Fibre may keep asthma, diabetes at bay, study finds

Organically grown tomatoes are more nutritious in some ways than the conventionally grown variety, a new study from Brazil suggests.

Teenagers rejoice, zit bacteria aren't all bad. New research finds the microbes that cause the most common form of acne come in two flavors: the "bad" variety that causes pimples and the "good" type that may keep the skin glowing.

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Scientists in the United States on Sunday offered a molecular-level explanation for how a Chinese herbal medicine used for more than 2,000 years tackles fever and eases malaria. The herb is an extract of the root of a flowering plant called blue evergreen hydrangea, known in Chinese as chang shan and in Latin as Dichroa febrifuga Lour.

Men with high-fat diets are more likely to have diabetic children, research showed Thursday, in the first study linking a baby's health to what their father ate.The study tracked a group of rats that were fed fatty foods until they were obese and showing precursory signs of type 2 diabetes and were then bred with females of average weight, explained lead researcher Margaret Morris.Morris said that despite being reared on a strictly healthy diet, their offspring developed impaired glucose tolerance and insulin production when they reached young adulthood.

The health properties of red wine have long been debated but an Australian biochemist believes he has created a drop so loaded with antioxidants that it could treat a range of ills. Brisbane-based Greg Jardine said he has patented a group of compounds created during the wine-making process which he says act as an anti-inflammatory and could help battle conditions such as arthritis and chronic fatigue.

By Ben Yoffe:Sucampo Pharmaceuticals (SCMP) is a global pharmaceutical company focuses on the research, development, and commercialization of proprietary drugs based on prostones. Prostones are a class of compounds derived from functional fatty acids that occur naturally in the human body. The company believes that most prostones are activators of cellular ion channels.