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Sugary Pop ‘Doubles Pancreatic Cancer Risk’

Enjoying a sugary soft drink just twice a week could almost double the risk of pancreatic cancer, according to a new study.

Researchers tracked 60,500 people taking part in a large-scale health study in Singapore.

Over 14 years, 140 of them were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which is one of the most deadly forms [...]

Profiteers of Swine Flu

Only in her bedroom can Samantha Millard find some relief from the almost constant pain that racks her skeletal frame. Samantha’s problems started in December when she started to feel under the weather, called her GP’s surgery and was told to ring the NHS swine flu helpline.

Samantha did as she was bid and, [...]

The great global warming Collapse

In 2007, the most comprehensive report to date on global warming, issued by the respected United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, made a shocking claim: The Himalayan glaciers could melt away as soon as 2035.

These glaciers provide the headwaters for Asia’s nine largest rivers and lifelines for the more than one billion [...]

Who owns your baby’s DNA?

(CNN) — When Annie Brown’s daughter, Isabel, was a month old, her pediatrician asked Brown and her husband to sit down because he had some bad news to tell them: Isabel carried a gene that put her at risk for cystic fibrosis.

While grateful to have the information — Isabel received further testing and [...]