Cancer boost from whole carrots
The anti-cancer properties of carrots are more potent if the vegetable is not cut up before cooking, research shows.
Smoking Linked to More Than Lung Cancer
It is widely accepted that tobacco smoke causes most lung cancer deaths. A new study shows that tobacco smoke — including secondhand smoke — may also contribute to non-lung cancers more than previously thought.
Cancer cells ‘cheat suicide call’
Cancer cells cheat death by reversing a process which causes normal cells to commit suicide at the end of their natural life, scientists have shown.
They showed cancer cells were able to recover even after exposure to a chemical cocktail which triggers suicide in normal cells.
Spicy Food Can Prevent and Heal Disease
Spicy foods add an incredible amount of flavour to food. As ethnic foods become abundant, chilli and spicy food is increasingly popular. The good news is that adding spice to our food has a range of benefits for our health and wellbeing.
Grape extract kills cancer cells
An extract from grape seeds can destroy cancer cells, US research suggests.
Vitamins ‘do not cut cancer risk’
Taking vitamin C or E does not reduce the risk of prostate cancers - or other forms of the disease, two large US studies suggest.
Both trials were set up following some evidence that taking supplements might have a positive effect.
But one study of 35,533 men, and a second of 15,000 doctors, found no evidence that [...]
