The US Supreme Court let a new trial proceed for Donna Scroggin, who developed breast cancer after 11 years on Provera, Premarin and Prempro. A 2008 jury awarded her $27 million in punitive and $2.7 million in compensatory damages; Wyeth faces more than 8,000 suits.
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Avoiding Illness
How diet and lifestyle affect cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and other illnesses.
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- Abortion
- Accutane
- Acetaminophen
- Acid Reflux
- Acidic Foods
- Acne
- Acrylamide
- Acupuncture
- Additives
- ADHD
- Adiposity
- Advisories
- Aerobic Exercise
- Aflatoxin
- Agave
- Agent Orange
- Aging
- Agriculture
- AIDS
- Air Pollution
- Airline Passengers
- Airport
- ALA
- Alcohol
- Alcoholic Beverage
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- Alli
- Aloe Vera
- ALS
- Alternative Medicine
- Aluminum
- Alzheimer's
- Amalgam
- AMD
- Ampyra
- Amygdala
- Anal Cancer
- And
- Anemia
- Angiogenesis
- Animal Protein
- Animals
- Anorexia
- Anthocyanins
- Anthrax
- Anti-Angiogenesis
- Anti-Obesity
- Antibacterial
- Antibiotic
Diabetes
Brown rice eaters less like to have type 2 diabetes
Pooled data from about 197,000 US adults found those eating five or more servings of white rice a week had a 17 percent higher diabetes risk, while two or more servings of brown rice weekly was tied to an 11 percent lower risk. Rice supplied under 2 percent of subjects' calories.
Other Diseases
Apple juice may help Alzheimer's patients
In an open-label trial, 21 people with moderate to severe Alzheimer's drank two 4-oz glasses of apple juice a day for a month. Cognitive and daily-living scores did not change, but caregivers reported improvement in behavioural and psychotic symptoms, chiefly anxiety, agitation and delusion.
Cancer
Cervical Cancer: Should Women be Tested Less Often?
Despite guidance allowing three-year intervals after a normal Pap and HPV DNA test, a survey of 1,212 physicians suggests few are stretching out cervical cancer screening. The disease kills about 4,900 US women a year of the 15,700 newly diagnosed.
Diabetes
Could brown rice protect against type 2 diabetes
Following about 197,000 doctors and nurses across three long-running studies, Harvard researchers reported that five or more weekly servings of white rice carried 17 percent higher type 2 diabetes risk, while two or more servings of brown rice carried 11 percent lower risk.
Cancer
Breast cancer survivors should take vitamin D - report
Mayo Clinic authors writing in Nutrition recommend breast cancer survivors keep adequate vitamin D stores for life, citing evidence that intake runs inversely to breast cancer risk, that higher levels track with better survival, and that up to 75 percent of patients are insufficient.
Cancer
Some Cancer Patients Skip Care due to Finances
Wake Forest researchers examined surveys from 110,000 people, 6,600 of them cancer survivors, and found survivors under 65 were 1.5 to 2 times more likely to put off care over cost. About 2 million of 12 million adult survivors had; 10 percent skipped filling prescriptions.
Cancer
Nexavar Falls Short of Goal
Bayer says Nexavar missed its main goal of extending survival in a trial of advanced lung cancer, though it met a secondary goal of slowing progression. The drug is already approved for late-stage kidney and liver cancer, and testing continues in other cancers.
Other Diseases
Coalition Shares Alzheimer's/Parkinson's Research
Drug makers and patient advocacy groups in the Coalition Against Major Diseases will share a data bank on more than 4,000 patients with neurodegenerative disease, aiming to speed research and settle best practices for future clinical trials.
Cancer
Support After Breast Cancer Relapse Invaluable
Women who received emotional support plus relaxation and stress-reduction training after a breast cancer recurrence lived about six months longer than those without it, researchers say. The 227 participants, diagnosed at Stage II or III, also learned strategies for handling specific stressors.
Heart & Blood
Study Shows Height/Heart Health Link
A review of 52 papers covering 3 million patients found the shortest people in a population, under about 5 feet 3, were 1.5 times more likely to have heart problems than those 5 feet 9 and over. The authors stress modifiable risks matter more; smokers face four times the risk.
Obesity
Diet Tricks That Really Work (2)
Chewing longer curbs portion size and aids digestion, Mercola writes, citing a study where people eating ice cream over 30 minutes released more hunger-regulating hormones than those who took five, another where slow eaters took in about 10 percent fewer calories.
Obesity
Diet Tricks That Really Work
Mercola passes along Live Science's list of weight-loss tactics: skip high-fructose corn syrup, treat junk food as addictive, keep meal times structured, eat a protein-rich breakfast, favour whole foods over processed, shrink your plates, and pay attention while you eat.
Cancer
Cancer Drug Enables Immune System
Bristol-Myers Squibb's experimental ipilimumab, an engineered human protein, blocks a molecule that restrains the immune system. In Stephen Hodi's trial, 20 percent of advanced melanoma patients were alive two years on. Researchers say the right drug combination still needs working out.
Cancer
Plant-based diet good for breast cancer survivors
In a small crossover study, 81 percent of breast cancer survivors who began with an olive oil-rich plant-based diet lost more than 5 percent of body weight, against 31 percent on the National Cancer Institute low-fat diet. Twenty-eight of 44 women completed both eight-week diets.
Cancer
One Time Radiation Hit Promising
A nine-country study begun in 2000 compared a single dose of radiation after breast cancer surgery with a full daily course. After four years, recurrence risk was about the same. Researchers note the disease often returns after five years and plan to follow patients to eight.
Obesity
Study explains why chili pepper compound leads to weight loss
Rats on high-fat diets that received capsaicin lost up to 8% of their body weight, and Daegu University researchers found the compound shifted levels of at least 20 proteins in fat tissue, which they suggest is part of how it works.
Other Diseases
Burgers linked to higher pediatric asthma risk
A Thorax study of 50,000 children aged 8 to 12 across 20 countries linked frequent burger eating to asthma and wheezing, while fruit and fish appeared protective. Researchers cautioned that burgers may simply mark a wider lifestyle rather than cause the problem.
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