Drinking coffee daily may halve liver cancer risk

Love your coffee? Then you’ll love this news.

Coca-Cola and the problem with industry-funded research

In light of the news that Coca-Cola is funding an organization claiming that lack of exercise is the primary cause of obesity, we investigate the role of industry-funded research.

Reuters Examines Food Prices In Africa

Reuters examines food prices in Africa after the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization last week said its global Food Price Index hit a record high. “The United Nations may have sounded the alarm about soaring global food prices, but in Africa a string of bumper harvests and a changing diet means the political fallout may be more muted than to past price bumps,” the news service reports…

WFP, UNAIDS Work To Improve Nutritional Support Available For People Living With HIV/AIDS

The World Program Program (WFP), with the support of UNAIDS, is planning to launch “a new policy to make food and nutritional support more available to people living with HIV,” VOA News reports. The agency “says the aim of [the] program is to help patients stick to their treatment, while protecting their households from further vulnerability,” the news service adds…