Scientists in Spain have found that cooked tomatoes boost the level of healthy bacteria in the gut and have a better probiotic effect rather than when eaten raw. The antioxidant lycopene is more readily available when the tomatoes are cooked and it is thought lycopene helps prevent some types of cancer such as prostrate cancer. Researchers from the Universitat Politècnica […]
Cooked tomatoes may cut cancer risk
Amputees can be ‘tricked’ into feeling sensations with virtual reality
Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have used prosthetic limbs and virtual reality technology to ‘trick’ amputees to feel sensations. The concept of phantom limbs has long been around, with some amputees claiming to feel sensations or pain where missing limbs should be. Almost as if the mind hasn’t registered that the limb is no longer there. The […]
Ghost captured on CCTV walking through traffic
A shop in the Phillipines has ‘captured’ a ghost walking through traffic on its CCTV. The footage, recorded in June (2018), show the ghost seemingly oblivious to oncoming traffic as it walks across the road. Locals now fear that a ghost is haunting the area and holding a grudge against residents. Another traffic ghost was caught walking across a road […]
Qi in the body – An Overview
The depths to which Traditional Chinese Medicine can go seem to have no end – It is a bottomless pit of interdependency, a roundabout which doesn’t really have a start or an end. Trying to pinpoint an exact position in TCM is a bit like trying to find a start to the yin-yang cycle – there isn’t one really, it’s […]
Court awards $289 million to man who says Roundup by Monsanto gave him cancer
A former school groundkeeper, Dewayne Johnson, has been awarded $289 million in damages against Monsanto, after suing the pesticide manufacturer in a Californian Court. Jurors agreed that Monsanto’s product, Roundup, had contributed to Johnson’s cancer in what was the first trial against the behemoth with potentially thousands of other lawsuits to follow. Monsanto, which was bought by pharmaceutical giant Bayer, […]