Eclub Navigator June 2007

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL: The monthly comment from CTM founder, Phillip Day (now in video format).

EXERCISE PLUS GOOD FOOD CAN HALVE BREAST CANCER DEATHS: Finally, after years of needless deaths and the old mantra that 'diet has nothing to do with cancer', the medical industry and its cancer charities now admit a study concluding that diet and exercise can add years to a cancer patient's life is 'really interesting'.
IS THIS THE ANSWER TO REVERSING THE AGEING PROCESS? Working out at the gym can reverse the ageing process in pensioners' muscles. Scientists in Canada studied a group of pensioners whose average age was 70 and have come up with some remarkable results.
SIX MILLION BRITONS ARE MALNOURISHED, SAY EXPERTS: Up to 3.6 million people in Britain are suffering from malnutrition, with growing numbers being treated for deficiency diseases, reports The Independent.
DOCTORS WILL PRESCRIBE FISH OIL TO HELP HEART VICTIMS: Despite the National Institute for Health and Excellence (NICE) resisting calls for omega 3 supplements to be recommended for first heart attack patients, they have now decided otherwise.
SIMPLE TRICK TO HELP YOUR MEMORY BY MOVING YOUR EYES: Moving your eyes horizontally from side-to-side for about 30 seconds may be all it takes to give your memory a boost, according to researchers from Manchester Metropolitan University in England.
POPULAR FIZZY DRINKS NOW UNDER SCRUTINY AS THEY MAY LEAD TO DEGENERATIVE DISEASES: New evidence that some soft fizzy drinks containing certain additives may interfere with, and seriously damage your health.
USING SOME PESTICIDES CAN RAISE THE RISK OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE, STUDIES SHOW: More research is needed to pin down the chemicals which can damage the brain in association with genetic factors.
TEETH UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT: Some surprising insights into dentistry and its effects emerge in an interview between Phillip Day and author and dental physician Dr Bill Kellner-Read.
CHINA SENTENCES EX-HEAD OF FDA TO DEATH OVER DRUG COMPANY BRIBES: The penalty in China is death, in America it's business as usual. Zheng Xiaoyu, the former head of China's FDA, was sentenced to death for accepting $832,000 in drug company bribes and for dereliction of duty. Read Byron Richard's commentary.
DRUGS COMPANIES PUSH FOR NEW PHARMA TV CHANNEL: The Guardian claimed this week to have seen a pilot DVD for a new drug industry-funded shopping channel.

WHY YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR BABY AWAY FROM THE TV: Allowing children under 3 to watch television can impair their linguistic and social development, and also put them at risk of health problems including attention-deficit disorder, autism and obesity. Review Dr Aric Sigman's book on TV dangers.
NO HANDS UP IN CLASS PLEASE: Shall primary school teachers no longer ask questions of pupils in case the ones who don't know the answer are at risk of being left behind?
MORE CONCERN ABOUT THE RISKS OF WI-FI IN SCHOOLS: Researchers working for Panorama find that the maximum signal strength one metre from a wi-fi enabled laptop in a classroom was three times stronger than a signal from a nearby phone mast measured at a distance of 100 metres.
PHONE MAST LOCATIONS KEPT FROM PUBLIC: Mobile phone companies and the Government's official regulator are keeping information about the siting of radiation-emitting masts secret, despite rising concerns about effects they may have on health.
FOOD ADDITIVES LINKED TO BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS: Food safety experts have advised parents to eliminate a series of additives from their children's diet while they await the publication of a new study that is understood to link these ingredients to behaviour problems in youngsters .

YET ANOTHER HEALTH AND SAFETY FIASCO: Orchestra musicians could be ordered to wear earplugs or play more quietly under EU rules on noise, it was revealed yesterday. Health and safety recommendations could also encourage orchestras to stop playing too many noisy pieces in one performance.
DEBATE HOTS UP OVER THE WORDING OF THE NEW EU TREATY: A round-up of the media coverage of the 'new EU treaty'. New lies for old.
MAILBAG: This month's collection of letters from our new subscribers about these and other issues.
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Ghost in the Machine
Don't miss Phillip Day's one-day seminar
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8th July 2007, Dorking, UK

CANCER THE LATEST BREAKTHROUGHS
Phillip Day will be holding several one-off evenings around the UK on the nutritional approaches to cancer.
First meetings: Solihull, Nottingham, Bristol, Milton Keynes, Bury St Edmunds, Stockport, York

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