Trans Fat :: Philadelphia ban trans fat
Philadelphia city council has passed an ordinance that would get rid of artificially produced and heart-attack-inducing trans fat.
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Weight Loss :: FDA approves alli orlistat for weight loss
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Bird Flu :: Bio-security lapse at Suffolk bird flu outbreak
UK Environment Secretary David Miliband says that there was a lapse in bio-security at Suffolk poultry farm of Bernard Matthews company in England.
Bird Flu :: Poultry sales not affected
Poultry sales not affected in Britain, despite the news that H5N1 virus may be in human food chain, reported by BBC.
Bird Flu :: UK Avian influenza outbreak update
The UK Government is developing its investigation into what might have caused the outbreak of avian influenza in the Suffolk poultry farm, following preliminary scientific tests showing the viruses in Suffolk and recent outbreaks in Hungary may well be identical.
Vitamin C :: Students Get Daily Dose of Vitamin C at Rube Goldberg Contest
Purdue University students will create complex machines to put the squeeze on oranges as they seek new ways to make juice during the regional Rube Goldberg Machine Contest.
Vitamin B :: Folate and B12 may influence cognition in seniors
Folate may protect cognition in seniors, but only with adequate levels of vitamin B12. In an epidemiological study, low B-vitamin status was associated with anemia and cognitive impairment. Low vitamin B12 status was especially linked to these conditions if seniors also had high folate in the blood.
Bird Flu :: Bernard Matthews import not from the infected bird flu zone
An outbreak of bird flu on a Suffolk farm was probably linked to cases of the disease in Hungary.
Smell :: Smell may outlast other senses
While eyesight and hearing deteriorate markedly during the normal aging process, new research suggests the sense of smell may actually last longer in otherwise healthy individuals.
Salmonella :: Detection of Salmonella in 24 hours
In 2002 the Department of Immunology, Microbiology and Parasitology at the UPV/EHU together with the company, Laboratorios Bromatol?gicos Araba, and the Leioa Technological Centre, decided to carry out collaborative work in order to try to develop new, faster methods for Salmonella detection.