Antioxidants such as vitamins C and E don’t prevent pre-eclampsia (News-Medical-Net) Taking vitamins C or E during pregnancy will not reduce a woman's risk of experiencing pre-eclampsia, a Cochrane Systematic Review has concluded. [News Source]

Antioxidants Such As Vitamins C And E Don’t Prevent Pre-eclampsia, Study Finds (Science Daily) Taking vitamins C or E during pregnancy will not reduce a woman's risk of experiencing pre-eclampsia, a Cochrane Systematic Review has concluded. Pre-eclampsia can occur during pregnancy when a woman develops high blood pressure and tests show that protein is appearing in her urine. [News Source]

Nestle urges water market to drive conservation.

A market for water needs to be established to drive conservation and avoid serious effects from over-use in agriculture, industry and energy production, according to Swiss food giant Nestle.

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Warnings don’t deter lovers of sushi. Despite warnings of high mercury levels in tuna, many sushi lovers continue to consume it. [News Source]

Vitamin E ‘may ward off decline’. Vitamin E may ward off physical decline in elderly people, research suggests. [News Source]

Toxic devils prompt health review. Public health authorities will examine whether there are implications for people from the discovery of toxic flame-retardant chemicals in the fatty tissue of Tasmanian devils. [News Source]

Overweight people could be offered cash to lose pounds. People who are overweight could be paid to get slim, the government suggested yesterday as part of its national strategy to tackle the obesity epidemic. [News Source]

Healthy living strategy launched. A strategy aimed at cutting levels of obesity in England has been launched by the government that includes an "aggressive" campaign to promote healthy living to parents. [News Source]

Broccoli ‘fights’ heart disease. Eating broccoli may protect against heart disease, US research suggests. The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry study suggests broccoli may trigger production of proteins which protect against heart damage. [News Source]

Global rise in breast cancer due to ‘Western lifestyles’. Of all the exports from our modern world, breast cancer ranks as among the most dubious. Once thought to be a disease of the rich, it is now a global epidemic. [News Source]

Can the crown jewel of world’s coral reefs be saved? Scientists and politicians are moving to protect the enormous biodiversity in the Coral Triangle--a critical marine nursery for tuna and other species. [News Source]

Vitamin E may help prevent physical decline (New Kerala) New York, Jan 24 : Vitamin E may help prevent physical decline in aged people over 65, a new study in the US has said. [News Source]