WHO Says Diesel Fumes As Carcinogenic As Asbestos
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the WHO, reclassified diesel exhausts from its group 2A of […]
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Dental X-rays: Be Cautious
New research suggests we should think carefully before consenting to annual dental x-rays. The odd one here or there may
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#Diabetes Drug Increases Cancer Risk
Report in the Independent on the Diabetes drug Actos/Competact (active ingredient Piolitazone) with people showing an 88% increased risk of
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Avoid Zinc Oxide in Sunscreens
Time to check your sunscreens in preparation for Summer (if we ever get any…)! I have always recommended non toxic
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Aspirin: Good or Bad? Again
The recent study by Prof Peter Rothwell published in The Lancet has again suggested that aspirin could be a wonder
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Breast Cancer Dropped When HRT Concerns Raised
Interesting and illuminating short piece about HRT this morning from WDDTY: HRT (hormone replacement therapy) is a major cause of
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More on Breast Screening
I wrote recently about the vagaries of over-diagnosis. Here is a piece on a breast cancer screening from the Daily
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Vitamin D And Rise in #Bowel Cancer and #Diabetes
First I read this story: Guardian 27.7.11 “STUDY SAYS BOWEL CANCER RATE HAS DOUBLED IN MEN” The chances of men
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Over-Diagnosis
What was I saying earlier about the dangers inherent with diagnosis? Look at this quote in today’s Daily Mail explaining
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Middle Age Cancer Rises 18%
This is not good news, is it?! See the stories in several papers yesterday about the seemingly meteoric rise of