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By Sally Williams SUFFICIENT amounts of bluetongue vaccine need to be made available across Wales in time for the September sales, a farmers' union warned last night. President of NFU Cymru, Dai Davies said livestock traditionally moved from west to east during the peak time for pedigree cattle and lamb trading and he hoped that the September sales would be "viable". He pointed out that the problems posed by bluetongue, a disease spread by midges, cut livestock entries by up...

Moderation can keep the barbecue from becoming a pit of unhealthy eating and drinking, U.S. cancer experts advise. Staff members at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey say nutrition can play a part in the treatment as well as the prevention of cancer. During barbecue season, the American Institute for Cancer guidelines for food choices suggest that to help reduce the risk of some cancers: -- If consumed at all, limit alcoholic drinks to two for men and one for women a day. -- Limit...

Scientists say that adopting just a couple of elements of the Mediterranean diet could cut the risks of developing cancer by 12%.Just using more olive oil alone cuts the risk by 9%, according to a study of 26,000 Greeks. The diet also includes higher amounts of fruits, vegetables, cereals, and less red meat.Men might cut their risk of prostate cancer by adding broccoli to meals, a separate study has found.Spain and Greece have lower rates of illnesses like heart disease. The people living...

By Robert Warren COLUMBUS -- Please, before stuffing that fresh-off-the-grill burger down your gullet, take a few moments to make sure it's thoroughly cooked. I know, you like it a little pink. Heck, I like mine bloody red if I can get it. But now is not the time to partake of such red meat indulgences. By now, you've probably heard that there are a bunch of people in Ohio and that other state just north of here who inadvertently invited some E. coli to take up residence in their digestive...

LONDON -- Eating less meat could help slow global warming by reducing the number of livestock and thereby decreasing the amount of methane flatulence from the animals, scientists said on Thursday.In a special energy and health series of the medical journal The Lancet, experts said people should eat fewer steaks and hamburgers. Reducing global red meat consumption by 10 percent, they said, would cut the gases emitted by cows, sheep and goats that contribute to global warming."We are at a...

By David DouglasNEW YORK -- A diet high in red meat appears to raise the risk developing pancreatic cancer, Swedish researchers report in the International Journal of Cancer. The good news is that consumption of poultry may cut the risk.Pancreatic cancer is one of the most deadly cancers, due, in large part, because it is seldom detected at an early, curable stage. Surgical removal offers the only chance for a cure, but only a small percentage of patients are candidates for this therapy. In...

By Patricia ReaneyLONDON -- Scientists said on Tuesday they may have found a reason why eating too much red meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer.By studying cells from volunteers eating different diets, they discovered that red meat raises levels of compounds in the large bowel which can alter DNA and increase the likelihood of cancer."It is the first definite link between red meat and the very first stage in cancer," said Professor Sheila Bingham, of the Medical Research...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Laboratories using new tissue engineering technology might be able to produce meat that is healthier for consumers and cut down on pollution produced by factory farming, researchers said on Wednesday.While NASA engineers have grown fish tissue in lab dishes, no one has seriously proposed a way to grow meat on commercial levels.But a new study conducted by University of Maryland doctoral student Jason Matheny and his colleagues describe two possible ways to do it.Writing...

WASHINGTON -- Laboratories using new tissue engineering technology might be able to produce meat that is healthier for consumers and cut down on pollution produced by factory farming, researchers said on Wednesday.While NASA engineers have grown fish tissue in lab dishes, no one has seriously proposed a way to grow meat on commercial levels.But a new study conducted by University of Maryland doctoral student Jason Matheny and his colleagues describe two possible ways to do it.Writing in the...