Tomato sauce was found to contain three times as much of the cancer-fighting chemical lycopene if grown organically, scientists reveal
Originally from New Scientist
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Organic milk ‘higher in vitamins’
Drinking organic milk has more health benefits than drinking non-organic, a study has suggested.
Originally from BBC News
Fruits, Veggies Lower Kids’ Blood Pressure
Preschoolers who eat the recommended four servings of fruits and vegetables — along with two servings of dairy products — each day may have lower blood pressures in early adolescence, new study findings suggest.
Originally from Reuters
Curry Spice May Fight Alzheimer’s
The pigment that gives curry spice its yellow hue may also be able to break up the “plaques” that mark the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients, early research suggests.
Originally from Reuters
Tobacco smoke dulls child brains
Children exposed to passive smoking are likely to do worse at school than their peers, research suggests.
Originally from BBC News
Drugstores Fret as Insurers Demand Pills by Mail
Many people will soon be required to receive their drugs by mail order so their employers can get lucrative rebates and deep discounts.
Canada Tests Another Animal for Mad Cow Disease
One day after the U.S. Agriculture Department announced that concern over mad cow disease should no longer keep the border closed to live cattle from Canada, the Ottawa government revealed yesterday that it has detected another suspected case in a dairy cow.
Fast-food diabetes link warning
Eating fast food more than twice a week has strong links with weight gain and insulin resistance, a US study shows.
Originally from BBC News
Smoking During Pregnancy Raises Diabetes Risk
Pregnant women who smoke face a higher risk of developing diabetes during pregnancy — a condition known as gestational diabetes — according to a new study.
Originally from Reuters
Cipro-Resistant Gonorrhea on the Rise
In Hawaii, the proportion of cases of gonorrhea that are resistant to treatment with the antibiotic Cipro increased nearly sevenfold between 1997 and 2000, new findings show.
Originally from Reuters
Bad Water, Not Corpses, Main Tsunami Disease Threat
Contrary to popular belief, the thousands of rotting corpses do not pose the main threat. Sewage-contaminated water is the main risk factor in the spread of deadly diseases like cholera, malaria and dengue fever. Diseases are spread by contaminated water, drinking water and water used to clean food. The first symptom of contaminated water consumption is diarrhoea and doctors in Sri Lanka and elsewhere are already reporting cases of diarrhoea and vomiting.
While rotting corpses pose little threat to survivors, relief workers handling them face a risk of contracting tuberculosis, hepatitis, HIV, as well as gastro-intestinal infections such as diarrhoea, salmonellosis, typhoid fevers and cholera.
Originally from Reuters
Disease ‘could hit wave zones’
More people could be killed by disease after the Asian tsunami by the disaster itself, a health expert warns.
Originally from BBC News
Slow-Motion Miracle: One Boy’s Journey Out of Autism’s Grasp
An 8-year-old boy’s continuing journey to break free of the grip of autism reflects a struggle that more than 150,000 American children have faced in the past decade.
Plastic Wrapping Help Preemies Stay Warm
Polyethylene wrapping can help prevent heat loss by very premature infants when they’re born, a Canadian group of researchers report.
Originally from Reuters
Exercise ‘cuts older heart risks’
Cutting body fat means middle-aged people are less likely to develop a syndrome which increases heart disease and diabetes risk, researchers say.
Originally from BBC News