UMontreal.ca - Eating saturated fats from butter, cream and meat, as well as trans fatty acids found in hydrogenated oils can boost our risk of cardiovascular disease, while consuming mono-unsaturated fat can be good for our heart.
Yet what’s the effect of all these fats on our weight? Are some better than others?
“Research on animals and [...]

Bio-engineers have created a purple tomato that has the food community buzzing. By inserting genes from a purple snapdragon flower into the tomatoes, they grow with a deep purple hue. The purple pigment is rich in powerful anti-inflammatory antioxidants known as anthocyanins. Anthocyanins from other foods that contain them naturally have been shown to slow [...]

ASN-online.org - Healthy adults with higher levels of phosphate in the blood are more likely to have increased levels of calcium in the coronary arteries - a key indicator of atherosclerosis and future cardiovascular disease risk, reports a NIH-funded study in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
“Phosphate [...]

JAMA - A daily vitamin supplementation combination that included folic acid and vitamin B6 and B12 had no significant effect on the overall risk of cancer, including breast cancer, among women at high risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a study in the November 5, 2008 issue of JAMA. The elderly subgroup of women (those [...]

Pharmacists could help reduce GP workloads by 20 per cent, saving the NHS millions of pounds every year, according to Steve Churton, President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB).