Thursday 30 October 2008

Metal contamination in Wine

Tests on white and red wine from 15 countries have revealed potentially hazardous levels of metal ions in such wines, with wines from Hungary and Slovakia being the most contaminated.

Wines from Argentina,Brazil and Italy were the least contaminated.

Such levels could lead to Parkinson's.

Thursday 23 October 2008

Drug gives new hope to multiple sclerosis suffers

Doctors at Cambridge University have done a three-year trial of a drug called alemtuzumab on over 300 MS patients.



Those given the drug,a synthetic antibody developed at Cambridge 30 years ago, were 74% less likely to relapse, were 71% less likely to be disabled in three years time,but also showed fewer signs of disability.

The drug also seemed to promote brain repairs.

Tuesday 7 October 2008

Fans may reduce cot deaths

A study suggests that fans reduces the risk of cot deaths/sudden infant death syndrome(Sids) by 72%.

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Beast cancer vaccine a possibility

Professor Valerie Beral who lead the Million Women Study into the causes of breast cancer believes that a breast cancer vaccine is possible.

The study shows that many breast cancer are caused by lack of hormonal changes caused by childbirth and breastfeeding.