Fruits And Vegetables May Protect Smokers From Lung Cancer
Research by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Jonsson Cancer Center has shown that eating three servings of fruits and vegetables per day and drinking green or black tea may protect smokers from lung cancer.
The researchers attribute this to the flavonoids found in fruits and vegetables. Flavonoids are water-soluble plant pigments that have [...]
Dehydrated Tomatoes Shown To Protect Against Prostate Cancer
New research by the University of Missouri has shown that dehydrated tomatoes my help protect against prostate cancer.
Valeri V. Mossine, Ph.D., states that “processing many edible plants through heating, grinding, mixing or drying dramatically increases their nutritional value, including their cancer prevention potential.” Mossine and colleagues have shown that FruHis, an organic carbohydrate found [...]
A Low-Fat Diet May Help Prevent Prostate Cancer
Research has shown that eating less polyunsaturated fat, which is typically found in baked and fried foods, helps prevent prostate cancer in mice.
The research was performed by the University of California, Los Angeles, and the scientists believe it to be the first of its kind in a mouse model that closely mimics human cancer.
The researchers [...]
Apple Or Pear - What Body Shape May Be Telling You
Where overweight people carry their extra weight – the waist or hips – can influence their risk of several disorders.
Research has shown that having an “apple-shaped” body, which means fat is mostly stored in the abdominal regions, increases the risk of heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, several types of cancer, and probably other [...]
Alcohol Affects Risk of Cancer In Postmenopausal Women
Research has shown that excessive alcohol drinking could increase the risk of breast cancer.
The study was lead by the University of Chicago. The first author, Jasmine Q. Lew, was a recipient of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute National Institutes of Health Research Scholarship at the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Division of Cancer Epidemiology and [...]
Resveratrol Shown To Kill Cancer Cells
Research at the University of Rochester Medical Center has shown that resveratrol can help destroy pancreatic cancer cells by crippling their mitochondria.
Resveratrol in an antioxidant that belongs to a class of polyphenolic compounds called stilbenes. Certain types of plants produce stilbenes in response to stress, injury, fungal infection, and ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Scientists first became [...]
Birth Rate May Have An Influence On Lifespan
Research at the Centre for Health and Society in Copenhagen has shown that low birth weight indicates an increased risk of dying early as an adult. An extra-heavy birth rate also indicates a greater risk.
Previous studies have revealed a connection between small birth weight and heart disease and diabetes risk. It has also [...]
Obese Women Have More Aggressive Breast Cancer
A study at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center has revealed that overweight or obese women with breast cancer have more aggressive cancer and lower survival rates.
Massimo Cristofanilli, MD, states that “the more obese a patient is, the more aggressive the disease.” Dr. Cristofanilli is an associate professor of medicine in the [...]
Carbohydrates and Obesity May Be Linked to Esophageal Cancer
Researchers may have found a link between increased carbohydrate consumption and obesity and the increasing number of esophageal cancer cases in the US. The causes of esophageal cancer are mostly unknown, and patients have a poor prognosis.
Cases of esophageal cancer have increased from 300,000 in 1973 to 2.1 million in 2001. These numbers [...]
Broccoli Sprout Extract Shown to Help Prevent Bladder Cancer
Research at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute has shown that cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, are linked to a reduced risk of bladder cancer.
It has been shown in the past that the protective action of cruciferous vegetables comes in part from isothyiocyanates (ITCs), which are a group of phytochemicals that have recognized cancer preventive actions. [...]
