Americans spend millions of dollars annually on the herbal remedy echinacea, but a government-sponsored study shows they might be throwing their money away.
Studies suggest that blood calcium and vitamin D levels are lower in women with PMS and that calcium supplementation may reduce symptom severity. Researchers conducted "a case-control study nested within the prospective Nurses' Health Study 11 cohort."
ConAgra Foods Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement to sell all of its remaining 15.4 million shares of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation to that company.