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Legumes good for non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients

Among 2,339 Multiethnic Cohort participants, high dairy intake was linked to 14% higher all-cause and 16% higher non-Hodgkin lymphoma mortality, while legumes were tied to 13 to 16% lower risk of both. Fibre, soy, fruit, vegetables and processed meat showed no link.

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Supplements

Turmeric based herbal supplement as effective as antidiabetic drug

Diabetic rats given a 1:1 Curcuma longa and Eugenia jambolana supplement twice daily for six weeks had significantly lower fasting and random plasma glucose and 6% lower HbA1c than controls, an effect the researchers say matched the drug glibenclamide.

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Food

White wine drinkers more likely to develop melanoma

Across three US cohorts, each additional 12.8 grams of alcohol a day was linked to a 22% higher melanoma risk, but only white wine carried the association: drinking it five or more times a week was tied to 31% higher risk. Other alcoholic drinks showed none.

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Food

Pumpkin seed extract fights prostate cnacer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer

An ethanolic extract of Styrian pumpkin seeds inhibited the growth of prostate, breast and colorectal cancer cells by 40 to 50% in the laboratory, without estrogenic activity or effect on hormone receptors. The authors say the efficacy still needs confirming.

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Herbs

Cannabis sativa may help fight cervical cancer

Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand report that Cannabis sativa extract and its main compound cannabidiol stopped proliferation and induced apoptosis in three cervical cancer cell lines, raising p53, caspase 3 and bax. The work was done in cell culture.

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Supplements

Mistletoe cancer treatment reviewed

A review reports that mistletoe therapy improves quality of life in cancer patients, and cites recent studies in which it raised the odds of surviving advanced pancreatic cancer and, at high doses, produced regression of several tumour types.

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Herbs

Chamomile tea helps depression, sleep in postpartum women

Eighty postnatal women with poor sleep drank chamomile tea or a placebo for two weeks; the tea group scored lower for sleep inefficiency and symptoms of depression. The benefit had disappeared four weeks after the trial ended.

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Food

Drinking beer good for your health - new study

Researchers who followed more than 80,000 people in China for six years found HDL cholesterol declined over time in everyone, but more slowly in beer drinkers, which they link to lower cardiovascular risk. The findings were presented as a conference poster.

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