Ginger fighting ovarian cancer
US scientists believe that ginger may help to fight ovarian cancer. University of Michigan researchers announced at the American Association of Cancer Research that tests show ginger kills cancer cells. The study also found that the spice had the added benefit of stopping the cells from becoming...
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Freezing lung tumor
For decades Sheila Kaye was a smoker and her lungs were in poor condition. When doctors discovered a small tumor on one of her lungs, they were unable to operate. But surgeons at Harefield Hospital in Middlesex chose Sheila, aged 58, for their innovative 'freeze therapy'. Using a special probe, the...
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Cheeseburger Bill
Cheeseburger Bill (set to stop obesity lawsuits) The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed the “cheeseburger bill,” to prevent obese people from suing the fast food industry. If the Senate passes this law, overweight Americans will no longer be able to blame their weight on over...
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Fat cells link to heart disease
University of Iowa researchers found the cells release chemicals which can trigger inflammation. The findings, presented to the Experimental Biology 2006 conference in San Francisco, may help explain why obesity increases heart disease risk. Fat cells - adipocytes - were once thought to do nothing...
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HIV type affects disease progress
A study has suggested that the type of HIV a person has predicts how quickly they could die from Aids. US researchers studied people in Uganda, and found HIV was more likely to progress rapidly in people with subtype D than in those with subtype A. Most people in the UK and other western countries...
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Option of Vanity...the appeal of cosmetic surgery
Option of Vanity: The Appeal of Cosmetic Surgery Americans believe in what Ponce de Leon discovered in 1513 in St. Augustine, Florida, the fountain of youth. Today it is disguised as cosmetic surgery. Research shows that in 2003 cosmetic procedures have increased to nearly 8.5 million according to...
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How Sweet it Is
It’s not that chocolates are a substitute for love. Love is a substitute for chocolate. Chocolate is, let’s face it, far more reliable than man.” Miranda Ingram How Sweet it Is Everywhere you look you read something about the value of chocolate, but not just any chocolate, the rage centers...
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Scientists synthesising a malaria drug
Malaria infects as many as 500 million people a year, and kills more than 1.5 million, mainly in Africa and Asia. US researchers have created a yeast which can churn out large quantities of a related chemical, which can be easily converted into the drug. Writing in Nature, they say their work may...
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Fourth death caused by bird flu in Egypt
In Egypt the fourth person has died after being infected with bird flu. There have so far been 12 reported cases of human bird flu in Egypt. Around the world, more than 100 people have died from the H5N1 strain of the disease since 2003 - the majority of them in Asia. The victim, an 18-year-old...
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Antibiotics could treat asthma
Asthma affects 5.2m people in the UK and there is no cure for this condition but its symptoms could be eased by taking steroids. The international study of 278 patients suggests an antibiotic called Telithromycin that can reduce symptoms of asthma and improve lung function. Patients in 70...
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