A new study on the ashwagandha ingredient Sensoril shows its ability to significantly improve cognitive and psychomotor performance during simple reaction, choice discrimination, digit symbol substitution, digit vigilance and card sorting tests in healthy...
A survey of enteral nutrition 'key opinion leaders (KOLs)' has found that the research and development of food supplements for battling malnutrition and geriatrics has the highest priority, whilst treatment improvements in the area of intensive...
The Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus in conjueciton with the leading dietary supplement industry associations held a briefing yesterday for members of Congress to drive home the point that supplements are not only good for users’ health, but good...
Dietary supplement regimens may save hundreds of millions of dollars – and in some cases billions – of healthcare savings by reducing the number of disease-associated medical events, says a new report, but what do those numbers look like?
Dietary supplement regimens may reduce the number of disease-associated medical events, representing the potential for hundreds of millions of dollars – and in some cases billions – of savings, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan and commissioned...
Check out who’s moving onwards and upwards in summer 2013 in the latest NutraIngredients-USA round-up of movers and shakers in the nutrition and dietary supplement industries.
SoHo Flordis International, an Australian/Indonesian natural medicines company, has acquired two companies in the space, ProThera, based in Reno, NV and Swiss company Ginsana.
Douglas Labs has released an ‘advanced female-focused product’ to promote healthy hormone levels and reproductive function in women while supporting normal premenstrual symptoms (‘PMS’) symptoms.
Emerson Ecologics, a distributor of dietary supplements in the practitioner channel, has expanded its distribution agreement with Heel Inc. to carry its line of homeopathic products.
Polyphenol-rich extracts from fruit and vegetables may have molecular targets with potential relevance to cardiometabolic and neurological health, according to new data.
The dietary supplements industry should be encouraged and not threatened by increased scrutiny of its products by the mainstream medical community, because it means they are taking the products – and the questions from their patients – seriously.
Consumer demand for personalized nutrition, and the response of healthcare practitioners to the potential for more holistic approaches to patient care and potential additional revenue streams are driving growth in this market channel, says a leading...
The launch of Nestlé’s Institute of Health Sciences will help the company to provide targeted nutrition for the complex problems of ageing and metabolic health.
A group of mental health professionals has launched a website to share integrative treatment strategies, which includes advice on the use of herbal products, the group announced Tuesday.
Thorne Research - a leading supplier of dietary supplements to the healthcare practitioner market - has set up a joint venture with psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen and Integrative Health Resources (IHR) to develop a new line of supplements targeting brain...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent in US marshals to seize supplements manufactured by Portland, Maine-based Global Biotechnologies Inc after the firm ignored warnings that it was making unauthorized disease claims.
Utah-based Barlow Herbal Specialties has agreed to stop making certain claims in ads about its top-selling LDM-100 supplement after an ad claims watchdog determined they were not supported by scientific evidence.
The first fruits of a new partnership between Italian botanicals specialist Indena and US supplement maker Thorne Research will be launched in January as part of a new range of products targeting people living with cancer to be sold in the direct-to-practitioner...
60-second interview: Paul Jacobson, Thorne Research
There is a sizable gap in the market for dietary supplements and nutritional advice specifically targeting people living with cancer, Thorne Research chief executive Paul Jacobson tells Elaine Watson.
The new Health Science division Nestlé created last September has made its second acquisition by buying $250m a year US gastroenterology and oncology diagnostic specialist, Prometheus Laboratories Inc., for an undisclosed sum.
The National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has launched a new online resource about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for health care providers.
This weekend’s 2011 Integrative Healthcare Symposium will explore a range of nutritional approaches for healthy aging and heart health, as well as how functional nutrition is related to chronic disease.
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has laid down its third five-year plan, with a heavy emphasis on developing and promoting “promising” CAM science.
Nestlé Health Science, the division the food giant created in September last year to research and develop medical and functional foods, has bought UK medical foods start-up CM&D Pharma Limited, with more acquisitions – both small and large – set to...
Danone has agreed to acquire liquid protein supplements pioneer Medical Nutrition USA, Inc. (MNI) for $62m, in a move that aims to expand the French company’s US presence in medical nutrition.
Dietary supplements took a step closer to playing a key role in preventative medicine following a recent meeting in Washington DC between the Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus, and the trade associations Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and...
The University of Adelaide scientist behind a study highlighting dangers of mixing botanical products and pharmaceuticals, has a limited understanding of the herbal sector, according to the American Botanical Council (ABC).
Vitamin B and kava kava-bearing products being sold in products manufactured under different brand names but ostensibly being the same product should not be consumed, Health Canada has said, due to lack of market authorization.
The children of users of complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) such as homeopathy and herbal treatments are more likely to use them, Harvard Medical School researchers have found.
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has a key role to play in developing biomarkers and a novel, multi-system testing methods, says the Council For Responsible Nutrition (CRN).
As swine flu continues to grab headlines around the world, interest in immune health has never been healthier. Stephen Daniells talks to Jay Udani from UCLA and CEO of Medicus Research about the science behind the growing immune health market.
Immune health from gut health is not too obscure for consumers, but work needs to be done on identifying the mechanisms involved, said the conclusions from a two-day meeting in Toulouse.
Probiotic mechanisms of action, new delivery systems for the healthy bacteria and an overview of the latest clinical trials in humans will be core topics of discussion at the IPA World Congress early next year.
Missouri-based National Enzyme Company (NEC) has passed an extensive Good Manufacturing Practices audit of its Australian operations by the regulator there and can continue to market its ingredients and dietary supplements.
Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) are moving into the mainstream with four out of ten Americans using some form of CAM in 2007 and sales approaching $34bn, according to a US government agency market scan.
Dietary supplements are key to the prevention of a number of health conditions, and as such they would form a cost-effective approach to healthcare reform, Congress heard in a recent briefing.
Public interest in probiotic foods and beverages has never been stronger and will continue to surge aided by medical fraternity interest, according to a recent Dannon and Yakult-funded meeting of international scientists and medical professionals.
A new report issued by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) provides a range of indicators that will be used as yardsticks to track progress in improving the health of Americans.
Chinese ingredient group Fenchem has said it has remained unharmed by the global economic environment partly because consumers have been embracing health foods and supplements as they try to avoid high medical costs.
Health academics from leading US universities have published an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal maintaining that alternative medicine, including herbals, must be part of President-elect Barack Obama’s health plan.
Omega-3s, glucosamine, echinacea and ginseng are the most commonly consumed supplements as part of alternative therapy regimes, according to a new US government survey.
International health product advocates have joined forces to fight against new regulations in North America and Europe that they claim “severely restrict” the supplements and natural product industries.
Australia’s complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) sector needs to be more tightly policed in line with pharmaceutical rules, according to critics.
Robinson Pharma marketing vice president, Kenn Israel, discusses the recent GlaxoSmithKline petition for weight loss claims be treated as disease claims, and the potential impact of this on the dietary supplement market.
A second article in a series on probiotic regulations and health
claims in different markets around the world examines the situation
in the Canadian market.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has removed a section
devoted to Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) from its
website in a move that has caused consternation throughout the
British CAM community.
