Latest News on Vitamins and Health

Sanofi to Buy Primary Consumer Unit for A$560 Million (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)
Sunday July 20th 2008, 10:49 pm

July 21 (Bloomberg) -- Sanofi-Aventis SA , France's largest drugmaker, agreed to pay A$560 million ($544 million) in cash for Primary Health Care Ltd. [News Source]

Sanofi to Buy Primary Consumer Unit for A$560 Million (Update3) (Bloomberg.com)
Sunday July 20th 2008, 10:48 pm

July 21 (Bloomberg) -- Sanofi-Aventis SA , France's largest drugmaker, agreed to pay A$560 million ($544 million) in cash for Primary Health Care Ltd. [News Source]

Is China’s pollution poisoning its children?
Sunday July 20th 2008, 7:00 pm

Federica Perera, a pioneer of molecular epidemiology, is studying the impact of air pollution on children in China. The lessons should apply in the US, Europe and Japan as well. [News Source]

The bite of Seattle: Mixed messages on food.
Sunday July 20th 2008, 7:00 pm

Talk about a buzz kill. The first booth I saw walking up to the Bite of Seattle festival Saturday was bannered "The U.S. Against Athero -- Fighting Atherosclerosis with Knowledge." [News Source]

Billed as healthy, diet aid proves the opposite.
Sunday July 20th 2008, 7:00 pm

Earlier this year an Athens couple took a liquid dietary supplement that was supposed to provide a myriad of nutrients that would boost their health, but weeks after they started taking the product, both fell violently ill. [News Source]

A sedan fueled by the future.
Sunday July 20th 2008, 7:00 pm

Unlike far-costlier fuel-cell cars — which generate electricity through a chemical reaction of gaseous hydrogen and oxygen — BMW's hydrogen vehicle runs on either liquid hydrogen or gasoline in a familiar internal-combustion engine. [News Source]

Struggling ranchers say B.C. carbon tax could drive them out of business.
Sunday July 20th 2008, 7:00 pm

The high cost of production and low prices for cattle already had the B.C. cattle industry in trouble when the province introduced its new carbon tax, say ranchers. [News Source]

How your behaviour can change your children’s DNA.
Sunday July 20th 2008, 7:00 pm

Can DNA can be modified or imprinted with the experiences of your parents and grandparents? [News Source]

Is China’s pollution poisoning its children?
Sunday July 20th 2008, 7:00 pm

Federica Perera, a pioneer of molecular epidemiology, is studying the impact of air pollution on children in China. The lessons should apply in the US, Europe and Japan as well. [News Source]

Sanofi-Aventis to buy Primary Health unit-source (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Sunday July 20th 2008, 6:07 pm

MELBOURNE, July 21 (Reuters) - French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis will pay A$560 million ($544 million) for the vitamins business of Australia's Primary Health Care Ltd , a source close to the deal said on Monday. [News Source]

Sanofi-Aventis to buy Primary Health unit-source (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Sunday July 20th 2008, 6:07 pm

MELBOURNE, July 21 (Reuters) - French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis will pay A$560 million ($544 million) for the vitamins business of Australia's Primary Health Care Ltd , a source close to the deal said on Monday. [News Source]

Haiti food aid lags, hunger deepens (AP via Yahoo! News)
Sunday July 20th 2008, 4:26 pm

Every inch of Rivilade Filsame's body hurt, from his swollen, empty stomach to his dried-out, wrinkled skin. The 18-month-old had been crying for so long in the hospital malnutrition ward that his mother no longer tried to console him. [News Source]