Tweet In the 1980′s Maggie Thatcher was labelled the “Milk Snatcher” after she decided to stop giving free milk to infant school children to help save money. There are now reports that the new Tory-Lib Deb coalition government are planning to stop free milk in nurseries and play schools. Milk is an excellent way to boost the health of...
Tweet Slightly off topic, but we just heard about these new healthy frozen desserts that are made from natural ingredients that can help to improve dietary health rather than make it worse. So certainly worth investigating further if you are in the UK. Last night Peter Jones and Duncan Bannatyne bought in to Kirsty Henshaw’s healthy “ice cream” company....
Tweet Researchers have discovered that oily fish can help to reduce the risk of going blind in old age. Oily fish is high in Omega 3 fatty acids and other healthy oils and these help protect the eyes from age related macular degeneration (AMD). The best sources of Omega 3 are salmon, tuna and mackerel. In addition to fish,...
TweetParents are now being encouraged to save their children’s baby teeth. This is due to a new technology, provided by BioEden, that can preserve stem cells from the teeth to be used later on in life to treat diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s.
TweetWhen HIV was first discovered, the medical community were optimistic that by now we would have a cure. However, this is now far from the case. The nature of the virus, and its ability to mutate rapidly, makes combating it very difficult. And today we hear that another strain has been found, this time in gorillas, which had previously...