Fruit in Medical News

Watson Pharmaceuticals Receives FDA Approval for Fruit and Cinnamon Flavored Coated Nicotine Gums

MORRISTOWN, N.J., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI ), a leader in generic and specialty branded pharmaceuticals, today announced that its subsidiary, Watson Laboratories, Inc., has received approval from the United States Food and Drug Administration to ma...

Carnegie Mellon algorithm charts evolution of genetic networks during fruit fly life cycle

PITTSBURGHA new algorithm developed by Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists has revealed for the first time how genetic networks in the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, evolve during the insect's life cycle. Scientists have known that the relationships between fruit fly genes change...

Chemstar Corporation Introduces Safe and Effective Liquid Fruit and Vegetable Wash Composed Entirely of Food-Grade Ingredients

ATLANTA, June 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Chemstar Corporation, a global leader in food safety and sanitation solutions, has developed a liquid fruit and vegetable wash that is safer to store, handle, and use than products that contain peroxyacetic acid, hydrogen peroxide, or chlorine. Specially formulated...

Tropicana Launches 'Get Your Fruit On!' Campaign to Help Narrow the Gap in the Nation's Fruit Consumption

Tropicana Donates Up To A Quarter Million Fruit Servings Of Orange Juice to USDA's Summer and School Food Service Program For Kids and Encourages Americans to Increase Fruit Consumption CHICAGO, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Seven out of ten American adults are not getting enough fruit in their dai...

Raisin and Dried Fruit Consumption Associated With Reduced Abdominal Obesity

New Research Highlights Raisin Health Benefits Beyond Basic Nutrition NEW ORLEANS, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Data presented yesterday at the Experimental Biology conference in New Orleans suggest raisin and dried fruit consumption are associated with a decreased likelihood of abdominal obesity...

Oligonol(R) Lychee Fruit Polyphenols Attains Self-Affirmed GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) Status

Offers functional food manufacturers unique 'superfruits' opportunity PURCHASE, N.Y., April 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Oligonol(R) Lychee Fruit Polyphenols has attained self-affirmed GRAS status. An independent panel of scientists declared Oligonol(R) GRAS after a comprehensive evaluation of resear...

Precautionary Allergy Alert on Undeclared Milk Protein in Expired Codes of Broughton Foods' Pints of Orange Juice, Citrus Punch, Fruit Punch and Iced Tea Products

MARIETTA, Ohio, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Broughton Foods of Marietta, OH, is voluntarily recalling the following products: Pints of Broughton Orange Juice with a date of January 14, 2009 or earlier (printed as MM DD YY) and a UPC code of 70880 02070; Pints of Broughton...

Research Finds The Brazilian Acai Absorbs Much Better Than Any Other Fruit

Since being touted as a metabolism booster, weight reducer and athletic enhancer, sales of acai products have dramatically increased in the U.S. These berries are considered exotic- being harvested in the Brazilian rainforest from acai palms that may reach heights in excess of 60 feet - one of th...

Santa Monica School Unveils Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Snack Program to Combat Obesity

Top State and National Nutrition Leaders on Hand to Discuss Ground Breaking Program SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Will Rogers Learning Community (K-5) will unveil an innovative snack program aimed at combating obesity in school children by providing...

ChromaDex Licenses Green Chemistry Technology to Manufacture a New Class of Super Fruit Compounds

Anthocyanins, leucoanthocyanidins and anthocyanidins are natural, plant-based colorants with strong antioxidant properties IRVINE, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ChromaDex Corp., (OTC Bulletin Board: CDXC) a leader in phytochemical reference standards and contract research...

Introducing GoodBelly(TM) the New Probiotic Fruit Drink Line

New GoodBelly Brings Together Delicious, Antioxidant-Rich Fruit and Powerful Probiotics -- One of the Hottest Food Trends for 2008 BOULDER, Colo., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Organic and Natural Foods Industry pioneer Steve Demos is launching GoodBelly(TM) -- a new nutritious and delicious f...

Cranberry Power: This American Native Fruit Doesn't Have to be Exotic to be Super

WAREHAM, Mass., June 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While most food trends come and go, the cranberry continues to exert its heralded "superfood" status over the whispers of "miracle" berries from deep within the Amazon and the temporary appearances of exotic fruit purees in grocery freezers. W...

Old Orchard Introduces First Multi-Serve Vitamin Water, Sweetened with Agave Nectar and Real Fruit Juice

SPARTA, Mich., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading beverage company Old Orchard Brands introduces a unique entry into the functional beverage category today with the launch of FruitSense, the first vitamin water available in multi-serve, 64-ounce bottles. It becomes available nationwide at SuperT...

Cranberries: The Little Fruit With a Great Big Punch

WAREHAM, Mass., April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Do you know anyone who's a Type-A personality? A multi-tasking, go-getter? Well, if fruit could take personality tests, the cranberry would turn out to be Type-A. There's a lot of good stuff in these little red gems. But the antioxidants dese...

New Fruitaceuticals(R) Redefines Dried Fruit Category

CARVER, Mass., April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Move over dried fruit! The new Fruitaceuticals(R) line of supercharged superfruits is transforming the category into the consumer resource for health, convenience and taste. "Consumers demand healthy food that gives them the super-charged nutrients the...

Natural Nutrition Launches All Natural FUSION Fruit Bar Line

HOUSTON and OTTAWA, Canada, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sports and nutritional product manufacturer, Natural Nutrition Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: NNTN) http://www.naturalnutritioninc.com, announced today that it will launch in February 2008, its most exciting new product, 100% all natu...

For the fruit fly, everything changes after sex

This release is also available in German . IMP Director Barry Dickson and his group are interested in the genetic basis of innate behaviour. They focus on the reproductive behaviour of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Two years ago, the team was able to identify the fruitless gene as...

Green Tea, Fruit Extracts Touted as Potential Cancer Fighters

Preliminary research shows promise against colorectal, prostate and oral tumors THURSDAY, Dec. 6 (HealthDay News) -- A gel derived from black raspberries, a fruit beverage and old-fashioned green tea all hold potential promise as ways to treat or prevent different types of cancer, prel...

Why Fruit Gets Short Shrift in U.S. Diet: Online Poll

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Vizu Corporation, a leader in providing do-it-yourself market research, and Funky Monkey Snacks, a provider of all-natural freeze-dried fruit snacks, today released the results of a client sponsored online survey that provides insight into why consumers fai...

Produce for Better Health Foundation Releases Statement on Study Saying Fruit & Vegetable Consumption Not Strongly Associated With Colon Cancer Risk

WILMINGTON, Del., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Elizabeth Pivonka, Ph.D., R.D., President and CEO of the Produce for Better Health Foundation, released the following statement on the study published in the September 25th issue of the Journal of The National Cancer Institute (JNCI) showin...

Scientists detect presence of marburg virus in african fruit bats

A collaborative team of scientists reported findings today demonstrating the presence of Marburg virus RNA genome and antibodies in a common species of African fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus). Appearing in the open-access scientific journal PLoS ONE, the study is the first in which RT-PCR a...

AcaiBerryMD.com Explains the Real Facts About the Acai Berry Fruit

Kris Trujillo launches AcaiBerryMD.com , an online portal that features the latest news, facts and nutritional updates about acai berries. Contains free reports and relevant, updated information about the acai plant and the acai berry fruit to help the general public better understand the nutrit...

Britains Free Fruit -And -Vegetable -Scheme Falls Flat

According to a study, UK s 119 million pound campaign to boost fruit and vegetable intake among young children could have been in vain after all . Professor Janet Cade and colleagues of Leeds University assessed the impact of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme (SFVS), installed in 2004, o...

Consuming Grape Fruit Increases Breast Cancer Risk: Study

Grapefruit may help keep heart and gum diseases at bay, but a new study has found that it can be dangerous for women, as it increases the risk of breast cancer by almost a third . Researchers believe that this happens because eating the fruit can give the levels of oestrogen the hormone ass...

Breast Cancer Risk is not Reduced by a Diet Rich in Fruit and Vegetables

A recent study in JAMA reports that the risk of early stage breast cancer was not reduced in women who adopted a diet very high in vegetables, fruit and fiber and low in fat. This group of women were compared to women who followed a diet of five or more servings a day of fruit and vegetables (the...

Kids Think Ketchup and Bread are Part of Fruit and Vegetables Food-group

A UK study has revealed that one in ten kids think that low-fat crisp, ketchup and bread are a part of five helpings of fruit and vegetables a day. The study also revealed that one-third of the children between the age group of eight and fifteen years consider roasted potatoes in the list a...

Experts Call for Warning Lables on Fruit Juice to Save Kids' Teeth

The medical community has repeatedly warned against plying young children with bottles of fruit juice and sugary drinks, but not many parents seem to care . Certainly not in Australia. Many children turn up requiring as many as 20 fillings and extractions, dentists in that country say. ...

Study Finds That Fruit Flies also Have Free Wills

A new study has found that fruit fly - drosophila melanogaster - is not just a 'complex robot' as previously thought, but an insect with 'free will' and spontaneity. The study was conducted by an international team of researchers including Alexander Maye and Bjrn Brembs George Sugihara and...

Campaign Against Trans Fat Gaining Fruit in US

The campaign started by health authorities in the US nearly three years ago is winning more and more adherents. The Applebees International is the latest to join the trans fat free club. It has announced that it has stopped using oil made of the dangerous fat in its more than 1,800 domesti...

Perrigo Receives FDA Approval to Market Coated Fruit Nicotine Gum

The Perrigo Company today announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market over-the-counter coated nicotine polacrilex gum USP, 2 mg (coated fruit) and 4 mg (coated fruit). The product will be marketed under store brand labels and is compar...

Super Fruit Fly may Harbor Hope for Human Longevity

Researchers at USC and Caltech have spectacularly slowed aging in fruit flies with a new technique that shows general promise in pharmaceutical development . In a triumph for pests, scientists have found out how to make the fruit fly live longer. But the development may still have s...

Research on Fruit Bats

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt and at The Field Museum for Natural History in Chicago have discovered that nocturnal fruit bats (flying foxes) possess cones in addition to rods. The retinas of most mammals contain two types of photoreceptor cells, the cones ...

Food Odors Linked With Lifespan in Fruit Flies

Researchers studying fruits flies have made a Startling discovery. The researchers who want to learn why organisms tend to live longer //if their intake of calories is restricted have found that the smell of food can have a negative effect on longevity in the fruit flies. Scientists have known ...

Benefits of Fruit and Vegetable Juices

When it comes to some of today’s health issues, 100 percent fruit and vegetable juices do help reduce risk factors related to certain diseases – concludes// a study by European researchers. Juices are comparable in their ability to reduce risk compared to their whole fruit/vegetable counterpa...

Run Amok Enzyme Causes Same Problems in Both Humans and Fruit Flies

An enzyme found at elevated levels in several human cancers has been linked to abnormal tumor growth in fruit flies//, a discovery that provides a new model for understanding the link between stem cell biology and cancer, according to researchers. Using fluorescent staining and laser-scanning ...

100% Fruit Juice does not affect a child’s weigh

Drinking 100% fruit juice has always been good for health, be it adults or kids. Theresa Nicklas, professor of pediatrics at the Baylor // College of Medicine recommends parents to give the right amounts of 100% fruit juice to kids. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, the correct...

Antioxidants in Fruit and Vegetable Juice could Help Prevent Alzheimer's

A specific class of antioxidants found in fruit and vegetable juice could stave off Alzheimer's disease, say scientists.// Non-vitamin antioxidants - polyphenols - are abundant in the skin and peels of fruits and vegetables. They are also present in teas and wines. Lab trials have earlie...

The Fruit Fly to Aid in Cancer Research

A leading scientist in London is using the humble fruit fly, Drosophila and a grant from the AICR – the Association for International Cancer Research// to identify potential targets for drugs that block the spread of cancer. In one of the first studies of its kind, Dr Buzz Baum of the UCL Bran...

Drinking Fruit And Vegetable Juice May Cut Alzheimer's Risk

Fruit and vegetable juices may have the unique property or reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study. //US researchers examined more than 2,000 people in the study, which appears in the latest issue of the American Journal of Medicine. The researchers found that the r...

Health Canada Warns Against Unpasteurized Fruit Juices

Health Canada has issued an advisory to parents not to give unpasteurized apple juice or other unpasteurized products including cider, fruit juices and raw milk// to their children. Even the elderly and people with weak immune systems are advised not to consume such products. The reason is th...