TOP TEN RISKS
A World Health Organization report has identified the top 10 risk factors causing disease and death worldwide. They are: being underweight; unsafe sex; high blood pressure; tobacco; alcohol; lack of clean water and sanitation; iron deficiency; indoor smoke from fires; high cholesterol; and obesity.
FREAK-OUT FOOD?
Food additives and colourings cause tantrums and hyperactivity in a quarter of children who consume them, according to a study discovered in the library of Britain’s Food Standards Agency. The study, completed last year, has yet to be published.
HORMONE THERAPY
Britain’s Medical Research Council has cut short a 10-year study of 5000 women to find out…
