How to survive the invasion of bacteria and viruses

By Marina Townsley Spanish flu, Hong-Kong flu, bird flu, swine flu…. Influenza comes in different guises as the RNA viruses constantly mutate and turn into different strains. The seasonal influenza vaccine only contains three strains of type A or type B influenza, which WHO health officials select each year as the most likely influenza strains […]

Did You Have Medicine For Dinner Last Night?

What was on your dinner plate last night? As Hippocrates (born 460 BC) once said “Let food be thy medicine and medicine thy food” but are we really aware of what this means and how it translates into our everyday living? I was preparing dinner last night and was really pleased that my mashed potato […]