Is your cell phone harming your health? Move to Green Bank in the US
Is electromagnetic hypersensitivity real, or does it exist only in the mind? Research on health risks from electromagnetic radiation sources, that include TV, computer screens, WiFi, and mobile phones...
View ArticleHow I beat lung cancer – non-smoker’s inspirational story of survival
It all started with a little cough that wouldn’t go away. Then she started coughing up a little blood, and Johannesburg pharmacy assistant Magdalena van der Walt thought she might have TB, then a...
View ArticleNot sexy, not just smoker’s disease – lung cancer rebranded a ‘woman’s disease’
For too long, lung cancer has been the Cindarella of medical research, mired in myth, stigma and ‘therapeutic nihilism’ – doctors so convinced they can’t help patients, they don’t bother to prescribe...
View ArticleBespoke cancer therapy causes frenzied race for profits
The Greeks like to say they gave us civilisation and democracy. Now they can add one of the hottest new areas of cancer research – at least in inspiration from Greek mythology. It is the chimeric...
View ArticleSun a sign of long life? Yes, if solar activity is low at birth – scientists
Plan it just right, and your next baby could live for five more years if born when the sun is calm. That’s compared to infants born when the sun is overly active, contributing to powerful flares and...
View ArticleRob Opie on cancer: it’s NOT your fault if you get it, and here’s why
Like any disease, cancer does not have one root cause, whether it’s what you put into your mouth, what’s in your environment, or your genes. All disease is multifactorial, and the same goes for...
View ArticleCancer numbers game: not just random, bad luck if you get it
In January, media headlines heralded a study by US scientists at Johns Hopkins University as proof that cancer is mostly down to bad luck – random mutations that can take place during cell division....
View ArticleSpace travel may be bad for your brain – here’s why!
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is renowned worldwide as co-founder of PayPal and CEO of green technology giants Solar City, SpaceX and Tesla Motors. He has been called a visionary who is changing...
View ArticleJimmy Carter has brain cancer, will zap it with radiation
In an earlier post, I asked whether former US president Jimmy Carter should fight his cancer, given his age – 91 in October – and that the cancer has metastasised (spread) throughout his body. Doctors...
View ArticleBreast cancer: top 10 tips to beat it
By Marika Sboros Photo credit: bookgrl / Foter / CC BY-NC-ND Can you prevent breast cancer? Can you prevent any cancer at all, or is it really just the luck of the draw, as some cancer specialists...
View ArticleCould that Wi-Fi be making you sick?
Of course you’re in love with all the technology. Those smart phones, laptop, TVs, wearables, and ubiquitous Wi-Fi all help you tolearn more than you were ever able to in the past, keep you connected...
View ArticleHow I beat lung cancer – non-smoker’s inspirational story of survival
It all started with a little cough that wouldn’t go away. Then she started coughing up a little blood, and Johannesburg pharmacy assistant Magdalena van der Walt thought she might have TB, then a...
View ArticleNot sexy, not just smoker’s disease – lung cancer rebranded a ‘woman’s disease’
For too long, lung cancer has been the Cindarella of medical research, mired in myth, stigma and ‘therapeutic nihilism’ – doctors so convinced they can’t help patients, they don’t bother to prescribe...
View ArticleBespoke cancer therapy causes frenzied race for profits
The Greeks like to say they gave us civilisation and democracy. Now they can add one of the hottest new areas of cancer research – at least in inspiration from Greek mythology. It is the chimeric...
View ArticleSun a sign of long life? Yes, if solar activity is low at birth – scientists
Plan it just right, and your next baby could live for five more years if born when the sun is calm. That’s compared to infants born when the sun is overly active, contributing to powerful flares and...
View ArticleRob Opie on cancer: it’s NOT your fault if you get it, and here’s why
Like any disease, cancer does not have one root cause, whether it’s what you put into your mouth, what’s in your environment, or your genes. All disease is multifactorial, and the same goes for...
View ArticleCancer numbers game: not just random, bad luck if you get it
In January, media headlines heralded a study by US scientists at Johns Hopkins University as proof that cancer is mostly down to bad luck – random mutations that can take place during cell division....
View ArticleSpace travel may be bad for your brain – here’s why!
Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is renowned worldwide as co-founder of PayPal and CEO of green technology giants Solar City, SpaceX and Tesla Motors. He has been called a visionary who is changing...
View ArticleJimmy Carter has brain cancer, will zap it with radiation
In an earlier post, I asked whether former US president Jimmy Carter should fight his cancer, given his age – 91 in October – and that the cancer has metastasised (spread) throughout his body. Doctors...
View ArticleBreast cancer: top 10 sugar-free tips to beat it
By Marika Sboros Photo credit: bookgrl / Foter / CC BY-NC-ND Can you prevent breast cancer? Can you prevent any cancer at all, or is it really just the luck of the draw, as some cancer specialists...
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