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Hydroxycut recall as FDA says one person died from liver failure

The diet pill Hydroxycut has been recalled today as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says one person has died from liver failure after taking the weight loss supplement. Health officials are saying that anyone...

Jade Goody to wed after terminal cancer confirmed

Jade Goody, well known to Brits for staring in Big Brother has been told her cancer cannot be cured and that she will die. Goody became a household name in the UK after appearing in Big Brother in 2002 and since...

Hungover this New Years Day? Try some cures and remedies

If you had a bit too much fun at your New Years party last night, then chances are you might have a bit of a hangover today. While it is known that there is no 'cure' for a hangover, there are some remedies and...

Booze: Why you need a day off

Health messages around alcohol are anything but not confusing on many levels. One glass a day of red wine is good for you. One glass of red wine a day can cause cancer. Alcohol should never be drunk in pregnancy....

Scientists dismiss 'detox myth'

After Christmas and the New Year shop windows and womens magazines are full of adverts for new diets and detox products that claim to clean our bodies of the toxins built up over the holidays. A new report from...

British may ban 'happy hour'

Like the two martini and free lunch at a bar, Happy Hour seems to be a thing to be relagated to the past.Alchol is a part of British and American tradition... but it leads to other, bad, things.All things in...

Children and Teenagers at Risk from Liver Disease

YOUNG people are shoring up a real risk of severe liver damage from excessive driniking it has been reported today by the British Liver Trust.  The latest figures show that 49 people died in their 20's from liver disease, a worrying trend as damage from alchohol usually...

Shock tactics in anti-obesity drive

With fatness seen as a vanity problem rather than a health problem new research shows many people are not picking up the message that energy-dense foods such as burgers, chips, cakes and other fatty and sweet...

Eating Veggies shrinks the brain

This is very bizzare. Basically this research shows that by going strictly green, you are lacking valuable vitamins you will be receiving if you are eating meat. This vitamin B12 deficiency also causes anaemia and...

Horse Whisperer author poisoned by mushrooms

The author of the best-selling book "The Horse Whisperer" is in the hospital in Scotland after eating some poisonous mushrooms. He had cooked the mushrooms himself after finding them in the woods."Bestselling...

Ex-NYPD detective charged in 'Bling Bandit' bank robberies

"NEW YORK (AP) -- He was a respected former NYPD detective and a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who struggled in recent months with inoperable liver cancer. But now Athelson Kelson is charged with bank robbery, identified by authorities as New York's so-called Bling...

Scientists stop ageing in mice

There's been some amazing scientific discoveries reported this week. First, scientists in California have come up with substances that may prove instrumental in developing invisible cloaking technology, and now...

Natalie Cole diagnosed with hepatitis C

The daughter of Jazz Legend nat King Cole was diagnosed during a routine medical  examination. She has been drug-free for over 20 years and has spoken frankly of her addictions. " Grammy-winning singer...

Japan approves CyberKnife system for extracranial use

"Robotic radiosurgery system offers non-invasive treatment alternative for tumors anywhere in the body Sunnyvale, Calif. (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that Japan's...

Banned cancer drugs better than NHS ones

Is this what we want?" A former fireman who developed liver cancer after 25 years’ service has been told that if he pays for the only drug that can treat his disease his NHS care will be withdrawn. Barry...

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