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Another breakthrough.
Breakthrough in treatment of cancer which killed Inspector Morse star John Thaw which affects some 9,000 Britons each year
Actor John Thaw, star of ITV's long-running series Inspector Morse, survived just eight months after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. He died in 2002, aged 60.
Dr. Gao Jye Teh, a graduate of King's College in London, has gone viral with a TikTok video about toothpaste. He says anyone over age three just needs a pea-sized amount.
Andrew Pollard, head of Oxford's Covid vaccine team, warned strict rules would have to be followed even if his global trial proved successful.
Nutrition Research Australia analysed 31 different pink salt and found that one brand exceeded the acceptable amount of lead.
Support for your immune health from an innovative supplement - a story of gut instinct
Many people believe that 'gut instinct' matters.
This saying is usually used to describe an intuitive sense about what is right for our wellbeing, but it also reinforces the fundamental principle that what we eat has a crucial impact on our health.
Aidan Goggins, a nutritionist, pharmacist and author of The Sirtfood diet explains how our gut can affect our immune health: 'Home to 70% of our immune cells, our gut influences every aspect of our health.
What we eat and the health of our gut has a crucial impact on our wellbeing
'Making sure we nourish it properly is one of the most important things we can do. Fermented foods, such as sauerkraut, yogurt, kefir and kimchi, are powerhouses of viable probiotics and prebiotics. They provide substantial benefits not just to our gut health, but also to our metabolic health. They can also influence our mood and stress levels.'
In a year when we've all had to change our habits, and our immune health has increasingly become front of mind, recent research has shown that 65% of Brits now consider the state of their immune health much more seriously than this time last year.*
Over a third (36%) have made changes to their behaviours and habits in order to strengthen their immune system – with 45% exercising more and 41% eating more fruit and veg. An additional 41% of Brits now take health supplements to support their immune health, including vitamins C and D as well as other lesser known minerals such as selenium.
fermented foods are good for your gut - and foods which contain them could be the answer to maintaining a healthy immune system - but not everyone can have them on a daily basis
Goggins continues: 'Selenium is a truly impressive nutrient for immunity. It normally enters the crops we eat through the soil but, sadly, British soils contain lower levels of minerals than they once did. This means daily intakes of selenium in the UK have fallen dramatically.'
Fermented foods are good for your gut - and foods which contain them could be the answer to maintaining a healthy immune system.
Recent research has shown that 65% of Brits now consider the state of their immune health much more seriously than this time last year, and what we eat can play an important role
But not everyone likes, or is able to consume fermented foods on a daily basis. This led the scientists at nutritional supplement company FutureYou Cambridge to produce Daily Shield+, a yeast fermentate that has a similar effect to the microbes in your gut as fermented foods.
Daily Shield+ contains EpiCor®, a unique patented whole yeast fermentate which has numerous research studies to support it. In 2010 it won a Scientific Excellence Award in the USA, the first time the award had been granted to an ingredient in the immune health category. Daily Shield+ also includes selenium, an essential mineral that supports the immune system.
Lee Faber, an 81-year-old author and editor who lives in Wiltshire, has been taking Daily Shield+ for almost a year
Lee Faber, an 81-year-old author and editor who lives in Wiltshire, has been taking Daily Shield+ for almost a year.
Lee runs her own business, FaberFaber, and has been editing and writing books with an emphasis on health, food and cookery for many years.
'I read about the benefits of Daily Shield+ and have been taking it for about eight months,' says Lee.
'I decided to take it as a preventative measure in these strange times – it gives me peace of mind.
'I eat lots of fruit and vegetables and I don't eat a whole lot of meat – I cook from scratch, as I like to know what I'm putting into my body and I exercise regularly – I now take Daily Shield+ as part of my daily routine.'
Miriam Ferrer PhD, head of product development at FutureYou Cambridge, explains how Daily Shield+ works: 'EpiCor® is a whole food fermentate containing many micronutrients such as fibre, polyphenols, vitamins, amino acids, trace minerals, beta glucans and other metabolites. What happens in the gut is complicated, but put simply, as a postbiotic, Daily Shield+ is able to give you the benefits of fermented foods without the gassy side-effects'
Interestingly, the award-winning ingredient in Daily Shield+, EpiCor®, was discovered accidentally over one hundred years ago by a young farm hand named Clair Bloomhall, who lived on a family farm in the state of Iowa, USA.
Home to 70% of our immune cells, our gut influences every aspect of our health
He noticed that cows fed with fermented milk and table scraps along with their usual grain were healthier than the rest of the herd.
Years later, once retired, he decided to put his gut instinct to the test and created a special fermented yeast culture. Just as he had hoped, it helped keep livestock healthy.
The Bloomhall family went on to become one of the largest and most respected producers of animal health products worldwide. But the story doesn't stop there. Further scientific research resulted in the development of the special fermentate for human use that we know today as EpiCor®.
Adam Cleevely, CEO of FutureYou Cambridge says: 'We hope those looking to take positive action to support their immune health will consider the important role health supplements can play.
'Over the last few months I've been asked many times about what products to take to best support immune health. There isn't a one-size-fits-all answer to this question. Regular exercise and eating plenty of fruit and vegetables is very important. I've also been taking Daily Shield+ since we introduced it and now my family is taking it too.'
Ancient Maya water purification system developed over 2,000 years ago in Guatemala 'would still work today', study shows
Experts from the US discovered evidence of the system - dating back to more than 2,000 years ago - in Corriental reservoir in the city of Tikal, northern Guatemala.
Biologists at the University of Cincinnati found fish exposed to just traces of estrogen produced less offspring. The birth control hormone has been found in streams at levels more than ten times as high.
Brave man!
Dr Alexander Chepurnov (pictured left, wearing a gas mask, and right, at the Institute of Clinical and Experimental Medicine in Novosibirsk, Russia), 69, reinfected himself with Covid-19 as part of a test after recovering from the killer virus without requiring hospitalisation when he caught it the first time skiing in France in February. The second infection was far more serious and he was hospitalised, with an X-ray showing double pneumonia in his lungs. His conclusion based on his own case is that collective or herd immunity is a forlorn hope. The professor formerly worked at State Research Vector Centre of Virology and Biotechnology in Siberia (inset), makers of Russia's second vaccine against Covid-19 known as EpiVacCorona which will require repeat injections to maintain immunity, say its proponents.
Around 1.4% of hospitalised Covid-19 patients will suffer a stroke, scientists warn
Strokes caused by Covid-19 appeared to be more deadly with a lower chance of survival compared to a typical stroke, a study from the Stroke Research Group at the University of Cambridge found.
US study revealed drugs called imatinib, mycophenolic acid (MPA) and quinacrine dihydrochloride (QNHC) are effective at stopping the virus infiltrating human cells.
I so hope this is true and in use soon.
'Cinderella of the medicinal plant world': Roadside weed is found to halt the spread of breast cancer without damaging healthy cells
Dr Alessandra Devoto, from Royal Holloway University, found the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, when treated with jasmine, kills breast cancer cells but leaves healthy tissue alone.
SA Health confirmed on Sunday it had been notified of a case of invasive meningococcal disease in a seven-week-old girl.
The sweets that can fight dementia: British inventor launches 'rehydration' tablets that could save the lives of elderly patients who forget to drink enough fluids
A British inventor has devised 'rehydration sweets' - which could save the lives of dementia patients. The sweets, called Jelly Drops, are a sugar-free snack made from 95 per cent water and electrolytes. Lewis Hornby, 26, (pictured left with his late grandmother Pat who suffered from dementia) developed the product over two years after learning that forgetting to drink, or being unable to, is a common issue for people with dementia. A 2015 study found that 37 per cent of elderly people admitted to hospital are acutely dehydrated. Mr Hornby, from Burscough, Lancashire, has received £100,000 in funding from the Alzheimer's Society and will donate 1 per cent of profits to the charity.
This is good, had a lot of problems trying to get our parents to drink more water.