Tuesday 21 May 2013
Eating strawberries all year round can prevent heart attacks, a study suggests.
Scientists found that three or more handfuls of strawberries or blueberries each week reduced the risk of heart attack in women by up to a third.
Both fruits contain flavonoid plant compounds that appear to combat blocked arteries, say the researchers.
The study involved 93,600 participants in the 'Nurses' Health Study II', a major US investigation of women's health.
Dame Judi Dench has described herself as being "very proud" to be the first patron of a new campaign to preserve the Bomber Command Memorial for generations to come.
Britain sent seven children to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq during a four-year period, it has emerged.
A far-right French historian shot himself in the head beside the altar of Notre Dame cathedral in Paris today apparently in protest against the legalisation of gay marriage in France.
Alex Corbisiero is desperate to put an injury-ravaged season behind him and reassert his position as England's first-choice loosehead prop in the upcoming fixtures against the Barbarians and Argentina.
British and Irish Lions flanker Sean O'Brien could yet play for Leinster in Saturday's RaboDirect PRO12 final after making rapid progress in his recovery from a knee injury.
West Ham's chances of signing Liverpool striker Andy Carroll on a permanent deal appear to now rest solely with the player after the two clubs reached agreement on a transfer fee.
Dame Judi Dench described herself as being "very proud" to be the first patron of a new campaign to preserve the Bomber Command Memorial for generations to come.
Sir Mick Jagger has revealed that he is planning to make a weekend of it when he headlines Glastonbury with The Rolling Stones and will hang out with his children.
French actor Gerard Depardieu will star in a drama about a Chechen man who seeks revenge for the killing of his son.
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