February 20, 2020

Vitamin C May Shorten Time On Mechanical Ventilation In Critically Ill Hospital Patients

NEWS In five controlled trials involving 471 critically ill patients requiring mechanical ventilation for over 10 hours, vitamin C shortened necessary ventilation time by an average […]
February 20, 2020

China To Conduct Study Treating Coronavirus Patients With High-Dose Vitamin C

NEWS A professor from Zhongnan Hospital at Wuhan University in China is planning to conduct a study treating coronavirus patients with high-dose vitamin C. COMMENT It […]
February 20, 2020

Study Finds Nutrition Is A Key Factor For Psychological Health In Adults

NEWS A new study has found that risk of malnourishment is linked to psychological distress among Canadian adults. COMMENT There is no doubt that nutrition plays […]
February 13, 2020

Chemotherapy Can Lead To More Cancers

Despite advances in understanding the development of cancer and how it spreads, the conventional method of treating the disease has not changed much. For the past […]
February 13, 2020

Cancer Drugs Are The Most Profitable For Big Pharma

NEWS In 2018, cancer drugs earned the pharmaceutical industry $123.8 billion. COMMENT Drugs for cancer have been the largest business sector of the global pharmaceutical industry […]
February 13, 2020

WHO Says Coronavirus Emergency ‘Holds A Very Grave Threat’ For The World

NEWS China’s coronavirus outbreak poses a “very grave threat for the rest of the world”, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said, in […]
February 13, 2020

Bayer Asks Appeals Court To Reverse $86m Roundup Cancer Verdict

NEWS Bayer has asked a California appeals court to overturn an $86 million verdict that found its glyphosate-based weedkiller, Roundup, was responsible for a couple developing […]
February 13, 2020

Higher Dietary Selenium Intakes Linked To Younger ‘Biological Age’

NEWS Increased dietary intakes of selenium are associated with longer telomeres, reported to be a marker of biological aging, says a new study. COMMENT There is […]