Cancer Fears Over Beef

Advertiser Newspapers Pty Limited 04 Jul 2006 FEARS about eating beef from cattle pumped up with growth hormones have been raised by a British government expert. John Verrall said there was alarming evidence it could trigger breast and other cancers, bring forward puberty in girls and increase the risk of genital abnormalities in boys. Mr…

Diabetes Brings Earlier Heart Disease, Death

FRIDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) — People with type 2 diabetes can expect to suffer from fatal and non-fatal heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events about 15 years earlier than non-diabetics, a new study shows. “The rates are consistently higher,” said lead researcher Dr. Gillian Booth, an adjunct scientist at the Institute of Clinical…

Pomegranates May Slow Prostate Cancer – 01/07/2006

The Daily Telegraph, United Kingdom By Roger Highfield, Science Editor (Filed: 01/07/2006) The bottles of pomegranate juice flown to Germany to stop England’s football players wilting in the stifling heat could have other health benefits, according to a study published today that suggests the juice can combat prostate cancer. Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) is a…

F.D.A. Warns of Liver Failure After Antibiotic Use – June 30, 2006

By GARDINER HARRIS Published: June 30, 2006 WASHINGTON, June 29 ” Federal drug regulators issued a strong warning Thursday that Ketek, a controversial antibiotic, could in rare circumstances cause serious liver injury, liver failure and even death. “We clearly now understand that there is risk of serious liver injury with Ketek,” said Dr. John Jenkins,…