Avoiding Illness
Cigarette smoke damages DNA within minutes, selenium, green tea reduce the risk
Preventing the genetic damage smoking can cause
Within minutes of being inhaled into the lungs cigarette smoke causes genetic mutations linked to lung cancer, according to
Fighting childhood obesity one hot lunch at a time
by Aimee Keenan-Greene The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed a new rule to update the nutrition standards for National School Lunch and School Breakfast meal ...
Low fat diet cost-effective in preventing breast cancer, ovarian cancer
David Liu and editing by Denise Reynolds
Researchers of Tusculum College in Tennessee suggest that using a low fat diet could be more cost effective in preventing ...
A third of 9-month-olds obese or at risk of obesity - study
Researchers found as many as one third of U.S. children at the age of nine months were obese or overweight or at risk of obesity ...
"No Anorexia" Model Isabelle Caro Dies at 28
David Liu and editing by Denise Reynolds
Isabelle Caro, a French actress and model who had suffered an eating disorder known as anorexia nervosa since age 13, ...
The skinny on diabetes and dairy fats
by Aimee Keenan-Greene
Could dairy be a new weapon in the war on diabetes?
A new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine (AIM) says trans-palmitoleate from ...
Dairy products may lower diabetes risk
A new study in the December 21, 2010, issue of Annals of Internal Medicine suggests that eating whole fat dairy products may help reduce the ...
Job stress, cholesterol boost cardiovascular disease risk
Women with high job stress more likely to have heart disease
Women who have high job stress may be at 40 percent increased risk of cardiovascular ...
Eating vegetables, seafood may cut breast cancer risk - study
The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month or the pink month, which is October, does not seem over yet. We continue to publish reports on new ...
Cigarette smoking may boost pancreatic cancer risk - study
Exposure to cigarette smoke may boost risk of pancreatic cancer, a study published in the June 2010 issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention suggests.
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