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Brave youngster raises money for cancer charities

Brave youngster raises money for cancer charities

A brave young man in Lincolnshire has vowed to continue his fundraising activities despite having cancer, it has been reported. At the tender age of 9, Ethan Maull, was diagnosed with a rare form of children’s bone cancer last Christmas, but even this has not stopped him from raising money on behalf of charities such as Cancer Research. The inspirational[Read More…]

Hospital gives US teen a death sentence because of ‘low grades and non-compliance’

Hospital gives US teen a death sentence because of ‘low grades and non-compliance’

Doctors are often faced with difficult decisions regarding life and death, but what happens when those decisions are based purely upon their perception of you as a person? One young man in America has found this out to his detriment after having been denied a life-saving heart transplant because of low grades and previous trouble with police. Fifteen year-old Anthony[Read More…]

Drinking milk is harmful to health according to Harvard study

Drinking milk is harmful to health according to Harvard study

Drinking milk is detrimental to human health, despite government recommendations stating otherwise, according to research published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Harvard scientist David Ludwig said that conventional milk and dairy products can cause more harm than good, particularly with those products which contain sugar or sweeteners. Government guidelines have traditionally urged people to drink[Read More…]

New study highlights link between the moon and heart disease

New study highlights link between the moon and heart disease

Heart disease affects more than a million people in the UK each and every year and more than 147,000 people die from the disease annually, according to statistics published by the British Heart Foundation. Factors for the disease include bad diet, obesity, family history, diabetes, smoking, lack of exercise and age (55 or older for women). But there may be[Read More…]

New study: Cranberry juice can combat urinary tract infections

New study: Cranberry juice can combat urinary tract infections

Cranberry juice can help to combat urinary tract infections (UTI) and yeast, according to a new study. The popular berry juice has always been associated with health benefits anecdotally, but this recent study from McGill University’s Department of Chemical Engineering has helped to shed some new light on how these benefits are derived. The studies were spearheaded by Professor Nathalie[Read More…]