NUTRITION BITE
It seems there is little evidence that organic foods are more nutritious than conventionally grown foods, according to researchers at Stanford University.
BIZARRE OF THE WEEK
An air passenger in Switzerland tried to eat dozens of caterpillars after guards found more than 15kg of the creatures in his suitcase. When security confronted him, he reportedly ate as many as he could to prove they were harmless.
ONE THING TO DO FOR YOUR HEALTH
Women who spend six hours a day doing household chores, going for a brisk walk or gardening are 13% less likely to develop breast cancer, a Cancer Research-funded study has found. Even women who did three hours' gardening a day reduced their risk.
BREAKTHROUGH OF THE WEEK
One in six pensioners have had a heart attack but do not know it, researchers in Iceland have discovered with the help of the latest magnetic resonance imaging technology.
Some heart attacks are subtle, just causing general chest pain.
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