The German arm of BUND, a major environmental group, said BPA traces detected in drinks containers made by major players such as Becks, Fanta and Sprite were within current safety limits and unlikely to pose an independent health risk. However, the group called for the banning of the chemical in food contact materials on the grounds [...]
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The March 2010 edition of The Health Gazette Ezine was published as scheduled today. It has been emailed to subscribers and is available in the subscribers’ archive.
In this edition Dr Jenny Tylee provides a brief overview of the special nutritional requirements of those having surgery. Unfortunately many people still need surgery and proper nutritional preparation and followup [...]
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Trust the French. They do seem to have a penchant for doing their own thing or being different for the sake of being different. That probably is a quality the chemical industry can exploit.
In an update to its position on bisphenol A (BPA) last week, the French Food Safety Agency (AFSSA) said it did not accept the [...]
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Consuming two or more soft drinks per week increased the risk of developing pancreatic cancer by nearly two-fold compared with individuals who did not consume soft drinks, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Although relatively rare, pancreatic cancer remains one of the most [...]
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Damage inflicted by amyloid protein implicated as shared disease mechanism
Nearly 20 years ago Huntington Potter kicked up a storm of controversy with the idea that Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s were the same disease. Now the evidence is in: He was right.
And that’s not all. Down syndrome, artery-clogging cardiovascular disease, and possibly even diabetes, appear to [...]
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