High Fiber Diet :: High fiber diet reduces breast cancer risk
High fiber diet could halve the risk of developing breast cancer for pre-menopausal women, revealed by researchers at England’s University of Leeds.
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Vitamin :: Vitamin Shoppe removes Especially for Women Multivitamin
Vitamin Shoppe recently received word of test results indicating that “Especially for Women” multivitamin may contain higher trace levels of lead than the rigorous standards allow for.
WHO :: UN health agency stresses multi-disease prevention strategy
The United Nations health agency outlined its ambitious goals of expanding the integrated delivery of immunization and preventive treatment against a whole host of diseases.
Folic Acid :: Folic acid and folate supplements improve cognitive function
Folic acid and folate supplements can boost the cognitive powers among older adults. Researchers in Holland say that the powers attributed to folic acid supplements regarding their ability to increase the powers of cognition among older adults are real.
Folic Acid :: Folic acid improves memory and brain power of ageing people
Folic acid supplements can improve the memory and brain power of ageing brains. Men and women aged 50 to 70 who took daily supplements had similar mental abilities to contemporaries almost five years younger, The Lancet study found.
Diet :: A gluten-free pancake that really stacks up
Sweet potatoes shouldn’t be just for holiday cooking. At least that’s the finding of food scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in New Orleans, La.
Nutrition :: Orange cauliflower gene nutrition booster
Can a gene from an orange cauliflower found three decades ago be the key to making food crops more nutritious? Quite possibly, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist Li Li. She’s using cauliflower to identify genes and define molecular mechanisms that regulate nutrients in plant-based foods.
Stomach Cancer :: Scientists reverse precursor to gut cancer
Researchers say that they have developed a way of reversing cellular changes in the gut that can lead to a form of gullet cancer. The changes cause a condition known as Barrett’s oesophagus which causes the normally scaly lining of the oesophagus to be replaced by glandular lining, like the inside of the stomach.
Prostate Cancer :: Sunshine pill for prostate cancer in 2009
A drug based on vitamin D and is given to patients in the advanced stages of prostate cancer along with chemotherapy drugs could be availiable by 2009. Vitamin D from sunlight improves the prognosis of certain cancers, but taking natural levels of the vitamin has no effect. Novacea, the company that makes Asentar, produced a novel formulation that reproduces the healing effect without the dangerous side-effects of a vitamin D overdose.
Chemotherapy :: Monitor bone health during chemotherapy
In laboratory tests on mice, researchers found that a medication often used to reduce toxic side effects of chemotherapy induced bone loss and helped tumors grow in bone. So the researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are recommending increased awareness of bone health during cancer treatments.