A report on nature.com says cancer patients can fast to cut calories and protein and protect themselves against chemotherapy's toxicity, with five days of fasting followed by normal eating avoiding weight loss. The American Cancer Society advises the opposite, the report notes.
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Lifestyle
Induced abortion raises breast cancer risk
A meta-analysis of 36 Chinese studies in Cancer Causes Control found women with at least one induced abortion were 44% more likely to develop breast cancer, rising to 76% and 89% after two or three. The studies were observational, so the association is not necessarily causal.
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Focusing on Pleasure of Eating Makes People Choose Smaller Portions
Writing in the Journal of Marketing Research, INSEAD's Pierre Chandon and UBC's Yann Cornil report that people chose smaller portions of chocolate cake when asked to vividly imagine the taste, smell and texture of similar desserts, and would pay more for them.
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Cell phone radiation linked to more than brain cancer
The piece lists conditions that researcher L. Lloyd Morgan and a Truth About Cancer report link to cell phone radiation, from acoustic neuroma to sperm damage, and notes IARC classified radiofrequency radiation a possible human carcinogen in 2011. It suggests limiting phone use.
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Mouthwash use linked to oral cavity cancer, oropharynx cancer
Pooling 12 case-control studies, researchers found mouthwash users were 11 percent more likely to be diagnosed with oral cavity cancer and 28 percent more likely with oropharyngeal cancer, with no link to head and neck cancers overall. The study does not establish cause.
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Fasting helps prevent breast cancer recurrence, death
Among 2,413 women with breast cancer, those who fasted more than 13 hours overnight were 36 percent less likely to have a recurrence and 21 percent less likely to die, though the mortality difference was not statistically significant. JAMA Oncology published the study.
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Unproven claims run rampant in e-cigarette business
Ohio State researchers found e-cigarette makers and sellers advertising health claims that are unlikely to survive the FDA review now required under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, and they urge the agency to stop inaccurate claims.
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Recharge With Sleep: Pediatric Sleep Recommendations Promoting Optimal Health (PR)
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine issued its first consensus sleep recommendations for children: 12 to 16 hours a day for infants 4 to 12 months, tapering to 8 to 10 hours for teenagers 13 to 18, with naps counted for children under 6.
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Could antiperspirants increase breast cancer risk?
Writing in Morphologie, P.D. Darbre argues aluminum salts in antiperspirants may be a breast cancer risk factor, noting that tumors and cysts cluster in the upper outer breast nearest the underarm and that aluminum behaves like estrogen in laboratory studies.
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11 Things Employers & Individuals Should Ponder Before Partaking in Any 'Diet for Dollars' Program
HealthyWage experts list what employers and individuals should check before joining a pay-for-pounds weight loss contest: where the prize money comes from and how payout is guaranteed, what tools and accountability the program offers, and how weigh-ins are verified.
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The Science Behind a Happy and Healthy Heart
Benita Lee of LabDoor lists five ways to look after your heart, beginning with diet and exercise. She cites a study of over 12,000 people in which the heaviest processed-food eaters were 37% more likely to become depressed, and the AHA's 150-minutes-a-week guideline.
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Mobile phone use increases brain cancer glioma risk
A pooled case-control analysis by Lennart Hardell and Michael Carlberg found mobile phone use over a latency of more than 25 years associated with a 200% higher glioma risk, a weaker association for cordless phones, and greater risk among users who started before age 20.
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Social Dieting Surge
HealthyWage says it has paid more than $2.5 million so far this year to participants who collectively lost 750,000 pounds in its cash-reward weight loss contests. Co-founder David Roddenberry credits competition, teamwork, peer support and accountability.
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What is the best age for women to have first child?
A Russian report describes University of Texas researchers who studied about 3,000 mothers and concluded 34 is the best age for a first child, finding later first-time mothers healthier. The piece notes fertility falls sharply after 34 and that later first births raise breast cancer risk.
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Exercise, weight loss cure type 2 diabetes mellitus
In a Preventive Medicine commentary, Philip Ades of the University of Vermont argues exercise and weight loss can prevent type 2 diabetes in high-risk people and can push new-onset cases into remission without glucose-lowering drugs. Insurers rarely cover such programs, he notes.
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Secure email service provided by protonmail.ch available instantly
The site reports that protonmail.ch is letting anyone register instantly for a limited time, with 1 GB of free space for early sign-ups instead of 0.5 GB. The provider says data on its servers cannot be reached by administrators, governments or hackers.
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AICR eNEWS: The Truth about Grilling and Cancer Risk
The May 2015 AICR newsletter rounds up five cancer-fighting vegetables to grow at home, prevention beliefs that research has since revised, a grilling safety quiz, a cruciferous salad recipe, and a profile of Team AICR marathon runner Chris Ford.
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Sauna bathing cuts death risk from cardiovascular disease
A 21-year Finnish study following 2,315 men found more frequent sauna bathing was associated with lower rates of sudden cardiac death, fatal coronary and cardiovascular disease, and death from all causes. Men taking 4 to 7 saunas a week had the lowest rates.
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