Less than half of adults who are losing their vision to diabetes have been told by a doctor that diabetes could damage their eyesight, a new study found. Vision loss is a common complication of diabetes, and is caused by damage that the ...
The effect that AIDS is having on American kids has improved greatly in recent years, thanks to effective drugs and prevention methods. The same cannot be said, however, for children worldwide. "Maternal-to-child transmission is down ...
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Typical, nonsurgical treatment of gum disease in people with type 2 diabetes will not improve their blood-sugar control, a new study suggests. There's long been a connection between gum disease and wider health issues, and experts say a ...
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Daily exercise lessens many of the harmful physiological effects of short-term overeating and inactivity, British researchers say. "This new research shows that the picture is more sophisticated than 'energy' alone: exercise has positive ...
Two published studies and an accompanying editorial in the Annals of Internal Medicine say there is no clear benefit for most to consume vitamin supplements. Eliseo Guallar of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in ...
A meeting of the Legislative and Governance Forum on Food Regulation (the Forum) has decided there needs to be a monitoring system to track the effectiveness of the proposed Front-of-Pack Labelling (FoPL) system for food. The meeting, ...
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Cultivated in China to sweeten tea, Siraitia grosvenorii could rescure the U.S. soda industry valued $8 billion. Siraitia grosvenorii is an herbaceous perennial vine of the Cucurbitaceae (gourd) family, native to southern China and ...
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Upfront Foods single serving, grab-and-go granola, which makes an easy healthy breakfast or healthy snack, has achieved Vegan Certification through the Vegan Awareness Foundation. The Vegan Certification means that Upfront Foods vegan ...
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Armed with an Apple or Android smartphone, it is now possible for people to keep track of their weight, diet, exercise levels, stress levels, heart rate, blood pressure, and blood sugar. In addition, some of the latest smartphones ...
We're really focusing on design - it's no longer something you have to put away in a cupboard — it's a much better looking machine it works a lot more efficiently, so the consumer experience is better. Designed by sustainability ...
Two published studies and an accompanying editorial in the Annals of Internal Medicine say there is no clear benefit for most to consume vitamin supplements. Eliseo Guallar of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in ...
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BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany, and American technology provider Renmatix Inc. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will jointly scale up the Renmatix Plantrose process for the production of industrial sugars based on lignocellulosic biomass. The ...
Laughter may not be the best medicine after all and can even be harmful to some patients, British researchers suggest. Robin Ferner of City Hospital Birmingham, in England, and colleagues conducted a review of studies that reported the ...
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Platts – Oil production from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) fell to 29.7 million barrels per day (b/d) in November, the lowest volume since mid-2011 when the uprising in Libya significantly reduced the ...
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Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate is geared up to invest around $48m in Belgian chocolate production facility in Mouscron, in a move to double the capacity over the next two years. The new production lines at the facility are scheduled to become ...
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