Advocate General Finds Food Supplements
Directive Invalid Under EU Law
There was tremendous news today for the millions of people in Europe
who choose to use food supplements. Following a landmark challenge
in the European Courts of Justice (ECJ) brought by the Alliance
for Natural Health and Nutri-Link Ltd to the contentious Food Supplements
Directive, which effectively proposed to ban 75% of vitamin and
mineral forms, Advocate General Geelhoed, the senior adviser to
the ECJ, gave his Opinion in favour of the Alliance's case.
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PRESS RELEASE: Food Supplements Directive deemed invalid
Monkey See, Monkey Do . . .
Observations of chimpanzees' feeding behavior in Tanzania, East
Africa, have led to the discovery of medicinal properties and other
potential applications for two types of plants. This type of study,
involving the ways animals use plants, is referred to as zoopharmacognosy,
a term coined in 1992 from Greek roots: zoo- = animal; pharma- =
a drug or poison; and -cognosy = to recognize
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EPO
accepts biopiracy
argument and revokes patent
The patent was revoked five years after it was awarded, but the
decision was appealed by the US Department of Agriculture and WR
Grace. The decision on 8 March brings the ten-year dispute to a
close.
Two
atopic dermatitis drugs should be used cautiously
March 2005
The U.S. FDA ( Food and Drug Administration ) advised health care
professionals to prescribe Elidel ( Pimecrolimus ) and Protopic
( Tacrolimus ) only as directed and only after other atopic dermatitis
( eczema ) treatments have failed to work because of a potential
cancer risk associated with their use.
Exhibition
of plant medicine opens
Dr Esiama noted that though indigenous plant medicine had contributed
immensely to the cure of several illnesses that most orthodox medicines
had failed to cure, it had gained little scientific recognition
2004 Jan-Feb
Concentrations
of parabens in human breast tumours
Meet the scientist behind the study:
Dr
Philippa Darbre
 Cell
and Molecular Biology
The University of Reading
Overall aims are to study the growth regulation of breast cancer
cells by steroid hormones, and the mechanisms by which such cells
can escape from this growth regulation, using molecular cell biological
approaches
Pesticide
Spraying
and Health Effects
"The extent of exacerbation of illness caused by pesticide
use for West Nile virus control is likely greater than the number
of cases of West Nile virus."
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