Biting Back Mosquitoes are choosy about their food, some of us they like and some they don t, and the embarrassing truth can now be revealed their favourites are people with smelly feet. However, researchers have taken something they definitely don t like the essential oil from citrus fruits, citronella to develop the Mozzie Patch, a fabric patch the size of a stamp, soaked in citronella, which releases the oil when squeezed. The male pill Pilot studies on the male contraceptive pill have proven very successful. Results show it can reduce the sperm count to zero and the effect appears to be reversible. The pill, based on the sex hormone progesterone, works with a testosterone patch to convince the pituitary gland that there is enough sperm in the testicles so that they stop making any more.
More research is needed before it can be made available commercially. .
Cancer hope Scientists at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund believe breast cancer may be several different diseases. It had been thought the disease followed a pattern so the cancers were graded I to III as the disease progressed. But it is now known that cells in the different grades have a distinct genetic make-up, signifying different diseases. The breakthrough means treatment may be more precisely targeted in future. . Labour Pains Thirty per cent of people suffer pain at work, according to a survey by the makers of painkiller Nurofen.