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Chemotherapy with Cream

Caffeine may do more than keep you awake. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre’s Kachadpillill George said that “coffee might have some beneficial effects in protecting against radiation.” The Indian researchers found that 80 percent of mice injected with caffeine survived a usually fatal dose of gamma radiation. The findings may help improve radiation treatments for cancer patients, George said. (Reuters) ...Who needs fallout shelters when you can have a tall double latte?


Publication Date: 27 June 1999

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