Eat your veggies to prevent lung cancer

Low bone density or other risk factors?

It is generally assumed that low bone density indicates fracture risk. However, dense bones may not necessarily be sufficient to prevent hip fracture...

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...

Factors increasing risk

In Europe and the US, the average life time risk of developing colorectal cancer is one in 20, but the risk can go up or down as a result of many fact...

Nutrients: - Today's diets can't deliver all we need

Most doctors reckon that we can get all the nutrients we need from a healthy, balanced diet, and that taking supplements is an unnecessary expense. B...

Balancing moods by balancing nutrients

While most practitioners, conventional and alternative, focus on fighting heart disease, arthritis and cancer, there is growing concern over the silen...

Screening for lung cancer doesn't reduce death

Regular screening of individuals at risk of lung cancer may not reduce death from the disease. ...