Glanbia Nutritionals will put the spotlight on protein, gluten-free and immune boosting ingredients for a range of applications at HiE 2016. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet the experts and learn more about Glanbia ...
Theo Chocolate is launching a new line of nutritious and delicious snacks, Theo Chocolate Clusters, designed to offer consumers a healthier chocolate-based snacking alternative. Each bite-size Cluster combines dark chocolate with ...
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'Tomato pill' may improve the function of blood vessels A daily supplement of an extract found in tomatoes may improve the function of blood vessels in patients with cardiovascular disease, according to new research from the University of ...
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DuPont Nutrition & Health and AB-Biotics have signed a global collaboration and licensing agreement on AB-Life, a probiotic that is clinically documented to maintain healthy levels of cholesterol in at-risk individuals. Under the ...
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The AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation's Connections for Cardiovascular HealthSM program today announced it will award nearly $3.7 million in grants to 19 nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving cardiovascular health in local ...
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Pass codes, phone numbers, social security numbers, clothing sizes and addresses. We all have a lot of numbers in our heads, but heart experts at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center say there are five more you need to know to ...
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Exposing skin to sunlight may help to reduce blood pressure and thus cut the risk of heart attack and stroke, a study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology suggests. Research carried out at the Universities of Southampton ...
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released new recommendations that call for universal screening of expectant mothers for gestational diabetes once they are 24 weeks into their pregnancy. "The number of women who have ...
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Keeping "bad" cholesterol in check and increasing "good" cholesterol is not only good for your heart, but also your brain, new research suggests. A study from the University of California, Davis, found that low levels of "bad" (LDL) ...
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Less than 1-in-10 adult Canadians is in ideal cardiovascular health, Toronto researchers say. "A large proportion of Canadians are in poor cardiovascular health, and the overall trend has not changed in the past decade," senior author Dr. ...
Mobile cardiovascular health firm AliveCor (San Francisco, CA) has announced the debut of AliveInsights, a new service that enables patients to send ECG data generated by the company's heart monitors to cardiologists or cardiac technicians ...
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The caffeine in a cup of coffee may help small blood vessels work better, but it isn't clear why, researchers in Japan say. Study leader Dr. Masato Tsutsui, a cardiologist and professor in the pharmacology department at the University of ...
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Dating back thousands of years in Ayurvedic medicine, oil pulling may seem like an unlikely curative miracle due to its simplicity. Yet practitioners of the therapy laud its effectiveness in healing everything from AIDS to diabetes, heart ...
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Sesame oil may provide a number of important health benefits for people with type 2 diabetes, research has shown. Sesame oil is a popular ingredient in many cuisines, particularly across Asia and the Middle East. It is high in both ...
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You may think that eating five superfoods every day is out of reach, not very do-able. There are quite a few superfoods available, and many articles list up to ten to consume. Some of those superfoods, however, may not be practical ...