...; of these 85 per cent were adults. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Diet Food Health Sickness Food scares particularly regarding food allergy often hit the headlines of tabloid newspapers these days. Hence the news that some airlines have removed peanuts from flights was recently covered...

... inflammation and may have a role in carcinogenesis. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Bacteria Health Sickness The term peptic ulcer includes duodenal and gastric ulcer. Duodenal ulcer disease is particularly common and may affect up to 10 per cent of the population at some time in their lives...

... in decontaminating beef[ 18 ] although such treatments reduce the populations of E. coli 0157:H7 without inactivating the pathogen[ 19 ]. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Bacteria Food Health Meat Sickness On completion of the cooking procedure the burger was dissected carefully and two...