05-Sep-2000 - Scientists claim to have pinpointed the sensor that controls the absorptionof dietary cholesterol. Researchers at the University of Texas Southwest Medical Centre in Dallas, discovered...
05-Sep-2000 - Cooking carrots may boost their antioxidant power, a new study revealed last month. Researchers at the University of Arkansas heated carrots with and without their...
04-Sep-2000 - St John's wort is as effective in treating depression as imipramine, a standard anti-depressant, according to the largest study yet of the herbal remedy. The...
04-Sep-2000 - High blood cholesterol increases the risk for heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States. Lowering cholesterol levels will reduce new heart...
01-Sep-2000 - Britain's biggest publican warned this week of higher beer prices and limited consumer choice in the wake of Interbrew's acquisition of Whitbread's and Bass's brewing...
01-Sep-2000 - Japan urged the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization on Thursday to help ensure that biotechnologies used to create genetically modified foods are safe and...
01-Sep-2000 - Coffee and tea without the caffeine gene? Scientists at the University of Glasgow announced this week that they have isolated one of the genes that...
31-Aug-2000 - Nearly two-fifths of the U.S population may be deficient in Vitamin B12, according to a recent study. Researchers involved in the ongoing Framingham (Massachusetts) Offspring...
30-Aug-2000 - The cocoa bean shell is a good source of insoluble fibre, according to a study carried out at the University of Toronto in Canada. Researchers...
28-Aug-2000 - A long-term health study has shown that Vitamin E and Vitamin C supplements have a ``significant protective effect'' against memory problems and loss of mental...
28-Aug-2000 - Foods rich in vitamin E may help reduce stroke deaths in postmenopausal women, according to a report in the current issue of The American Journal...
24-Aug-2000 - The foods we eat may help to protect against cancer, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) announced recently. "A diet which includes cereals,...
24-Aug-2000 - Diet may be to blame for the rise in asthma and allergies in children, a recent study in Saudi Arabia suggests. Research on the effect...
22-Aug-2000 - Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, U.S. studied the effect of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), a class of fatty acids found in milk and red...
21-Aug-2000 - A study carried out in China revealed that farmers mixing rice varieties in the paddies were rewarded with bigger harvests than single rice variety plantings....