Year: 2014

"The intake of natural fats, especially foods high in omega-3 fatty acids, are … We can actually change our gene expressions with the foods we eat." …

And despite the conventional wisdom that eating frequent small meals wins for weight loss, the researchers concluded that nothing works as well as …

CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Health officials in the West African nation of Guinea say they’re now treating four cases of Ebola in the capital.

By Ryan Vlastelica and David Gaffen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors in some of the past year's hottest U.S. stocks have been given a savage lesson in the risks of so-called "momentum trading". A group of 24 such companies compiled by Credit Suisse has lost $63 billion in market value, or almost 19 percent, so far in March. One of them, streaming video service Netflix, has declined on 15 of the last 17 trading days, while another, online travel service Priceline, is on pace to for its worst month in nearly two years, while Twitter on Wednesday sank below its November first-day closing price for the first time since December, when the company had publicly traded for less than a month. The sell off may well have further to go, investors warn.

For health reasons, we should all abandon the word “diet. … The sad news is that only 20% of people who attempt a diet lose weight and maintain the … They drastically restrict calories; eliminate food groups; reduce the amount of …

There’s fresh evidence that a lot of young people could be headed for heart trouble. A large study of preteens in Texas found that about one-third of them had borderline or high cholesterol when tested during routine physical exams.

Losing weight has for age long has been associated with been on 'diet'. … food manufacturers to indicate that something is supposedly healthy or has less of … Previously many diets have suggested that eating food in small intervals …

GlaxoSmithKline is betting more on Indonesia by taking full control of its consumer healthcare unit in the country, underscoring a drive by the drugmaker to build up its presence in fast-growing emerging markets. GSK has paid 465 billion rupiahs ($40 million) to Sarasvati Venture Capital for the 30 percent of the Indonesian consumer healthcare operation it did not previously own, giving it 100 percent of a business that sells non-prescription products like Panadol painkillers and Sensodyne toothpaste. At the same time, GSK has sold its non-core local Insto eye drops brand to Pharma Healthcare and agreed to divest its factory at Bogor, Indonesia, to PT Pharma Healthcare for a combined total of 133 billion rupiahs. "This transaction is a further example of GSK focusing its business in strategically important growth markets such as Indonesia.

North Korea's ambassador told the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday to "mind your own business" during a debate on crimes against humanity documented in his country by U.N. investigators. So Se Pyong, North Korea's ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva, speaking in response to unprecedented criticism of its human rights record, also said that "cooperation can never be compatible with confrontation".