Health
MRSA inside: the killer computer bug
Health
Written by Peter Warren   
Published Daily Mirror and The Register

Scientists in the US have linked the spread of the hospital super bug MRSA to a sharp increase in the use of technology in hospitals.

Researchers working in hospitals have found that the deadly bacteria clings to the keys of the computer keyboards used to update patient records and therefore can re-infect the hands of staff even after they had washed their hands.
 
Mirror talks truth
Health
Written by Peter Warren   
Bought and published by Scotland on Sunday May 16, 1999

It’s halfway between Snow White and super science, the mirror that can tell whether you are ill.

The brain-child of the same team of scientists who came up with Persona, the revolutionary contraceptive device that lets a woman know whether she can conceive, the Diagnostic Mirror will use state of the art technology to tell you what you may not want to know.
 
Scientist announces plant aphrodisiac
Health
Written by Peter Warren   
Forget oysters and even Viagra if you want to boost your sexual drive and performance.
For according to one expert the best way for both sexes to get in the mood for romance is to use a variety of plants that simply grow naturally in the wild.
Plant scientist Chris Kilham, a world renowned botanist who has spent his life hunting some of the world’s most exotic plants and noting their uses, has compiled a definitive list of ‘hot plants’ with scientifically proven aphrodisiac qualities.