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

SURGERY FOUND TO INCREASE VITAMIN C REQUIREMENTS: If you're heading into surgery, you're going to need some extra vitamin C. Andreas Rumelin, MD, of the University of Bonn, Germany, and his colleagues recently investigated how surgery leads to a rapid decrease in vitamin C blood levels and its increased "clearance" from the body.
KEEP YOUR TEETH CLEAN TO HELP LOOK AFTER YOUR HEART: Brushing and flossing your teeth could save you from a heart attack. Doctors found those with the worst blockages had the most severe gum disease.
HEALTHY EATING, PREVENTING ILLNESS: If it's purple, black or blue - eat it! This year's best-dressed and healthiest plates are wearing shades of purple, the darker the better. The Telegraph's Xanthe Clay provides a health-boosting recipe for every day of the week.
20 THINGS MORE DANGEROUS TO CHILDREN THAN LEAD PAINT IN MATTEL TOYS: The media is amusingly irrational when it comes to reporting scare stories. The latest example involves the lead content of Mattel toys made in China…. But here's the interesting part in all this, writes Mike Adams: Parents directly poison their children every day with products far more dangerous than Mattel toys.
WARNING ON ADDITIVES THAT MAKE CHILDREN MISBEHAVE: Parents will be alerted this week to ensure children avoid artificial additives in drinks, sweets and processed foods because of explosive evidence about the effects on behaviour.
RESEARCHER DISCOVERS ANTI-VIRAL PROPERTIES OF CINNAMON, WITH A HINT FROM THE BIBLE: Professor Michael Ovadia, a spiritual scientist from Tel Aviv University, has signed a research and license deal on his patent-pending cinnamon extract, which has potent anti-viral properties.
DRUG REPS USE PSYCHOLOGICAL TACTICS TO SUCCESSFULLY INFLUENCE DOCTORS' PRESCRIBING HABITS: Pharmaceutical companies spend more than $15 billion each year promoting prescription drugs in the United States. One-third of that amount is spent on "detailing" -- an industry term for drug company representatives' one-on-one promotion to doctors.
DEPRESSED 'RECOVER LESS WELL AFTER HEART ATTACKS': Patients suffering depression do not recover as well after heart attacks as those with a happy state of mind, doctors have found.
WEEKLY HEALTH TIP: While we're on the subject of depression...Phillip Day discusses the reality of fear and worry and how to avoid them.

I'M A BREAST CANCER EXPERT - AND I WON'T LET MY FAMILY USE ANTI-PERSPIRANTS: New research suggests that the aluminium in many anti-perspirants has a potential link with breast cancer. Here, a leading breast cancer specialist explains why he suggests avoiding the products.
BRITAIN'S CANCER SURVIVAL RATE LOWEST IN EUROPE! Survival rates are based on the number of patients who are alive five years after diagnosis and researchers found that, for women, England was the fifth worst in a league of 22 countries. Scotland came bottom. Cancer experts blamed late diagnosis and long waiting lists.
CAN GREENS PREVENT VARICOSE VEINS? Instead of bulging biceps, maybe Popeye should be shown with smooth, unblemished calves. Here's why: A recent study published in the Journal of Vascular Research has found that the protein MPG that causes the prevention of varicose veins is activated in the presence of adequate vitamin-K.

UNIONS WILL NOT BACK DOWN OVER CALL FOR EU VOTE: Trade unions are ready to inflict a humiliating defeat on Gordon Brown tomorrow by voting for a referendum on the new European Union treaty.
A BIG TENT GORDON? MORE LIKE A WIGWAM: Just what you need first thing on a Monday morning, writes Richard Littlejohn. The holidays are over, it's back to work, you're getting the kids ready for the new term. And then - wham! The great, clunking fist of Gordon Brown reaches out and starts bashing you over the head.
VICTORY FOR METRIC MARTYRS: Brussels will today give up the fight to make Britain drop pints, pounds and miles. The right of Britons to use imperial weights and measures will be enshrined in EU law under plans to be announced.
QUEEN MAY BE DROPPED FROM UK PASSPORTS: References to the Queen could be taken out of British passports to make them more European, it emerged yesterday.
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