Tallahassee, FL—Tart or sweet, green or red, apples are enjoyed by millions across the globe. Now, a USDA-funded study has highlighted the heart health benefits of consuming apples. The findings were presented at Experimental Biology 2011. Bahram H. Arjmandi, Ph.D., R.D., at The Florida State University says apples offer key...
Berkeley, CA—Researchers at University of California’s Berkeley School of Public Health believe that prenatal exposure to organophosphate (OP) pesticides is linked to lower intelligence scores in children. This study is one of three papers on the topic and recently was published in Environmental Health Perspectives. The other studies yielded similar...
D.D. Williamson of Louisville, KY announced that Jennifer L. Brown joined its Science and Innovation team at the Global Support Center as an application scientist. Benicia, CA-based InterHealth Nutraceuticals added James Lugo, Ph.D. and Zainulabedin Saiyed, Ph.D. to its team. Lugo is the director of business development and research...
Washington, D.C.---The iconic food pyramid for a balanced diet will now be replaced with a plate segmented to show appropriate nutritional proportions. According to the US. Department of Agriculture, MyPlate will help Americans make better food choices because the tool gets them thinking about balanced meals. The quartered plate recommends...
Eden Prairie, MN—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has seized several UAS Laboratories’ probiotic products because the agency believes they are being marketed as drugs. This action follows a facility inspection from earlier this year when FDA found the company was making disease claims despite several warnings. In a...
Himalaya Herbal Healthcare broke ground on a LEED Gold Certified, eco-friendly business office, warehouse and training center in Sugar Land, TX. Stated CEO Nabeel Manal, “We are creating a green facility with a teaching organic herb garden, meditation labyrinth and large-capacity training rooms as a way of bringing a...
Rockville, MD—Companies will now have an easier time finding information about U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) facility inspections and court actions. As part of its Transparency Initiative, FDA has developed an online tool for finding information about inspections. Users can search for facilities’ names and addresses, inspection dates, which...
New York, NY—Researchers based at the University of Utah Brain Institute have collected data they believe supports the use of a branded citicoline (Cognizin from Kyowa Hakko, based here) for improving attention. For 28 days, either 250 or 500 mg of the supplement was given to 40 healthy women; a...
