Case study:ulcerative colitis - About 20 years ago I started to have severe bouts of ulcerative colitis. Eventually I was hospitalized. ... ...

Alzheimer’s: Is it a disease of the Western diet? - Alzheimer’s and dementia may be a result of the Western diet, new research suggests. People who eat a diet that’s rich in fish, omega-3 oils, fruits...

Breast Cancer: Western diet could be to blame - The western diet of red meat, starch and sweets may be a major cause of breast cancer among postmenopausal women. It could double the risk compared t...

Colitis - Aloe vera can ease symptoms - Ulcerative colitis is one of those intractable conditions for which medicine has few answers. As a result up to half of all sufferers seek alternativ...

Eat your vegetables - And avoid lung cancer - Cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage and broccoli can help protect against lung cancer. They are rich in isothiocyanates, which are lung-cancer prev...

Worms and dirt: medicine’s newest weapons - The diagnosis of ‘inflammatory bowel disease’, or IBD, is among medicine’s many umbrella terms. It hovers over a range of inflammatory conditions of t...

Childhood colitis - Q:I have a son who is two years old and was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis six months ago. He's been on steroids (prednisolone) for the past six mo...

Milk Substitutes - It wasn’t so long ago that milk was considered a healthy food and the best source of calcium - the more you drank, the stronger your teeth and bones w...