Smoking trendy hookah pipes may increase your risk of a heart attack or strokes by causing deadly blood clots, scientists fear. The tabletop pipes are considered to be ‘healthier’ because the smoke goes through water before inhalation. But for the first time, research on mice has shown hookah smoke causes blood cells to become ‘hyperactive’. Experiments … Read more
Food Standards Agency crack down on trendy ‘raw’ milk after it caused five food poisoning outbreaks in two years Advocates claim the milk is high in important enzymes and beneficial bacteria But it has not been pasteurised or heat treated and is fresh from a cow It exposes people drinking the milk to dangerous bugs … Read more
When winter comes, an upsetting sight can greet office workers taking the train from the commuter town of Lelystad into central Amsterdam. Roughly 25 miles east of the Dutch capital, they pass a nature reserve called the Oostvaardersplassen, where herds of red deer, wild horses and cattle roam free. The 5,000-hectare plot is supposed to … Read more