Dec 15, 2009 | Body and Mind, Chemicals In Food |
Plastics component affects intestine: study PARIS — The chemical Bisphenol A used in plastic containers and drinks cans has been shown for the first time to affect the functioning of the intestines, according to a French study published Monday. National...
Dec 15, 2009 | Health Foods, Healthy Eating |
Compounds present in popular spices pepper and turmeric could treat breast cancer by limiting the growth of stem cells that cause a tumor to grow, according to new US research. Turmeric and pepper have been widely explored as potential cancer treatments but a new...
Dec 15, 2009 | Healthy Eating, Medications/Vitamins |
Drinking lots of coffee and tea can significantly reduce a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes, an Australian study shows. Consuming three to four cups of the beverages daily cuts the diabetes risk by 25 per cent for tea and coffee drinkers,...
Dec 14, 2009 | Children's Health |
Schools are teaching children to grow and cook healthy food in hopes of stopping the spread of Australia’s obesity plague. Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon on Wednesday opened a kitchen garden at Bondi Public School in Sydney’s east, as part of the...
Dec 14, 2009 | Medications/Vitamins |
THE cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil has triggered multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms in some girls after being inoculated. Doctors said the victims were either teenagers or women in their early 20s who may have been predisposed to MS or who had a prior history...
