The standard line tells you to stop smoking, reduce high blood pressure and lower your cholesterol levels if you want to avoid heart disease. While this may be good advice, half of all heart patients are non-smokers with normal levels of cholesterol...
Free radicals the "sparks" that are set off in your body when oxygen burns off food and foreign chemicals look like being the cause of diabetes. ...
Makeup is an entirely unnatural phenomenon and no makeup product can claim to be 100-per-cent safe. Even those that don’t have carcinogens may use ingredients that can cause allergic reactions, irritation or photosensitivity.
Regular intake of vitamins E and C may protect against sunburn, researchers have discovered. ...
Q My life is being made hell by hot flushes and night sweats. I am 50 years old and reluctant to take HRT. And now all the herbs have been discredited. Can you recommend any natural ways to combat the menopause? - S.T., via e-mail
Elderly people may benefit from taking vitamin E, according to a study by the Human Nutrition Research Centre on Aging at Tufts University in Boston. ...
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...
New data suggest that supplementing with vitamin E can help lower rates of asthma, rhinitis and hayfever. ...
Evidence continues to mount on the protective effect of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on the heart. ...
The world's press has gleefully jumped on the study that suggests high doses of vitamin E could increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. The risks were associated with daily doses of around 400 IU (international units) or above.
Currently safe
What Doctors Don't Tell You