Device helps ALS patient to breathe without ventilator

Device is implanted using minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques to provide electric stimulation to the muscle and nerves in the diaphragm

First IHOP restaurant opens in the Middle East

DSM to acquire Tortuga for €465 million

Acquisition of Brazilian company will strengthen animal nutrition business

Grapefruit juice lets patients take lower dose of cancer drug

This is the first cancer study to harness this drug-food interaction, the authors note

Buffalo Wild Wings flies to the Middle East

Restaurants to open in the Middle East 2013

EFSA aspartame re-evaluation extended to May 2013

Heavy junk food diets lead to lower IQ

Study shows that children who were breastfed at six months and had a healthy diet at 15 and 24 months had an IQ up to two points higher by age eight

city’super brings Japan’s favourite chocolate to Shanghai

ROYCE’ first individual store has been launched by city’super in Xujiahui Shanghai

FoodAgro Expo Kenya 2012 set for October

Indonesia and Vietnam to see increased healthcare spending

Calcium linked to increased risk of heart disease and prostate cancer

Study questions value of calcium and vitamin D supplements for certain men with prostate cancer

Xylitol showcased at Hong Kong dental event

Stand C06 & C08 of the FDI Annual World Dental Congress in Hong Kong (29 August – 1 September 2012)