In lab experiments, scientists found that the extract stimulated leukaemia cells to commit suicide.

Within 24 hours, 76% of leukaemia cells exposed to the extract were killed off, while healthy cells were unharmed, Clinical Cancer Research reports.

The study raises the possibility of new cancer treatments, but scientists said it was too early to recommend that people eat grapes to ward off cancer.

Nearly 40 percent of adults and 12 percent of children in the United States use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), according to an annual, nationwide government survey published Wednesday.

The 2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) for the first time included children aged 17 and under who used non-conventional medical treatment including herbal supplements, meditation, chiropractic and acupuncture.

The survey questioned more than 23,000 adults and 9,400 parents on behalf a child about their health and the therapeutic treatment they were receiving.

I take a long list of supplements many of which are antioxidants. Most of us mmers have heard that stimulating one's immune system is bad for myeloma as mm is a cancer of the immune system. However, I believe that my antioxidant supplementation helps me stay in complete remission. I have not had a cold for years.  There is specific info on the beating-myeloma.org website about supplements as well as papers about antioxidant supplementation during chemotherapy and radiation.

Hello, 

I'm quite confused by my recent blood test results and wondering if anyone can shed any light on them for me?