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UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: The monthly comment from CTM founder, Phillip Day.

EU MEMBERSHIP HAS AFFECTED NATION'S HEALTH: Scientists from the University of Surrey say that Britain's membership of the EU may have had a potentially serious effect on the nation's health, with many Britons now suffering from low selenium levels.
BRITONS COULD ALL TOO SOON BECOME SLAVES: Our proposed membership of the euro is, it seems, a dead letter. The French and the Dutch buried the EU constitution more than a year ago. However, something that could prove even more poisonous to our liberties than either of those anti-democratic impositions could be about to be foisted on us.

JUICES 'MAY CUT ALZHEIMER'S RISK': Drinking fruit and vegetable juices frequently may significantly cut the risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease, according to a comprehensive study.
LIMIT CAFFEINE, ALCOHOL AND CARBONATED DRINKS: Alas, some things are rotten for us, but come on, cappuccino, booze and Red Bull?
IS WALKING ENOUGH FOR SIGNIFICANT EXERCISE? Those on a traditional cardio exercise program saw their health improve more than twice as much as those on a walking regimen.
FOX FIRES REPORTERS FOR TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT MILK: In 1997, a pair of reporters prepared a report for a Fox TV affiliate in Florida about the dangers of bovine growth hormone (BGH) in milk. Lawyers for Monsanto, a major advertiser with the network, sent letters promising "dire consequences" if the story aired.
HEART ATTACKS PROMPT ALERT OVER IBUPROFEN: Common painkillers such as ibuprofen are at the centre of a major health alert. The drugs are under investigation by European regulators after being linked with an increased risk of heart attacks and stroke.

TV DAILY LIMIT CALL 'UNREALISTIC': In 2005, Dr Aric Sigman, of the British Psychological Society, proposed limits after examining published studies on potential health risks of TV viewing.
JUNK CULTURE 'IS POISONING OUR CHILDREN': In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, 110 teachers, psychologists, children's authors and other experts call on the Government to act to prevent the death of childhood.
DIAL M FOR MALIGNANT: With more mobile phones in the UK than people, and one in ten seriously addicted, are mobiles the new 'tobacco'? For years the mobile phone industry's tag line has been 'There is no evidence that radiation from mobile phones and masts is harmful.' But then neither is there 'evidence' that smoking causes cancer - only an irrefutable correlation between smoking and lung cancer.
BREAST CANCER RATES SOAR IN ENGLAND: The number of breast cancer cases in England have increased by 81 percent in the last three decades, according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), though breast cancer death rates have fallen since 1989.
CAROL BARNES: HOW ALTERNATIVE REMEDIES HELPED ME BEAT THE MENOPAUSE: For years, Carol Barnes epitomised the 'cool TV blonde'. Then the former ITN presenter reached the menopause, with hot flushes, sweating, uncharacteristic moodiness and a dramatically reduced libido. Here, Carol, who is now 61, talks frankly to Eva Gizowska about the experience - and tells how alternative remedies helped her cope.
IGNORING THE EVIDENCE: Lessons of the past - such as the necessity for intuitive cross-disciplinary history taking - have been forgotten. And the intelligence of the individual practitioner has been steamrollered by the notion of 'evidence-based medicine'.
WOES OF THE BELLY: Some digestive issues won't go away if you ignore them - not nice, we know. Phillip Day escorts on a quick trip down the gurgler to find what makes us wince.
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