Tag Archives: Lives

What diet lives longest

Ask a question about a person’s career, hobbies, or family. French foods that tourists can’t help but gorge on — chocolate, croissants, entire baguettes — are eaten occasionally by the French, not daily. You can know more about your dog’s genetic inclination if you get them tested. Earth to big questions in space. Maybe they… Read More »

Cancer sufferer, five, who has always wanted to be a tattoo artist lives out her dream

Leukaemia-stricken girl, five, who has always wanted to be a tattoo artist lives out her dream as inking parlour gives her a one-day apprenticeship The girl, known only as Maja, is battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia  Charity ‘A Special Wish’ arranged for a local parlour to set up an apprenticeship  Youngster drew a panda design, which… Read More »

Jade Goody saved our lives – meet three women inspired to take smear test by late star

More than 3,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in the UK each year, and almost 1,000 lose their lives to the killer disease – yet it is 99.8 per cent preventable with regular screening. Big Brother star Jade Goody’s death at 27 in 2009 led to a surge in women having smear tests. But… Read More »

High fibre diets make for healthier lives

People who eat lots of high-fibre and whole grain foods have lower risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and other chronic diseases than people whose diets are low in fibre, a study commissioned by the World Health Organisation (WHO) says. For every 8 gram increase in fibre eaten a day, total deaths and incidences of… Read More »

The breakthroughs that could save our lives

It has been a remarkable year of promise in medical science – from reversing blindness and paralysis to progress in cancer and infertility. First gene-edited babies, probably. A scientist in China caused the biggest stir in science for years when he claimed to have made the world’s first gene-edited babies. The twin girls are apparently… Read More »