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Variation in breast cancer

...ent researcher based in Chicago, USA, reveals that dietary differences might explain the geographical variation in breast cancer. Rates are high where the proportion of daily calories from animal products are high. And where vegetable products contribute relatively more to the diet, the rates of cancer tend ...

Do gardening and be fit

...roduction of vitamin D which helps the body absorb dietary calcium. Weight-bearing exercise is any activity that requires the bones to fully support the body's weight, such as jogging, dancing and weight training. Gardening and weight training were the only exercises found to significantly improve bone dens...

Diet, Sunlight connected to Breast Cancer Risk

... researcher from Newport News, Virginia, looked at dietary supply data for a number of countries in North and...un pointed out, studies designed to zero in on the dietary factors in breast cancer--such as those in which groups of women with and without breast cancer are ...

Zinc may enhance growth in Young sickle cell patients

...nc requirements that may not be met by their usual dietary intake," lead study author Dr. Babette S. Zemel, of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. During the study, children given zinc had significantly greater increases in height, sitting height, knee height and arm circumference than...

Cancer hazard Found With Animal-Based Nutrients

...hers also found that plant-based nutrients such as dietary fiber, dietary beta-carotene, folic acid, vitamin C and vitamin B6 were associated with lower risk of these kinds o...

Beta-Carotene May Aid Diabetics

...rols. They also sought to follow-up the effects of dietary beta-carotene supplementation on LDL oxidation. Re... Researchers concluded that natural beta-carotene dietary supplementation normalises the enhanced low-density lipoprotein and may be important in delaying acc...

Processed Meat, Diabetes connection Found

...s School of Public Health researchers analyzed the dietary habits of thousands of men and found that those wh... Study, a project that began in 1986 by collecting dietary information from 40,000 men, aged 40 to 75, who were healthy, free of diabetes, heart disease or can...

Defeating colon cancer

... medical University of Texas, they highlighted how dietary intervention helps those with a family history of ...early 50,000 female nurses whose family history of dietary habits were known. This showed that those who had a genetic risk of colon cancer were two and a half...

Calcium reduces colon cancer risk

...arch before a recommendation can be made regarding dietary calcium and colon cancer. The study is important because it suggests that adequate calcium in the diet has a benefit beyond building strong bones. This is important because a lot of people don't get it and there needs to be more stress on calcium....

Lack of solar radiation causes cancer

...plements as a substitute for the action of UV-B on dietary pre-vitamin D. More research is needed to establish the role of such supplements. Meanwhile, a daily walk in the open air might be a good way of ensuring you're not completely cut off from solar radiation, especially if you live in a northern latitud...

Lactobacillus Supplements shorten the duration of diarrhoea

...ctobacillus or other supplements. Over-the-counter dietary supplements are not subject to the same safety and effectiveness standards that medications face. And children with diarrhoea should see a doctor if they have loose stools for more than 5 days, the stools contain blood or mucus, or the children show ...

Vegetables decrease Tobacco Toxins

...rding to her, this study suggests that just normal dietary levels can reduce the levels of tobacco-related toxins. The study included 160 disease-free smokers aged 16 to 58; half were women and 40 percent were African American. All were asked to fill out a detailed smoking history and food frequency questi...

Fish Oil Fights Arrhythmias, Sudden Death

...s study suggests fish-oil supplements, rather than dietary fish oil, could be a therapy without side effects for heart patients. The study found that 1 gram daily of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), found in fish oil and known also as omega-3 fatty acids, significantly reduced the risk of death overall ...

Healthy snacks improve nutrition of kids

...he ice cream, researchers calculated the students' dietary intake by questioning them once a week about the foods they had eaten during the past 24 hours. According to Sullivan, she was pleased to see that a simple intervention like providing healthy snacks could lead to such significant improvements in chi...

Beer guards against Colon Cancer

...s, amino acids and minerals, may have advantageous dietary effects and even chemo-preventive properties for carcinogenesis. He suggested certain ingredients in beer act on a molecular level to thwart cancer-causing molecules from doing bad things in the colon. Another researcher, Hyuntae Kim, at the Arizo...

Role of Diet in Oral Cancer

...age and gender, among other factors. They assessed dietary information for each of the study participants using an extensive food frequency questionnaire. Participants indicated the frequency of consumption of approximately 100 foods over a one-year period. Results point to several foods that appear to be i...

Vitamin C maintains healthy lungs

...and other nutrients begin, in order to see whether dietary changes can improve lung health once lung function has already started to decline....

Heart attack risk starts at 20

...e of tobacco (including secondhand smoke), healthy dietary patterns, weight control, and regular, appropriate exercise," the panel writes in the July 16 issue of the journal Circulation. "Risk begins at an earlier age than age 40 or 50 ... and this is an attempt to move the focus back to early adulthood whe...

Vitamin E helps the mind

...ils, nuts, and green leafy vegetables are the main dietary sources of vitamin E. Fortified cereals are also an important source of vitamin E in the United States. People are advised to consult with their physicians before taking high doses (above 2,000 International Units (IU) daily) of supplemental vitamin ...

Enzyme may aid hold back disease

... say, although factors such as cigarette smoke and dietary habits may trigger genetic mutations, a lot of gene damage is caused simply by the natural chemistry that goes on in the human body. When a mutation occurs, the genes stop doing their jobs powerfully. Researchers say one in three genetic changes or ...

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