Friday, November 6, 2009

'Medicinal ice cream' to help fight cancer


Here's a sweet treat for you on Friday. We already know ice cream tastes good but it but now it will be good for you. Researchers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand are working to create a "medical dessert" which has shown encouraging signs in combating the side-effects of chemotherapy in cancer sufferers. The ice cream, called ReCharge, is using active ingredients from dairy products to relieve diarrhoea, anaemia and lack of appetite in people undergoing chemotherapy.

Read the full story here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/6457341/Medicinal-ice-cream-to-help-fight-cancer.html

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