Scientist at Cancer Research UK have been able to identify a way to distinguish between benign and aggressive forms of prostrate cancer. Their work involves perfecting a simple urine test that would enhance treatment, which in turn would lead to unnecessary surgery, or radiation treatment. Doctor Lesley Walker of Cancer Research said: “Distinguishing the aggressive tumors that must be treated from those that do not need treatment will go along way towards resolving this issue.” [...]

It is believed that vitamin D, also referred to as the Sunshine Vitamin, plays an exciting part in the continued good health against heart disease, falls and broken bones, breast and prostate cancer. Including depression, arthritis and memory loss. The suggestion is that vitamin D can help to-ward prevention of them all. It may also help maintain healthy blood vessel function and blood pressure levels. However, researchers say more clinical trials are needed to prove [...]

According to researchers it would appear that smokers have a higher risk than non-smokers of suffering from dementia in later life. Yet another statistic to let us know that smoking is not good for us. It would also appear that non-smokers suffer the same risk. Researchers at Cambridge University have published their results in the British Medical Journal on passive smoking. According to them passive smoking can almost double the risk of dementia for non [...]

A report in a national newspaper caught my eye it was pointing out the danger from hairspray to pregnant women. It would appear experts have discovered after detailed interviews with almost 1,000 women in the London area that exposure to hairspray in the first three months of pregnancy increases the chances of Hypospadias, a common genital defect in boys, by two to three times. Hypospadias affects about one in 250 male babies in the UK. [...]

Vitamins do more harm than good according to experts. Apparently a review of 67 studies found no convincing evidence that antioxidant supplements help to increase life, but there is a possibility they could act in reverse and shorten life expectancy. It would appear that experts have stated that Beta-carotene, vitamin A and vitamin E given singly or combined with other antioxidant supplements significantly increase mortality.” However, Vitamin C did not appear to have any effect [...]