The skins of grapes contain a substance called resveratrol that may help to protect people against cancer, according to a report in the journal Science. Tests at the University of Illinois show that high resveratrol doses were very successful in preventing cancer in mice. Scientists recommend a diet rich in vegetables and fruit rather than an increased consumption of wine. T here is now firm evidence that smokers age faster than non-smokers, according to researchers at St Thomas Hospital, London. A study of 50 pairs of twins found that those who smoked had skin up to 40 percent thinner than that of their non-smoking brother or sister.
Wrinkles appear as the skin becomes thinner.
Doctor's at St Thomas Hospital said that smoking speeds up this process. They discovered this by chance, when trying to identify the genes behind a number of diseases. Although packaging should already be 'child-proof', many poisonings have been caused by adults' leaving the packaging open. 35 young children have died over the last ten years as a result of accidental overdose. The ruling will be effective from early summer this year.