Jan 21, 2007

Mobile Phones and Cancer

Posted in Cancer, Health at 10:57 pm by David Bradley -- 3 Comments; add yours

The UK Times paper reported on Saturday that a leading cancer researcher Professor Lawrie Challis chairman of the government-funded mobile telecommunications health research programme believes it is time that a large-scale study into the long-term risks associated with cellphone use.

Intriguingly, health and medicine writer Caroline Richmond pointed out that just such a study was actually published just three days prior to The Times article appearing.

The abstract for this …

3 Comments; add yours

Dec 22, 2006

Christmas rose and hellebrigenin

Posted in Cancer, Chemistry, Health at 12:00 pm by David Bradley -- Click to comment

Members of the plant family Ranunculaceae are ever-popular at this time of year, especially in Europe, where the Christmas rose, Helleborus niger, is wheeled out as a natural decoration for countless households. Interesting then, that extracts of this plant have been used as a heart tonic in herbal medicine alongside the likes of digitalin (from foxglove) and strophanthin from the West African plant Strophanthus gratus.

H. niger contains …

Have your say

Sep 30, 2006

X-rays solve transport problem

Posted in Cancer, Health at 12:00 am by David Bradley -- 1 Comment

X-ray crystallography has provided new insights into how the microscopic motorised transport system that operates in our cells is powered. The study could have implications for understanding the symptoms of Down syndrome, the neuromuscular condition Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, and some cancers, all of which arise through some form of breakdown of this system. The work may ultimately lead to possible new treatments for such disorders.

The researchers behind the work are from Duke University Medical Center, …

1 Comment