What the industry needs to know about polypharmacology
Historically, our healthcare system has been focused on sick care. One expert wants to put the spotlight on polypharmacology, a lesser-known technique used in well care.
Archives for November 18, 2019
Immediate action needed to protect medicinal plants from climate change, paper argues
Urgent action is needed to assess and mitigate the risks climate change poses to medicinal plants, according to a paper published on Friday.
Quark snack bar startup bringing much needed innovation to the dairy category
A fast expanding quark snack bar startup has created a whole new sub-category for the dairy market to help keep momentum in the traditional category during the explosive plant-based trend.
Prinova: How to deliver optimal nutrient levels in the critical first 1,000 days of life
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The 1,000 days between conception and a child’s second birthday have an outsized effect on ongoing health and development. Children that receive insufficient amounts of certain nutrients during this critical window suffer everything from increased risk...
DuPont: Moving probiotics beyond the gut to improve oral health
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The frontiers of microbiome research and probiotic development are expanding quickly. Having begun with digestive and immune health, researchers are now validating links between microorganisms and human wellbeing in every part of the body from the scalp...
Potential Alzheimer's supplement can be produced in yeast, scientists discover
Scientists have discovered a way to use yeast to produce a compound that may help delay the onset of cognitive diseases such as Alzheimer’s and dementia.
FENS 2019: EFSA’s decade of toil to establish safe and adequate sodium levels
The publication of dietary reference values (DRVs) for sodium and chloride brings to a close ten years of work that began with a request by the European Commission to update values last set in the 1990s.
EC lowers max contaminant levels in red yeast rice-fermented supplements
The European Commission (EC) moves to decrease the maximum limit of mycotoxin contaminant deemed acceptable for supplements fermented with red yeast rice.