London, October 3: Laboratory experiments conducted at the University of Leicester have shown that compounds extracted from sticky rice, red wine, berries, and spice have the potential to fight against cancer.

Professor Will Steward, an expert in molecular medicine, has revealed that tests on human cells have shown that drugs made from the foods and wine may reduce the risk of cancer by 40 per cent.

The researcher said that such drugs could be taken like daily vitamins to protect against tumours in the breast, bowel and prostate.

Washington, Oct 3: A new study in worms has found that renouncing sweets could help spell a longer life. A team of German researchers discovered that restricting glucose, a simple sugar found in foods such as sweets, triggered a process that extended the life span of some worms by up to 25 percent.

Washington, Oct 3: Clinicians should rely less on X-rays and expensive diagnostic imaging and more on therapies supported by the evidence, including some medications and some alternative therapies,

Washington, Oct 3: Those looking for an alternative to red wine can switch to Concord grape juice, for a new study has revealed that the family-friendly liquid has a similar arterial relaxation effect on the heart, and that it induces a prolonged relaxation effect that has not yet been reported with red wine.

This study supports other preliminary research which showed that Concord grape juice had a blood pressure-lowering effect.

Washington, Oct 3: Overweight teens have the same eating disorders like their thin peers, a new study conducted on teenagers has revealed.

More than one-third of the overweight girls in the study engaged in what the researchers called “extreme weight control behaviours’ like vomiting or taking diet pills or laxatives in an attempt to lose weight.

Washington, Oct 3: Rochester University researchers will soon test a compound found in a daisy-like plant, Feverfew or Bachelor’s Button, for its ability to attack cancer stem cells in humans.