Childhood obesity at 'staggering' levels
Childhood obesity rates have reached staggering levels and obesity has nearly surpassed smoking as the leading cause of preventable death among Americans, according to a new Datamonitor report.
Archives for October 1, 2002
Further evidence for booming AHCC supplement
A nine-year study on AHCC, the nutraceutical developed from different species of mushrooms cultivated in Japan, has found that it has a positive influence on immune function, and that it can improve the prognosis for postoperative hepatocellular...
Antioxidant reduces brain damage in stroke model
New research shows that a synthetic antioxidant can reduce brain damage by more than 40 per cent in lab animals when given seven and a half hours after a stroke begins.
Vital Living ups distribution with new agreement
US company Vital Living, which develops nutraceuticals formulated by physicians for distribution through a physician network , said this week it has signed a three-year agreement with National Provider Network, enhancing its distribution.
Chinese medicine, hope for hepatitis B treatment
Using Chinese herbal medicine alongside standard therapy may be a more effective treatment of chronic hepatitis B than the therapy alone, researchers from University of California, Berkeley have found.
Supplement to kick hangover symptoms
Living Essentials, a biotech consumer products company, has launched Chaser for Wine Headaches, a natural, calcium-based supplement that helps prevent headaches caused by wine, it claims.