Ministry: China steps up pre-Lunar New Year food safety

The campaign would focus on seven provinces, including Hebei where the milk contamination scandal began, ministry spokesman Mao Qunan told a news conference. "Groups and individuals who have broken the law will...

LITTLE Rhys Harris is bursting with life

" LITTLE Rhys Harris is bursting with life - after two months as the "boy in the bubble" fighting an incredibly rare illness. The brave seven-year-old is only the SECOND child in the world to be cured of the...

Ted Kennedy brain tumour surgery 'a success'

UPDATE: 1745 EST: Ted Kennedy's brain tumour surgery was successful, according to his doctor. The US senator was awake during the operation. " Dr Allan Friedman said a three-hour procedure had been carried out...

Cathedral of Notre Dame Le Puy, France

"Crowning the summit of Mount Corneille in the Auvergne region of central France, the cathedral of Notre Dame in Le Puy is one of Europe's oldest, most famous and most beautiful pilgrimage shrines. Much visited...

Evangelist Sued For Claiming That God Heals

A tele-evangelist with a large following across the United States is being sued by relatives over her claim that prayer cured her brother's throat cancer. Darlene Bishop's claims appear in her book, Your Life Follows Your Words, which fails to mention that her brother, the...

Type I and Type II Diabetes Cured OVERNIGHT In Mice

In a discovery that has stunned even those behind it, scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body's nervous system helps trigger diabetes, opening the door to a potential near-cure of the disease that affects millions of Canadians. Diabetic mice became...

Diets That Fight Cancer

"Cancer. It’s the diagnosis everyone dreads. But this is not a story about fear, it’s about hope. There’s hope for those diagnosed with cancer, because new techniques, treatments and medicines help people live longer. And although there’s no guarantee that...

Where do the newspapers find these people?

The headline at the Telegraph front page reads "'Miracle' secures sainthood for Pope";  the headline to the article itself, "Tailor 'cured' of cancer cited as Papal miracle".  Yes, there is a report of a miracle in Salerno, but it is not yet fully...

Lowering Your Risk of Colon Cancer

"Colon cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States, and well over 100,000 people will be diagnosed with the disease this year alone. And while it is the second and third leading cause of cancer death in women and men, respectively, more and more people are...

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