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Next-Generation Functional Foods Offer Condition-Specific Shot in the Arm (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Eat your way to health! Consumers are picking up on functional foods that differentiate themselves by targeting specific health conditions. A new market research report just released from Packaged Facts, "Food and Ingredient Trends Addressing Specific Diseases and Other Health Conditions," explains which foods benefit what conditions.

Children do well 5 years after liver transplant (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

New research indicates that most children who are 5-year survivors of liver transplantation have good graft function; however, chronic medical conditions and complications affecting other organs are common in this patient population.

Researcher develops screening tool to identify patients with prediabetes (EurekAlert!)

A University of Missouri researcher has created a clinical tool to identify those at highest risk for having undetected hyperglycemia, impaired fasting glucose and undiagnosed diabetes. If these conditions are identified early, patients may benefit from preventative strategies that can minimize progression to diabetes, other diseases and mortality.

Study: Media can distort public's views on infectious diseases (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)

Nov 5, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – Media coverage of infectious diseases such as avian influenza can create the impression that the conditions are more of a threat than they really are, according to a recent study from Canada.

Management of bacterial wilt in tomato (The Hindu)

Diseases are a major hurdle in tomato cultivation, both under controlled and field conditions. Among them bacterial wilt is most devastating on tomato causing yield losses up to 90 per cent. The disease is also known as southern ...