A study by Wellesley College researchers said intake of alcohol may result in a decrease to an individual's total brain volume.

According to the October issue of the Archives of Neurology, brain mass decreases with age at a rate of almost two percent every ten years. However, as brain volume decreases, white matter lesions increase. A decreasing brain volume and increasing white matter lesions also happen in cases of dementia and problems with thinking, learning and memory

After the melanine milk scare that has killed four children and sickened thousands of others in China, officials in three US states have asked baby bottle manufacturers to stop using the BPA chemical in their products.

The states of Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware have sent letters to 11 baby bottle manufacturers and formula makers asking that they avoid using BPA

An American company is partnering with a Danish company to develop and market new soy proteins with better flavor, solubility and nutritional benefits.

St. Louis-based Solae develops is partnering with Copenhagen, Denmark-based Novozymes in the venture

Scientists from the Institute of Food Research in the U.K. may have found an explanation for the healthier bodies of people who eat regularly fruits and vegetables. A fragment of pectin, found in both veggies and fruits, binds to and likely inhibits galectin 3, a protein that has a major role in all stages of the spread of cancer.

Professor Vic Morris of the IFR said claims of anti-cancer effects of food are based on population studies. To go beyond it, the institute tried a molecular mechanism and proved it was viable. He explained, quoted by the U.K. Telegraph, "The treatments used by the food industry to modify pectin would emphasize the release of the fragments we've identified

Over 5,000 health inspectors from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine were sent by China's central government to different dairies to check their health standards. Their deployment was in response to the death of four Chinese babies, the illness of 53,000 milk drinkers and its negative effect on the country's exports.

Following the international scare of discovering melamine in Chinese dairy products, dozens of countries withdrew the milk products made with Chinese milk from store shelves. It results to the arrest of 30 people and the discovery of 400 new ailments linked to melamine-tainted milk