Spain wants Mediterranean diet protected
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Spain launched a drive Monday to win European support for a bid to include the traditional Mediterranean diet on a U.N. list of protected world cultural treasures.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced the availability of a qualified health claim for monounsaturated fat from olive oil and reduced risk of coronary heart disease (CHD).
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Spain's socialist government has initiated steps during summer to combat two of the greatest political problems facing the country: illegal immigration and the threat from radical Islamist terrorism.
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The European Union's health chief wants to introduce tougher food labeling rules to combat the growing problem of obesity across Europe, but is facing stiff political and industrial opposition.
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Spain's prime minister calls for international efforts to resolve divisions between the Western and Muslim world.
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Spain would make full efforts to help push the Iraqi election held on schedule, although the country keeps "very concerned" about the current situation in Iraq, a senior Spanish official said Monday in El ...
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NEW YORK  - People who use plenty of olive oil in their diets may be helping to prevent damage to body cells that can eventually lead to cancer, new research suggests.
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The Mediterranean diet has been shown to dramatically lower the risk of metabolic disorder, heart disease and the death rate of the elderly alone and in combination with other healthy lifestyle factors.
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MADRID, Sep 25  (IPS) - Several popular Spanish rock groups helped collect  600,000 signatures and delivered them to the government Tuesday  in support of an international campaign calling for the Spanish  government to modify its trade policy towards Africa and  eliminate restrictions on imports from that region.
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Pregnant women who eat a Mediterranean diet may help protect their babies from asthma and other allergies.
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Many visitors to Spain gravitate toward the cities of Madrid, Barcelona and the more Mediterranean-flavored south.
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Spanish business sectors investing in Venezuela have called on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias to ensure legal and political security for foreign investors.
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A Mediterranean diet rich in vegetable oil, nuts and fish may help fend off more than heart disease and diabetes: It appears to prevent gallstones, too.    Men who ate more of the unsaturated fats found in such foods lowered their risk of gallstones by nearly one-fifth, according to a 14-year study published in Tuesday's Annals of Internal Medicine...
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Spain's government uses a top football match to promote the EU's proposed constitution.
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MONDAY, Jan. 10 (HealthDayNews) -- For years, scientists have thought that olive oil might help prevent breast cancer.
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder urged voters here to approve the proposed European Union constitution in Spain's weekend referendum.
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SPAIN MADRID -- Despite vociferous opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, Spain's Cabinet proposed legislation yesterday giving homosexuals the right to marry and adopt children. Parliament was expected to review and approve the legislation promptly. That would make Spain the third nation to legalize gay marriage. ''This proposed law . . . removes a centuries-old barrier,&quot; Justice Minister Juan Fernando ...