Dispensary Corner 18 Aug 11
August 18, 2011
OESTROGEN was apparently one
of Britain’s secret weapons
against German leader Adolf
Hitler during World War II.
A newly released book about
some of the more bizarre tactics
during the conflict details a
curious plot against the Fuhrer,
under which British secret agents
would smuggle female hormones
into his food in the hope it would
reduce his aggression.
Secret Weapons: Technology,
Science and the Race to Win
World War II by Professor Brian
Ford of Cardiff University in Wales
also details other strange ideas,
including dropping glue on Nazi
troops in an attempt to stop them
from moving around.
COFFEE may help reduce skin
cancer - but only when you apply
it topically.
A report in the Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences
published this week suggests that
applying caffeine to the skin may
protect against the development
of some tumours.
It’s the outcome of a study on
mice which found that skin
cancers took longer to develop in
rodents who were genetically
modified to create a similar effect
to having caffeine applied.
The compound is known to
interfere with a protein called ATR
which detects DNA damage.
A NEW online game could be a
key way of raising awareness of
cancer among young people.
‘Funky Nurse,’ hosted on gaming
site Miniclip and developed by UK
charity group the Teenage Cancer
Trust, sees the player take on the
role of a nurse in a cancer ward,
being required to “manage the
happiness of patients”.
Activities include keeping them
fed, providing medical care and
entertainment and also lobbying
for new hospital equipment.
At the end of each level,
statistics on teenage cancer levels
in the UK are displayed.
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