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Echinacea formula as effective as Tamiflu says study

A study conducted by researchers from the Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland and…

Jane Wolfe

Olive leaf extract demonstrates positive effect on heart disease

New research has found that olive leaf extract can have positive short-term…

Jane Wolfe

Spectacular backdrop for HFMA 50th celebrations

The spectacularly decorated Painted Hall, centrepiece of the Old Royal Naval College…

Jim Manson

Freefrom Skincare Award winners revealed

The fourth annual Freefrom Skincare Awards were presented at the new Love…

Jane Wolfe

Bristol hosts Fair Trade conference

As part of the Bristol’s European Green Capital events programme 250 delegates…

Jane Wolfe

Whole Foods bosses admit “weighing errors” but deny systematic overcharging

Whole Foods Market co-CEOs John Mackey and Walter Robb have admitted that…

Jim Manson

Charity urges serious allergy sufferers to be cautious with free-from foods

The serious allergy sufferers charity, The Anaphylaxis Campaign, has highlighted the confusion…

Jane Wolfe

Online retailers given just days to register for compulsory EU medicines logo

The MHRA has announced that from 1 July anybody in the UK…

Jim Manson

An open letter to the trade

Specialist natural products suppliers and independent health food retailers have long had…

Jim Manson

Achievements recalled, friends remembered – and some serious points too at the BHMA’s 50th anniversary celebrations

Board members past and present, company members, academics, supporters and regulators all…

Jim Manson

New Planet Organic store will be chain’s “most prominent”

Planet Organic will open its seventh London store and undertake a major…

Jim Manson

The UK wakes up to organic!

The Organic Trade Board’s (OTB) Wake up to Organic campaign took place…

Jane Wolfe

Skeptic group warns of “dangerous and unproven” allergy tests

Skeptic group the Good Thinking Society has warned that allergy and food…

Jim Manson

European Court rejects HFMA/NPN health claims challenge

The General Court of the European Court of Justice has rejected a…

Jim Manson

Fresh faces for EFSA health claims panel

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has named the members of its…

Jane Wolfe

Nuts may significantly reduce mortality, says Dutch study

A Dutch study, led by Professor Piet van den Brandt from Maastricht…

Jane Wolfe

Flaxseed supplements help reduce blood pressure

A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in the journal Clinical…

Jane Wolfe

Industry figures drive RSPH to include indie health stores in follow-up report

Following the omission of health food stores in the recent Health on…

Jane Wolfe

Was this the beginning of a pro-GM television future?

Did the BBC Panorama programme GM Food – Cultivating Fear usher in…

Jim Manson

Restrictive allergy diets leading to malnutrition in children, scientists claim

Middle-class children are increasingly at risk from malnutrition as result of being…

Jim Manson