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It’s the environment: the cause of tourette syndrome may have been pi

Tourette syndrome which causes embarrassing nervous facial tics is a mystery to the medical profession Although incidence of the condition have increased four fold in the past 20 years few rese... more »

Food infections: start taking them seriously

We all know that gastrointestinal infections such as by Salmonella and Campylobacter from contaminated food can be very nasty In a few cases they can be fatal But they are much nastier and more... more »

Eat your tomatoes: it might help prevent cancer

The anti cancer properties of lycopene the carotenoid found in tomatoes have been written about before but a new study underlines the importance of eating the fruit itself rather than taking lyco... more »

Exercise: do you really have to kill yourself in a gym before it makes

Everyone knows they should exercise It s right up there with don t smoke as one of the basic tenets of good health maintenance While we know that one cigarette is one too many how much exercise... more »

Magic mushroom: is this humble fungus a cancer fighter?

The healing powers of the humble mushroom have been well known in China and Japan for hundreds of years Now its time may finally have come in the West after a mushroom extract was used to successful... more »

Cigarettes: now they're linked to lupus

We all know cigarettes are bad for us unless of course you happen to be a cigarette manufacturer but we ve heard of yet another condition that it can exacerbate Researchers reckon that it can i... more »

Coeliac disease: is it a cause of schizophrenia?

It s amazing the number of cases of mental illness that have a nutritional basis The latest example of this to catch our eye is the likelihood that coeliac disease an allergic reaction to gluten... more »

Pre-eclampsia? it could increase your chances of heart problems later

High blood pressure is a common problem for women when they are pregnant and sometimes it can lead to pre eclampsia It s been reckoned to affect up to one in three pregnant women but it was always... more »

It'll make you blind: but nobody told us about ulcers

Many things make us blind as our mothers were always keen to point out But doctors at Queen s University in Belfast have found yet another cause tongue ulcers They treated one woman whose ulcer... more »

It's all in my genes: why some people can't help going on binge-eatin

The UK s National Health Service is thinking of restricting treatment to smokers and to obese people who won t help themselves Obese people often claim they can t help themselves and now scientists... more »

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