Research led by Professor David Hume at Edinburgh University has clarified how cancer operates in our bodies.
It was previously thought that a group of ‘master genes’ caused the cancer to start and spread. After this research, It is now realized than hundreds of genes are involved in the process of cancer. This will [...]

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Two adverts tickled my funny bone this week.
Organic cigarettes and vegan condoms.
Really.
Organic Cigarettes
First the cigarettes. Does any smoker really say:
“Hmmm got to watch out for my health – I’ll make sure I get the organically grown tobacco to minimize the chemicals I inhale”?

Wonderful. Only in America. God bless you guys.
The [...]

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Quirky, witty, healthy drinks producer Innocent has sold a stake to a company giant. Coca Cola paid them £30m for around 15 percent of the company.

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A study has found that 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is obese. Overall, this makes for half a million obese 4-year-olds in the USA.
This study looked closely at the racial makeup of those taking party in the study’s and also distinguished between overweight and obese – which many previous studies had not.
Before long, [...]

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The UK Institute of Cancer Research has identified an important clue in the development of melanoma – the skin cancers which is often fatal.

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One person who is very happy about President Obama’s overturning of the restrictions on stem cell research is Michael J Fox.

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Wheat Grass’s major proponent was Anne Wigmore who founded the famous Hippocrates Institute in Boston.
When diagnosed with colon cancer and on top of that suffering a road accident, she was told she needed to have her legs amputated.
She refused and nursed herself back to health.
She remembered her grandmother saying great things about [...]

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A study of 440 breast cancer patients has found that if they take HRT they are more likely to suffer a relapse within 5 years.
In the study, the Swedish researchers found that 22% of women taking HRT after having had breast cancer relapsed, whereas only 10% of those not taking the drug did so.
Other [...]

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Eastbourne District General Hospital – down the road from SHS – has been battling with an outbreak of the C. difficile superbug. Wards have been closed for deep cleaning with gas, necessitating temporary refusal of new admissions.
Hydrogen peroxide, the gas used, kills of spores of C. difficile.
At the Eastbourne hospital the number [...]

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