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Global Food Security: New programme aims at providing sustainable, secure supply of good quality food

The UK's main public funders of food-related research and training will today (11 March) join together to launch a new programme aimed at meeting the challenge of providing the world's growing population with a sustainable, secure supply of good quality food using less land and fewer resources. The organisations will work together through a new programme - Global Food Security - to coordinate and align their research interests.

11 Mar 2010

Majority of nurse practitioners recommend dietary supplements for overall health and wellness

Eighty-five percent of nurse practitioners agree that one of the roles of healthcare professionals is to provide their patients with information about dietary supplements, according to new research from the "Life...supplemented" 2009 Healthcare Professionals (HCP) Impact Study.

11 Mar 2010

Regence acquires assets of Kinetix Living

As part of its continued focus on developing programs designed to meet employers' needs, Regence has acquired the assets of Kinetix Living Corp., a Seattle-based company that provides customized health and nutrition programs to corporate clients and individuals throughout the country.

11 Mar 2010

XenaCare Holdings' Cobroxin to be available for purchase in Walgreens

XenaCare Holdings, Inc., a company specializing in the marketing and retail distribution of consumer healthcare products, has announced today that its over-the-counter (OTC) pain reliever, Cobroxin, will be available for purchase in Walgreens by May 1, 2010. Walgreens is considered one of the nation’s largest pharmacy chains with 7,162 drugstores located throughout the United States.

11 Mar 2010

Regence Blueshield acquires Seattle-based health and wellness company

Maveron LLC, a Seattle-based venture capital firm focused on helping exceptional entrepreneurs build great consumer businesses, announced the asset acquisition of portfolio company Kinetix Living Corp. by Regence BlueShield of Washington. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

11 Mar 2010

TNS acquires license to Ergothioneine Transporter from University of Cologne

Total Nutraceutical Solutions, Inc. announced that the company has acquired from the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, an exclusive license agreement on the invention entitled “Ergothioneine Transporter,” owned by the University.

10 Mar 2010

USA/Ireland Functional Foods conference to focus on science of gut function and response to diet

Understanding the science of how the human gut functions and the role that diet plays in human health will be explored at a major International Functional Foods conference in Cork, this week. Foods have an enormous role to play in keeping people healthy and many foods have properties that can enhance the health of those that consume them.

10 Mar 2010

BIOCRATES Life Sciences, CHENOMX announce co-marketing agreement

Austrian biomarker developer BIOCRATES Life Sciences AG announced today that it entered a co-marketing agreement with Canadian-based CHENOMX Inc. Both enterprises focus on a new and highly promising technology aimed at generating a metabolic profile of the human organism that can be used to monitor the effects of disease, nutrition, toxins, environment, or drugs on an organism.

10 Mar 2010

Visitors to Rockefeller Center to get unexpected lesson on Alzheimer’s disease throughout March

Throughout the month of March, visitors to Rockefeller Center in the heart of midtown Manhattan will get an unexpected lesson on Alzheimer’s disease.

10 Mar 2010

CDC survey finds HSV-2 infection as one of the most common STDs in U.S.

About 1 in 6 Americans (16.2 percent) between the ages of 14 and 49 is infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), according to a national health survey released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HSV-2 is a lifelong and incurable infection that can cause recurrent and painful genital sores.

10 Mar 2010

2010 European LDN Conference: LDN can be used as effective treatment for people with MS

People with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) and others suffering with a range of often debilitating inflammatory conditions such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, will take heart from advances in treatment for their conditions, and will follow events at The 2nd European LDN Conference with interest.

10 Mar 2010

Lonza acquires access to PCA technology patent portfolio

Odyssey Thera, Inc., announced today the signing of an agreement with Lonza to make Odyssey Thera's proprietary Protein-fragment Complementation Assay (PCA) technology, as part of compound profiling services, available to life science and drug discovery researchers.

10 Mar 2010

New study suggests rising childhood obesity is linked to food allergies

First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” Campaign tells us that about 32 percent of children and teens (or 25 million) are obese or overweight. It revealed those extra pounds put them at greater risk of developing debilitating and costly diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol and may also cause them to lead a two to five year shorter life than their parents

10 Mar 2010

Availability of supermarkets increases risk of obesity for low-income women living in small cities: Study

A recent Kansas State University study found that the availability of supermarkets -- rather than the lack of them --increased the risk of obesity for low-income women living in small cities. This suggests that policies to increase healthful eating behaviors might need to be tailored based on geographic location.

10 Mar 2010

Kidney donors have similar survival rates as healthy individuals, says study

An analysis of outcomes for live kidney donors in the U.S. over a 15 year period finds they have similar long-term survival rates compared to healthy individuals who were not kidney donors, according to a study in the March 10 issue of JAMA.

10 Mar 2010

Study shows strawberries can provide immense health benefits

When it comes to eating healthy, most people know it's a good long-term choice, but what they may not know is that eating certain foods daily can provide immediate health benefits.

10 Mar 2010

Domiciliary parenteral nutrition helps children with serious intestinal problems live more normally

Children with serious intestinal problems have to be fed intravenously. There moreover, exist systems that enable intravenous feeding to be carried out at home. Mr I-aki Irastorza, paediatrician at the Cruces hospital in Bilbao, spent some 15 years analysing how serious intestinal problems in children were treated at the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital in London. With the gathered data he has presented a highly novel PhD thesis at the University of the Basque Country.

9 Mar 2010

Safe, adequate food and nutrition services for older adults receiving health care at home and in communities

The Society for Nutrition Education (SNE) has partnered with the American Dietetic Association (ADA) and American Society for Nutrition (ASN) to publish a position paper, "Position of the American Dietetic Association, American Society for Nutrition, and Society for Nutrition Education: Food and Nutrition Programs for Community-Residing Older Adults," focusing on access to safe and adequate food and nutrition services, including nutrition education, for the increasing number of older adults who receive health care in their homes or communities rather than in nursing homes or other residential facilities.

9 Mar 2010

FoodMinds survey: Americans believe they are individually responsible for making right food choices

Americans recognize things need to change in the grocery aisle, and they support Uncle Sam's efforts to overhaul what is included in their food and on the packages. The majority also believe they are individually responsible for making the right food choices to avoid obesity, but will readily accept the government's help to be successful, according to a new survey by FoodMinds.

9 Mar 2010

Bread for the World recognizes International Women's Day: Celebrate the achievements of women

Bread for the World announced that it recognizes today as International Women's Day, and called it an opportunity to celebrate the achievements women make in the workplace and at home, as entrepreneurs and as mothers.

9 Mar 2010

Nutrition News and Research

Global Food Security: New programme aims at providing sustainable, secure supply of good quality food

Majority of nurse practitioners recommend dietary supplements for overall health and wellness

Regence acquires assets of Kinetix Living

XenaCare Holdings' Cobroxin to be available for purchase in Walgreens

Regence Blueshield acquires Seattle-based health and wellness company

TNS acquires license to Ergothioneine Transporter from University of Cologne

USA/Ireland Functional Foods conference to focus on science of gut function and response to diet

BIOCRATES Life Sciences, CHENOMX announce co-marketing agreement

Visitors to Rockefeller Center to get unexpected lesson on Alzheimer’s disease throughout March

CDC survey finds HSV-2 infection as one of the most common STDs in U.S.

2010 European LDN Conference: LDN can be used as effective treatment for people with MS

Lonza acquires access to PCA technology patent portfolio

New study suggests rising childhood obesity is linked to food allergies

Availability of supermarkets increases risk of obesity for low-income women living in small cities: Study

Kidney donors have similar survival rates as healthy individuals, says study

Study shows strawberries can provide immense health benefits

Domiciliary parenteral nutrition helps children with serious intestinal problems live more normally

Safe, adequate food and nutrition services for older adults receiving health care at home and in communities

FoodMinds survey: Americans believe they are individually responsible for making right food choices

Bread for the World recognizes International Women's Day: Celebrate the achievements of women

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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