- Taking vitamin E and vitamin C supplements may not make cancer less likely, a new study shows.
That finding comes from the Physicians’ Health Study II, which recently showed that taking vitamin C and vitamin E supplements may not lower the risk of heart attack or stroke.
Researchers have now analyzed study data on cancer risk and found no sign of lower cancer risk in people taking vitamin E and vitamin C supplements daily during the study.
Munich - Condoms can help support the healing process of viral infections that affect the cervix, according to the Munich-based professional association for German gynaecologists.
Mutations that occur in cells affected by the human papilloma virus (HPV) are better contained when condoms are used because they the prevent the virus from spreading, the association said. In addition they protect from other sexually transmitted diseases that can slow down the healing process.
Debbie and Larry Ward of Jefferson, Md., each get $75 from Debbie’s company when they go for their annual physicals. Arlington County police officer Darrin Cassedy received a two-night hotel stay in Florida and an MP3 player from his employer for losing weight and exercising. Sandy Colaccino of Silver Spring has access to free primary and urgent care at her job, a resource that she believes saved her from serious illness.
“A lot of people are shocked,” says Debbie Ward, 51, that her employer, Herndon-based construction materials company Lafarge North America, hands out gift cards when employees or family members get physicals and cancer screenings or fill in detailed questionnaires about their health. The Wards have earned more than $400 in health-related rewards and will receive enough financial incentives in the coming year to make up for the $14-a-month premium hike they’ll face from their Aetna PPO. “I’m very happy with my benefits,” Ward says.
By Michael Kahn
LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists have figured out why some women develop resistance to the most commonly used breast cancer drug, something that raises the risk their tumors will return, according to a study published on Wednesday.
The findings could lead to new tests to determine which women are not likely to benefit from tamoxifen and who should be given other drugs, said Jason Carroll of Cancer Research UK in Cambridge, who led the study published in the journal Nature.
A protein known to inhibit the growth of ovarian cancer works in part by forcing cancer cells to eat themselves until they die, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the Nov. 15 issue of Cancer Research.
The research team also found that expression of the protein, known as PEA-15, is an independent indicator of a woman’s prospects for surviving ovarian cancer, said senior author Naoto T. Ueno, M.D., Ph.D. associate professor of breast medical oncology.
Read the rest of this entry »Monday October 13, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) — In the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we will publish a series of reports on studies and others on the disease to raise readers’ awareness of the fact that breast cancer is a preventable disease.
A study published in the Nov. 2008 issue of British Journal of Nutrition identified a dietary pattern that was linked to increased risk of breast cancer.
The study led by Schulz M and colleagues from German Institute of Human Nutrition in Germany was meant to determine if certain diet pattern is associated with risk of breast cancer.
Most of us know which foods are healthy and which foods are not, but sometimes we tend to forget the real nutritious food. So here’s a list of top ten most nutritious food:
1. Green vegetables- Vegetables such as spinach, cabbage, cauliflower and other green leafy vegetables are very significant in maintaining a healthy body. It is rich in vitamins and minerals. In my opinion if you love veggies or let me say you eat veggies daily, you don’t need to take too much of vitamins. Not just being practical but you save money right? It is also good in prevention of different diseases such as heart problems, diabetes, stomach problems, colon cancer and other cancers.
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — A promising drug for treatment of colorectal cancer may not be effective in 40 percent of patients with the cancer, new research shows.
Analysis of a recent study shows when given the drug cetuximab (Erbitux), metastatic colorectal cancer patients with tumors showing the “normal” type of a gene called K-ras survived longer whereas those with a mutated form of the gene did not. More specifically, patients with normal K-ras tumors who received cetuximab showed an almost two-fold improvement in overall survival and progression-free survival compared to similar patients who received supportive care alone. Those with mutated K-ras tumors who received the drug showed no significant improvement compared to similar patients who received supportive care alone.
- With a month to go before the election, health care took center stage in the presidential campaign over the weekend as Barack Obama launched a major attack on John McCain’s health care plan.
In a series of new ads and in a speech devoted to health care delivered Saturday in Newport News, Va., the Democratic nominee charged that McCain’s plan would increase the cost of health insurance for most Americans and could cause as many as 20 million people to lose their employer-provided health insurance.
Women who confront with migraines stand less chance of developing breast cancer, according to researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle.
This correlation may be related to estrogen, a hormone produced in both men and women. The explanation goes like that: high levels of estrogen are linked to an augmented risk of breast cancer, and women who experience migraines are said to have low levels of the sex hormone. So these women have a lower risk of developing breast cancer. More precisely, the risk is 30 percent lower, researchers say.