Improved Peanut Allergy Diagnosis

Researchers from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and the University of Melbourne have identified a new way to accurately test for peanut allergy. It is hoped the test will be more cost effective and convenient than standard approaches and minimise over-diagnosis of peanut allergy in the community…

Bowel Disease Model Reveals Low-Calorie Diet Linked To Higher Death Rate

In a surprising result, Michigan State University researchers looking at the effects of diet on bowel disease found that mice on a calorie-restricted diet were more likely to die after being infected with an inflammation-causing bacterial pathogen in the colon…

News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology: March 2012

High Pressure Kills Pathogens, Maintains Green Onions’ Taste and Color Green onions cause about five percent of outbreaks of food poisoning from produce, worldwide…

Consuming Salmon Twice A Week Is Healthy For Pregnant Women And Their Babies

University of Granada researchers have proven that eating two servings of salmon reared at a fish farm (enriched with omega-3 fatty acids and only slightly contaminated) a week during pregnancy is beneficial both for the mother and child…