Tag: cancer

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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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Garlic may help fight cancer (Press release)

NEW TESTING METHOD HINTS AT GARLIC’S CANCER-FIGHTING POTENTIAL COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers have designed a urine test that can simultaneously measure the extent of a potential ...
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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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Cancer's Secret Weakness

Editor's note: Foodconsumer.org is seeking to hire a couple of writers on a hourly basis. If you are interested, please contact us at foodconsumer.org@gmail.com....
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Pomegranate compounds may prevent hormone-dependent breast cancer

By Jimmy Downs Researchers of the Breast Cancer Research Program at City of Hope in Duarte, California found phytochemicals in pomegranates may be used as preventatives ...
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Want to defeat your cancer? Eat less!

By David Liu davidl at foodconsumer dot org A new study suggests that restricting intake of glucose the most common dietary sugar can not only extend ...
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Some basics about radiation and cancer

Editor’s note: Two studies in the Dec 14-28, 2009 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine have found that CT scans each year may cause tens of thousands of future cancer cases. Amy Berrington de González, D. Phil., of the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md., and colleagues found CT scans performed in 2007 could lead to development of about 29,000 future cancers including 14,000 cases from scans of the abdomen and pelvis which require higher dosages of radiation; 4100 from chest scans; 4,000 from head scans; and 2,700 from CT angiography. The following are some basics for those who know a thing about radiation and cancer. ...
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CT scans cause cancer - studies

Editor's note: Get to know the risk. Often times radiation-based diagnostic tools like CT scans are labeled as non-invasive. They are not actually!...
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Soy protein helps fight cancer and inflammation

BY David Liu University of Illinois researchers found a soy peptide called lunasin which is found in the waste streams of soy-processing plants, may be used ...
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