Fatty acids under investigation for role in heart disease
US researchers are to examine the role of fatty acids in insulin resistance in a bid to better understand the link between blood sugar control and heart disease.
Archives for March 17, 2004
Melatonin may have no effect against breast cancer
Levels of the hormone melatonin, shown in animals to protect against the development of breast cancer, appear to have no relationship with risk for the cancer in humans, reports a UK team, failing to confirm previous results from human studies.
World vanilla crops hit by cyclone
The key ingredient in the most popular ice cream in the world faces a rise in price, already at a 10 year high, as the worst cyclone in two decades hits Madagascar, the leading producer of vanilla.
Seasilver, others, face the music for false claims
Dietary supplement marketers, including those behind the controversial SeaSilver product, are to pay millions in consumer redress in the latest wave of charges against false claims.
Growing fears over soy disease
Fearing the invasion of the devasting soybean rust, the American Soybean Association (ASA) has repeated its call for a temporary ban on South American soybean imports, despite assurances from the Bush administration that trade would not be the cause...