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Get packing: it's all the new rage

Forget road rage the new symptom of modern living stress is wrapping rage It s been identified as a new cause of frustration and injury and it s a probably that is getting worse as manufacturer... more »

Soya: why you might need to think again

A few E news back we made passing reference to soya and suggested it was not as safe as most would have you believe We promised a fuller explanation later so here it is Soya products are derived... more »

Dark days: the lights of natural medicine are being put out around th

We live in dark times times of spin when political power and profit count more than individual choice freedom or health In the UK the EU s Food Supplements directive was passed on Thursday June... more »

As they taketh away, ii: anyone for green tea?

Regular drinking of green tea can reduce bad cholesterol levels It s been tested on 240 patients with high cholesterol who were already on a low fat diet and LDL cholesterol levels fell by as muc... more »

Drug alerts: new warnings

We ve just received alerts about newly discovered dangers of several pharmaceutical drugs Bextra valdecoxib one of the new generation of COX 2 inhibitors a supposedly safer version of the NSAIDs... more »

Aspirin: can it also combat alzheimer's and colorectal cancer?

Aspirin the over the counter painkiller was touted as the wonder drug of the last century Just one a day would avert a heart attack its advocates claimed although daily supplementation of cod or... more »

Dr wakefield: his side of the story

Many of you will know that Dr Andrew Wakefield who pioneered research into a link between autism and the MMR vaccine was strongly attacked in the London Sunday Times the other week as reported in t... more »

The subtle charms of the drug companies: funding that buys complicity

Take a look behind most large patient groups or illness support groups and you ll find the benevolent hand of a drug company It may be funding the group with a small donation or perhaps it helped... more »

Better than sex? well, better than viagra, anyway

Viagra has been one of the great drug sensations of the past decade It s even become a recreational drug in some quarters The drug is certainly addressing a big enough problem It s been reckoned... more »

The good old mediterranean diet: as opposed to the version you're prob

The Mediterranean diet has become the gold standard of diets for its health enhancing benefits Its virtues have been confirmed in a new study involving 22 043 adults in Greece who lived a long and... more »

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