• Nicholas Lezard: The allure of Hollywood and smoking – The Guardian 27th September 2008

  I am not in the pay of Big Tobacco – quite the reverse – but what would the allure of Hollywood be without a wreath of cigarette smoke?

  tags: Mass Media, Smoking, Ethics, Financial Management, Health, News, IHN, The Guardian

• Why your mobile should carry a health warning like cigarette packets – Daily Mail 27th September 2008

  Mobile phones should carry a health warning like those on cigarette packets, scientists have warned.

  The authorities must not make the same mistakes over possible links between mobile phones and brain cancer as they did with cigarettes and lung cancer, experts warned a powerful U.S. congressional committee.

  tags: IHN, Health, News, Health and Safety, Cancer, Mobile Telephony

• Cancer alert over talc: Women using powder every day ‘are at risk’ – Daily Mail 27th September 2008

  Women who use talcum powder every day to keep fresh are 40 per cent more likely to develop ovarian cancer, according to alarming research.

  Scientists fear powder particles applied to the private parts may travel to the ovaries and trigger a process of inflammation that allows cancer cells to flourish.

  tags: IHN, Health, News, Ovarian Cancer, Daily Mail

• ‘Friendly bacteria’ could slash baby’s odds of developing eczema, new study shows – Daily Mail 27th September 2008

  Taking a ‘friendly bacteria’ during pregnancy and when breastfeeding could halve the baby’s odds of developing eczema, a study found.

  Mothers who took a probiotic supplement in the last month of pregnancy and in the first few months of breastfeeding had babies who were half as likely to develop the skin condition.

  tags: Health, News, Eczema, Children, Bacteria, Diet, Nutrition, Pregnancy, Daily Mail, IHN

• Cloned pigs could help scientists find cure for cystic fibrosis – Daily Mail 26th September 2008

  Cloned pigs that appear to develop cystic fibrosis just as people do could accelerate efforts to tackle the disease.

  Scientists created genetically engineered piglets with the same mutation that causes the lung condition in people.

  tags: IHN, Health, News, Research, Genetics, Cystic Fibrosis

• Soy may benefit stroke patients – BBC Health News 26th September 2008

  A chemical found in soybeans and chickpeas could benefit people who have suffered a stroke, say researchers.

  The University of Hong Kong team say the treatment effect of the chemical, isoflavone, is comparable to that of cholesterol-busting statin drugs.

  tags: Stroke, Cholesterol, IHN, Health, News, BBC Health News

• China stops tainted sweet sales – BBC Health News 26th September 2008

  A Chinese sweet maker has stopped domestic sales of one of its best-known brands after it was found to contain the industrial chemical melamine.

  The company, Guanshengyuan, has already halted exports of the popular White Rabbit candy, made from milk.

  tags: Food Hygiene, Food Poisoning, Health and Safety, Health, News, IHN, BBC Health News

• SA joy at demise of ‘Dr Beetroot’ – BBC Health News 26th September 2008

  South African Aids campaigners have serenaded the new health minister and rejoiced at the departure of her controversial predecessor.

  A group of activists sang outside the Cape Town flat of Barbara Hogan and drank champagne with her.

  tags: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, HIV, Health, News, IHN, BBC Health News