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Washington, Sept 13 (ANI): Researchers have developed a simple test that would help detect tainted milk within few hours.

Amer AbuGhazaleh, from Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s College of Agricultural Sciences, and Salam Ibrahim, a food microbiologist from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, have shown that the combination of certain bacteria and a common purple [...]

London, Sep 4 (ANI): A survey has revealed that chavs, who are typically portrayed as uncultured, anti-social, baseball cap wearing youths, have topped the list of the 100 most annoying things Brits find.

The survey revealed that more than 60 percent people found chavs [...]

Washington, August 26 (ANI): A new study has shown that pregnant women with pre-eclampsia have unusually high levels of a chemical compound called ‘ergothioneine’, which is found in unpasteurised food, in the red blood cells.

The finding made by scientists at the University of Leeds attains significance because they suggest that ergothioneine is an indicator of [...]

Washington, July 8 (ANI): Two common dietary oil supplements, safflower oil and conjugated linoleic acid (CLA), have an inherent ability to reduce body fat in obese postmenopausal women with Type 2 diabetes, revealed a study.

Safflower oil is common cooking oil, while conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) is a compound naturally found in some meat and dairy [...]

Beijing, July 8 (ANI): Officials in Sichuan province’s Meishan city have been banned from taking lovers outside marriage, as well as sleeping during meetings.

According to the China Daily, a guideline titled “Behavior Standards for Officials of Meishan After Eight Hours of Work” was released with four other directions designed to strengthen discipline among county-level or [...]

Washington, July 7 (ANI): A new study has shown that consuming an amino acid commonly found in vegetable protein is associated with lower blood pressure.

The study, conducted by Jeremiah Stamler, M.D., lead author of the study, and colleagues, showed that a 4.72 percent higher dietary intake of the amino acid glutamic acid as a [...]

Washington, July 2 (ANI): A daily consumption of dairy products like milk, cheese, and yogurt can provide a unique package of nine essential nutrients at a low cost per serving, according to a recent review.

Several prominent nutrition researchers have detailed an updated review of the health benefits of consuming dairy foods, which contributes to the [...]

Washington, June 27 (ANI): A high-fat diet full of red meat and dairy products can increase the risk of pancreatic cancer, says a new study.

The research has been published online June 26 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

To reach the cocnlsuion, Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon, Ph.D., of the [...]

London, May 16 (ANI): Ice cream maker Frank Frederick has jetted in an Italian opera tenor to serenade his herd of cows, hoping they will produce creamier milk.

Frederick, who is re-launching a 100-year-old brand based on an old family recipe, flew in renowned tenor Marcello Bedoni [...]

Washington, May 16 (ANI): Beef, chicken, fish, eggs, dairy products and some fruits and vegetables could help keep stomach ulcers at bay, says a new study.

Bacteria known as Helicobacter pylori are known to cause such ulcers, and thus antibiotics are used a primary [...]

Washington, April 29 (ANI): A new study has suggested that dairy is better than calcium carbonate when it comes to promoting bone growth and strength.

In the study, researcher Connie Weaver found that the bones of rats fed non-fat dry milk were longer, wider, more dense and stronger than those of rats fed a diet with [...]

Sodial (Jorhat), Apr 28 (ANI): A self-help group (SHG) that mooted a weaving unit in Assam has facilitated a large number of women economically self sufficient by generating employment for them.his self-help group named ‘Bhogdoi’ and based at Sodial village in Jorhat region was the brainchild [...]

Washington, April 20 (ANI): A study conducted at the Baylor College of Medicine has revealed that drinking at least one glass of low sodium vegetable juice daily may help overweight people with metabolic syndrome lose weight.

Researchers found that participants who drank at least 8-ounces of low sodium vegetable juice as part of a calorie-controlled DASH [...]

Vermont legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after lawmakers overrode a veto from the governor by a wafer-thin margin, making the New England state the fourth in the United States where gays can wed.
The vote, nine years after Vermont was first in the United States to adopt a same-sex civil-union law, also makes the tiny state [...]

IT HAS been a challenging afternoon at the vet’s. The patient is obstinate.
Dr Ranvir Prasad (26) is prodding the genitals of a buffalo with a rusted 10-year-old castrator, and the animal has already kicked him once from under the rickety, box-like enclosure where farm animals are tied during examinations. “The Punjab government expects its White [...]

London, Mar 26 (ANI): Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis has ruled out the possibility of the popular music festival turning into a pop event.

The 73-year-old dairy farmer has declared he’ll never invite a pop act to headline.

“I don’t think we’ll ever go down the [...]

Washington, Mar 24 (ANI): A new study has revealed that school kids who skip their breakfast miss out on essential healthy brain fuel.

The national MBF Healthwatch survey discovered that children ‘wag’ breakfast as they have ‘no time’ to eat, they are ‘too tired’ [...]

Washington, Mar 19 (ANI): Hollywood actress Keira Knightley revealed that she almost got killed when a stampeding herd of cattle was about to trample her.

The ‘Bend It Like Beckham’ actress expressed her gratitude towards God because her life was still intact even after a herd of cows came running towards her.

Seeing the herd wildly running [...]

London, Mar 13 (ANI): It is often said that eating too much of chocolate is bad, but for Peggy Griffiths, it certainly seems to have worked out well.

Griffiths has turned 100 and is still scoffing thirty bars of chocolate a week.

Peggy, of Abbotsham, Devon, has [...]

Washington, Mar 13 (ANI): Forget forcing yourself into gruelling exercise regime to shed those extra pounds, for a diet rich in calcium is more than enough to spur weight loss, say researchers.

A research team led by Angelo Tremblay from Universite Laval’s Faculty of Medicine boosting calcium intake can aid in losing weight, but only in [...]