Laparoscopic methods now preferred to bariatric surgery for U.S. teens

Inpatient bariatric procedures among adolescents appear to have plateaued since 2003 to about 1,000 procedures annually

Nordson Corp. to align branding of recent acquisitions - Xaloy, EDI

Xaloy, EDI and Verbruggen acquisitions provide multiple component solutions for customers’ extrusion, injection molding, and coating operations

American Chemistry Council and Society of Plastics Engineers announce partnership

Through the partnership, members of both organizations will enjoy certain reciprocal benefits, and, to some extent, the associations agreed to use each other’s communication channels.

Food security programme supports Indonesia's cocoa farmers

Teknor Apex medical elastomer range expanded with two new high-hardness grades

New 87 Shore A and 43 Shore D Compounds in Medalist? MD-200 Series from Teknor Apex exhibit rubber-like low compression set in applications like stoppers, tubes, and gaskets

Cortec and Kanoo preserve MTBE manufacturing plant in Dubai in record time

Cortec? Corporation and Kanoo Group successfully completed a major asset preservation in the Middle East

Why do consumers prefer familiar products?

To influence consumers, companies can take advantage of situations where selective attention to a product might be arbitrary

Grape seeds as ingredient can raise antioxidant levels of cookies

Detecting food allergens with a portable device

Snack consumption linked to higher colorectal cancer risk

Eating unhealthy snacks may affect cancer risk in patients with Lynch Syndrome

Nestlé helps farmers adapt to climate change

More than a million better-quality, disease-resistant cocoa plantlets were distributed to farmers between January and October

FDA approves raxibacumab to treat inhalational anthrax

First monoclonal antibody approved using the Animal Efficacy Rule