The world’s media has been buzzing with the news of a new wonder drug that combats obesity. The drug rimonabant - marketed in the US as Acomplia - is the ultimate magic bullet. Its acts by ‘switching off’ that part of the brain that controls...
BAD SCIENCE So many studies, so many flaws A full one-third of American scientists have been found guilty of serious misconduct while undertaking medical research over the last three years. Their misdeeds have included the falsification of data...
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Results of a new study by the American Cancer Society show that around 12 per cent of colorectal cancer deaths in the US are attributable to smoking. ...
Smoking can damage the vascular system and reduce blood flow to the heart. But, according to a new study carried out by scientists at the University Hospital in Zurich, vitamin C can repair the da ...
In Europe and the US, the average life time risk of developing colorectal cancer is one in 20, but the risk can go up or down as a result of many factors: .. ...
Learn to manage your anger if you want to avoid a heart attack that's the message from researchers at the University of North Carolina. ...
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Evidence to link diabetes or non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) to obesity is mounting. Although the condition is, in part, thought to be genetic, many lifestyle factors are suspected ...
Re WDDTY vol 14 no 3, while it is true that calcium and magnesium are both needed by humans in a ratio of 2:1 (as found in plant foods), there is much more to be said on this subject.