U.S. Food And Drug Administration Selects AB SCIEX To Provide Mass Spectrometry Systems For Food Contaminant Testing

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has purchased eight of the company’s AB SCIEX QTRAP® 5500 Systems for analysis of the U.S. food supply.

U.S. Food And Drug Administration Selects AB SCIEX To Provide Mass Spectrometry Systems For Food Contaminant Testing

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has purchased eight of the company’s AB SCIEX QTRAP® 5500 Systems for analysis of the U.S

Fish Oil Supplements During Pregnancy Do Not Aid Infant Brain Development, Study Finds

A popular supplement among pregnant women — docosahexaenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil — has no clear benefits for an infant’s cognitive development, contradicting a view among many obstetricians and their patients, according to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the New York Times reports…

World Bank Extends Food Crisis Response Fund For Countries Experiencing High Food Prices

“The World Bank on Monday cited growing instability in food prices” before announcing that it would extends its Global Food Crisis Response Program (GFRP) through June 2011, Deutsche Presse-Agentur/M&C reports (10/18)…

Culinary Expert Nathan Fong Challenges Canadians Living With Diabetes To Enter First Ever OneTouch(R) Breakfast Challenge

Rise, test, shine! Each morning provides an opportunity to start the day off right, and for people living with diabetes that may mean making lifestyle choices like checking blood glucose levels and eating a balanced breakfast. Food is one of the main factors that directly impacts blood glucose levels – and one that can be managed…

Culinary Expert Nathan Fong Challenges Canadians Living With Diabetes To Enter First Ever OneTouch(R) Breakfast Challenge

Rise, test, shine! Each morning provides an opportunity to start the day off right, and for people living with diabetes that may mean making lifestyle choices like checking blood glucose levels and eating a balanced breakfast. Food is one of the main factors that directly impacts blood glucose levels – and one that can be managed…

Black Rice Bran May Help Fight Disease-Related Inflammation

Scientists are reporting evidence that black rice – a little-known variety of the grain that is the staple food for one-third of the world population – may help soothe the inflammation involved in allergies, asthma, and other diseases. Their study appears in ACS’ bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry…

Vitamin E Rapidly Depleted By Burn Injuries

Severe burn injuries in children have been shown to rapidly deplete the levels of vitamin E in their body’s adipose, or fat tissues, a new clinical study has found. Stored levels of this important antioxidant were reduced more in a few weeks than might normally be possible in years…

Scientists Promote Soy By Currying Favor With Indian Taste Buds

University of Illinois scientists think they have solved an interesting problem: how to get protein-deficient Indian schoolchildren to consume soy, an inexpensive and complete vegetable protein. What’s more, they’ve joined forces with an Indian foundation that can get the high-protein soy snack they’ve developed into the hands of 1.2 million hungry kids who need it…