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Some of the weeds Tennessee Valley farmers are battling this year seem more like something found in a 1950s science fiction flick than in a cotton, corn or soybean field.

Vitamins are essential to good health and disease prevention. Vitamin insufficiencies can increase the risk of a number of illnesses and can reduce quality of life.

They believe in the health benefits of organic food but also see the ventures...

The former chief of the acute pain clinic at Bay State Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts was...

UK group, the Health Supplements Information Service (HSIS), has added to criticism of a recent Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) study that found folic acid and vitamin B12 did not benefit heart attack survivors.

Forty-one non-profits and 19 scientists from 15 countries sent an open letter to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) this week calling for action to reduce bisphenol-A (BPA) exposure, especially in infants and pregnant mothers who are "at highest risk.

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NEW YORK: An increasing number of major brand owners are putting sustainability at the heart of their.

A group of 60 scientists backed by environmental, health and women's organisations from around the...

Amended European Union plant sterols/stanols health claims will permit products such as spreads, yoghurts and supplements to make claims with a lower content of the cholesterol-lowering ingredients.

Stakeholders in the probiotics industry came together for a regulatory workshop in Slovakia last week to discuss how to deal with the challenges the sector faces from the new European nutrition and health claims regulations.

Fortifying bread with vitamin D2 helps maintain blood levels of the vitamin equivalent to the same dose from a supplement, suggests new data from Finland.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a federal judge went too far when he banned the planting of genetically engineered alfalfa seeds after it was claimed that the plants might harm the environment.

Participants at the technical meeting held in Berlin discussed comments made by Member States following a public consultation on the draft EFSA guidance document as well as a draft scientific opinion addressing the specific issue of non-target organisms (NTOs).

Re-formatting and re-submitting rejected, article 13.1 health claim dossiers under article 13.5 will not miraculously turn red lights green as many are hoping, according to a leading European health claims expert.

As Brussels is criticised over the power of food industry lobbying, a top public affairs expert has revealed that.

THE row over genetically modified food took a dramatic turn this week when the Government’s food safety watchdog..

A 'gender bending' chemical found in babies bottles may trigger breast cancer later in life and should be...

The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has put off a decision on whether or not it should approve the expanded use of the Gardasil vaccine to older women, ages 27 to 45.