena to present glucose level supplement
Italian company Indena plans to present its dietary supplement Madeglucyl, designed to maintain normal glucose levels, at Vitafoods next month.
Black cohosh could interfere with anticancer drugs
Black cohosh, a plant commonly used by breast cancer patients to alleviate the menopause-like side effects of therapy, may alter the effects anticancer drugs, suggests a study carried out at Yale School of Medicine.
Probiotic reduces gastric infection
A combination of lactic acid bacteria and a probiotic can help prevent gastric infection, according to research by the Institut Rosell.
Ginkgo biloba may improve memory in MS sufferers
Scientists in Oregon, US have presented a study that seems to suggest that ginkgo biloba may help improve attention in MS patients with cognitive impairment.
Moderate alcohol feeds brain, and alcoholism?
Moderate drinking can boost the formation of brain cells, but could also lead to alcoholism, speculate Swedish scientists, reports Lindsey Partos.
Don't sell ephedra until FDA position clear, says AHPA
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) is actively discouraging the dietary supplements industry from resuming sales of ephedra products following the court ruling that the FDA failed to prove that a daily dosage of 10mg or less presents an...