What Doctors Don't Tell YouVery high doses of beta carotene supplements may be cancer causing, as two earlier, and controversial studies had concluded. Diets that are rich in foods containing beta carotene do not carry the ...
A recent Danish study adds to the growing body of evidence linking maternal smoking with antisocial behaviour in their offspring. ...
If doctors have their way, the dire health warnings on the side of cigarette packs might have to be changed. ...
Consider what the theoretical risk factors for pre-eclampsia have in common. These risks include: being blood group AB (J Hum Hyperten, 1995; 9: 623-5), environmental poisons, impaired kidney and/ ...
My mother, who smokes, has been diagnosed as having emphysema. As far as I know, it is in the early stages, but what I have read about conventional treatment (oxygen therapy, drugs to dilate the b ...
Despite recent adverse publicity, beta-carotene does provide an effective safeguard against lung cancer, new research has found. ...
People who suffer from an underactive thyroid are making the condition worse by smoking, researchers have discovered. ...
PASSIVE SMOKING: It even rots your teeth
Saturated and trans fats in the diet can lead to obesity, and can also harbour cancer-promoting chemicals like pesticides, industrial chemicals and foreign oestrogens. Overcooked meats, especially barbecued and chargrilled, contain cancer-causing...
Q: I was diagnosed with prostate cancer several years ago, and had treatments initially with radiotherapy and then with a drug called Zoladex. Zoladex is meant to prevent a recurrence of cancer
