The National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is a Federal medical research agency responsible for health-related research. This topic discusses the latest nutritional and allergy and food intolerance research, and developing news and information.
New research published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests people who drink two to three cups of coffee a day have a 10% to 13% longer life expectancy compared to those who don’t imbibe in a cup o’ joe. ...More
The household staple baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, has been around for centuries and used for everything from cooking and odor elimination to medicinal purposes. Now, researchers at the University of Arizona are using a $2 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) ...More
The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) today announced it has completed the poultry culling operation at the Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market after a dead chicken there tested positive for the deadly H5N1 avian virus. A total of ...More
Research has shown that chocolate does have some health benefits, but the National Institutes of Health (NIH) cautions chocolate lovers about over-indulging. ...More
Science is uncovering the advantages of consuming dietary antioxidants, from vitamins C and E to phytochemicals found in fruits and vegetables, like quercetin and anthocyanins. ...More
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) released the first-ever comprehensive U.S. guidelines designed to help doctors diagnose and treat food allergies. ...More
Individuals who are even slightly overweight have an increased risk of dying from all causes, according to a new report published in the New England Journal of Medicine. ...More
Approximately 2.5 percent of the U.S. population, or about 7.6 million Americans, have food allergies, with the highest rates found in children, non-Hispanic blacks and males. Interestingly, data also revealed black male children are 4.4 times higher than others to have ...More
New research from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) may explain how Salmonella bacteria efficiently spread in humans and provide a solution to combating the nearly 40,000 cases of Salmonella poising that occurs each year in the United States. ...More
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