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The European Commission has asked EU countries to start running tests on imported wheat after US authorities found a genet

Researchers have genetically engineered a vaccine that can completely protect against multiple influenza viruses. Results of their study are published in the May 29, 2013 issue of Science Translational Medicine.

In one of the first successful attempts at genetically engineering mosquitoes, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (H

Genetically modified salmon could escape into the wild with devastating consequences for the

SALES of the once-unfashionable prune have soared thanks to their health benefits. Here are the top products you should include in your week

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David Tredinnick has outlined an unlikely new battlefield in the struggle between the Tories and UKIP – herbal medicines

By Jimmy Downs Wednesday May 22, 2013 (foodconsumer.org) -- Fluoride added to 75% of drinking water in the U.S. has been known for long to cause a range of diseases and health conditions including IQ decline, thyroid disease, bone cancer in boys and skeletal fluorosis and dental fluorosis.

(Before It's News) Insecticide sales are surging after years of decline, as American farmers plant more corn and a genetic modification designed to protect the crop from pests has started to lose its effectiveness.

Two interesting studies have come up over the past month on heart attacks. Scientists have found a temporary condition that can quadruple your chance of having a heart attack.

For the fourth time since 1956, Oregon's biggest city just refused to add the anti-cavity compound to its famously clean tap water

Connecticut business owners, legislators, farmers, and residents rallied outside the capitol Tuesday morning to press state legislators to move on a bill that would require labels on genetically modified foods.

Doctors, health researchers and a magistrate are welcoming likely new rules designed to halt the over-prescribing of controversial anti-anxiety medication Xanax.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Early returns showed Portland residents voting to keep their city the largest in the U.S. without fluoride in the water. With more than half the expected ballots counted Tuesday night, the Multnomah County election website showed the fluoride proposal failing, 60 percent to 40 perc

If you’re searching for the fountain of youth, you might try stocking your fridge with lots of produce and fish. Then throw a few vitamin D3 supplements in for good measure.

Hartford — Proponents of a bill that would require the labeling of genetically modified food rallied at the Capitol Tuesday in advance of an expected Senate vote.

More and more people are interested in healthy eating but don’t know exactly how to integrate nutritionally dense foods into their everyday diet. Naturopath, herbalist and passionate cook Áine Fanning holds regular kitchen medicine workshops to introduce people to tasty foods with health benefits.

Researchers have engineered a strain of electricity-producing bacteria that can grow using hydrogen gas as its sole electron donor and carbon dioxide as its sole source of carbon.

/PRNewswire/ -- Mandacaru field trial report - press summary Oxitec's ground-breaking approach to pest control has again been demonstrated in a further trial carried out by Moscamed in Brazil.

Industry leaders encourage farmers to provide input to the Agency during public meetings. John Davis switches back-and-forth between two different hats as he evaluates the decision announced last week by the U.