Flax Seed Diet Inhibits Prostate Cancer In Mice
July 17th, 2007 • In a study that seems to support numerous other findings suggesting the various positive inhibitory effects of flax seed intake on cancer, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have shown that a diet consisting of 5% flax seed can reduce the severity of prostate cancer in mice bred to develop the disease. In [...]
Grapefruit Raises Breast Cancer Risk, Scorpion Venom Illuminates Tumors
• In one of the more bizarre stories I’ve seen recently, researchers are reporting in the British Journal of Cancer that consuming just a small portion of grapefruit on a daily basis can increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer by almost a third–– “A study of 50,000 post-menopausal women found eating just a quarter of [...]
Vaccine Protects Against Aggressive Breast Cancer In Mice
05 October 2008
These are the kinds of studies I’d like to see more of–new technologies to coax a patient’s own immune system to put up a fight against dangerous cancers. According to the NCI’s Cancer Bulletin, scientists at Michigan’s Karmanos Cancer Institute have created a vaccine that in early studies has been 100% effective at preventing tumors in [...]
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Diamond-Studded Technolgy Brings Chemotherapy Straight To Tumor Site
05 October 2008
Wow, what a bizarre story… according to an article going around the news wire, a new technology involving microscopic diamond particles–or nanodiamonds–may soon allow chemotherapy drugs to be applied directly to a patient’s tumor site, essentially bypassing the systemic toxicity of IV chemo treatment. It apparently looks something like plastic wrap, and will presumably be applied [...]
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The Vitamin C/Chemotherapy Debate Rages On…
02 October 2008
Is it a bad idea to take mega-doses of Vitamin C and other antioxidants during chemotherapy treatment? The debate is raging on as a study appearing in the journal Cancer Research suggests that in laboratory studies, the two just don’t mix… at least in some forms of cancer. From WebMD–– “What we found is that vitamin C [...]
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Omega-6 Fats Raise Breast Cancer Risk In Women
30 September 2008
This should come as no surprise to anyone who follows nutrition news, but according to Swedish researchers, omega-6 fatty acids such as those found in many commonly consumed vegetable oils appear to increase the risk of developing breast cancer. From Reuters– “…in women with low HA [heterocyclic amine] consumption, high omega-6 PUFA intake increased the likelihood of [...]
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Antiperspirants & Breast Cancer: It’s Time For A Conclusive Study
07 March 2006
This One Never Goes Away The controversy over whether or not antiperspirants cause breast cancer is back again – this time after a report that has appeared in the Journal of Applied Toxicology, which suggests that aluminum salts like those used in these and other products do indeed create estrogen-like effects in the body, and some [...]
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Severe Form Of Arthritis Linked To Lymphoma Risk
27 February 2006
Talk about adding insult to injury – according to an article in the journal Arthritis and Rheumatism, people already unlucky enough to suffer from the most debilitating form of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may actually be 70 times more likely to be diagnosed with lymphoma than those with milder forms of the disease. While there is still [...]
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