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Dr. Lawrence Kushi Makes the Connection Between Food and Cancer (PR)

Dear Dr. roberts, Please join PCRM’s continuing education seminar, Vital Signs: Plant-Based Diets in Clinical Practice, in Southern California on April 10 and hear Lawrence Kushi, Sc.D.,
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Big Star singer Alex Chilton dead, what you need to know

Alex Chilton, an American songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer best known for his work with the pop-music bans the Box Tops and Big Star, has ...
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Soy products beat drugs for type 2 diabetes prevention?

A new trial led by Dr. Robert M. Califf at Duke University and colleagues has proved that two drugs marketed by Novartis did not help ...
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Vitamin D as effective as vaccine in preventing flu

Taking high doses of vitamin D3 supplements in winter helps reduce risk of acquiring seasonal flu in winter, a new Japanese trial demonstrated. The trial results, ...
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Mango fights cancer

One study reported earlier on foodconsumer.org shows papaya extracts may help fight cancer. Now another study in the March 5 2010 issue of Journal of ...
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Papaya extract slows cancer growth

  A new study in Journal of Ethnopharmacology suggests that compounds from papaya may help fight cancer. The study led by Dr. Nam Dang at the University ...
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How to Easily Cut Your Calories -- Eat Slowly

For ages, mothers have admonished children to slow down and chew their food. It turns out they’re onto something. Researchers have found evidence that when people ...
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The Vitamin D Newsletter: Vitamin D fights cancer

Editor's note: We encourage readers to support Vitamin D Council which has been doing a great job in the past years to alert the public to the importance of vitamin D to their health....
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Bitter melon extract kills breast cancer cells

The extract from a vegetable that is commonly used in Asian countries like China might be one cheap medicine that can be enlisted to help ...
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Meat and fat linked to pancreatic cancer

High intake of animal protein and fat may increase risk of pancreatic cancer, a study in the Cancer Causes & Control suggests.  The study shows ...
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