Learning from Denmark – doing away with growth promoters

Other countries could learn from the way Danes are combating antimicrobial resistance without reducing agricultural output

Folic acid may reduce some childhood cancers

Advances in vision inspection systems

New test to screen people in China for hearing loss

Telephone-based tests aim to help 100 million people suffering from hearing loss in Mainland China

Global engineering plastics market worth $76.8 billion by 2017

Health-conscious seniors drive demand for health food

Aging population focused on foods to preserve health now, treat conditions later

2,000 transplants and counting: UCLA's heart <br>transplant programme reaches major milestone

Founded in 1984, UCLA's heart transplant program has been a world leader in the field and was recognsied in 2010 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources as the nation's best heart transplant programme

Nestlé takes part in Global Obesity Forum

Nestlé joins call for more community-based programmes to prevent childhood obesity

Chicago hospital offers latest laser-assisted <br>cataract surgery

Specialised MRI scans assess value of anti-cancer <br>chemotherapy long before tumours shown to shrink

Faster assay for targeted chemotherapy’s success against deadly liver cancer saves lives, and could speed lifesaving switch to alternative drug therapies for well-known pancreatic cancer

IFT honors four innovations at Food Expo

Study suggests Tasers don’t cause cardiac complications

A review of 1,201 cases of real-life Taser found none in which the devices could be linked to cardiac complications, even when the probes landed on the upper chest area and may have delivered a shock across the heart