Skipping the steaks, chops and ribs at the dinner table could help Kiwi men take down prostate cancer, a University of Auckland study has found. Researchers at the university's Cancer Society Research Centre have found a "Mediterranean-style diet" may benefit men with prostate cancer - the most diagnosed cancer in New Zealand men. The study…
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Do Salvestrols cure Cancer?
What are salvestrols? Highly concentrated food parts. Where are they found? They are not made in the body but found in abundance in organic food. How do they work? They target a specific enzyme called CYP1B1, in diseased cells. Salvestrols trigger a process in the body allowing it to kill those cells. Thought to be…
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Don't Drink and Drive in New Zealand
As of December 1st 2014 the legal alcohol limit for drivers aged 20 years and over will be lowered from 80 to 50mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, or 400 to 250 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath. The alcohol limit for drivers under the age of 20 will remain at zero. There…
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Had one Leg… Now has None !
An aged care facility that didn't provide reasonable care after a one-legged man ended up having his other leg amputated has apologised. Radius Residential Care has released a statement in response to the Health and Disability Commissioner's finding that the facility did not provide services with "reasonable care and skill". The 70-year-old man…
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