Chickenpox vaccine - Q Could you tell me the side effects of the new chickenpox vaccine, which doctors are now recommending for babies? - EH, Santa Fe, NM.

The link with processed foods - Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) refers to the slow deterioration of the cells in the macula, a tiny yellowish area near the centre of the retin...

Colon Cancer: Processed foods could be a major cause - A diet of fast and processed foods could be a major cause of colon cancer, researchers have found. The foods are high in trans-fatty acids, and there...

Cancer Pressure Group: Another front for a drug company - Things aren’t quite as they seem at cancer pressure group Cancer United, which is being launched today in Brussels. It describes itself as a pioneeri...

Failing eyesight: It can be caused by too much processed foods - Processed foods such as white rice, pasta and bread may make your eyesight worse, especially as you get older.

Us to adopt new food labels - US consumers are to be given fuller information about the content of the food they eat. ...

Who calls for new guidelines on organic food labels - The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization have agreed that new guidelines are needed for the production, processin...

Processed foods linked to bone deformities - Re Tony Edwards’ special report on holistic dentistry (WDDTY vol 15 no 8), Weston Price also had a lot to say about ‘modern’ refined diets producing d...