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Britain’s leading nutritionist Jane Clarke joined us for an exclusive webchat to answer all your dietary dilemmas. This time she tackled nut allergies, thinning hair in women and drinking organic […]

U.S. orders drug-approval tests to check suicide risk

After decades of inattention to the possible psychiatric side effects of experimental medicines, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requiring drug makers to study closely whether patients become suicidal during clinical trials.
The new rules represent one of the most profound changes of the past 16 years to regulations governing drug development in the […]

Latest on Vitamin D: No link to cancer

After years of being overlooked and ignored, vitamin D is in vogue! This recent story in The Washington Post («www.washingtonpost.com») is typical of dozens of recent articles highlighting this newly fashionable nutrient.
Vitamin D is essential for proper calcium metabolism, which makes it an important player in preventing osteoporosis. It’s also among the most common […]

‘Grim’ job prospects for physiotherapists after 30k training

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Large numbers of newly-qualified physiotherapists are unable to find jobs in the NHS because posts have been frozen to save money, a professional organisation warned today.
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP) said it was a “scandal” that some 1,500 new graduates, whose 30,000 training is paid for by the NHS are still out […]

Marine Omega-3 Fatty Acids Have Positive Effect On Muscle Mass, Study Shows

A research team led by Carole Thivierge, from Universite Laval’s Institute of Nutraceutics and Functional Foods, shows that omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil have a positive effect on the metabolism of muscle proteins. This finding, published in a recent edition of the Journal of Physiology, could have significant implications in the fields of animal […]