A survey of 6,899 girls aged 18 to 27 linked one drink a day to a 50 percent higher risk of benign breast disease, and drinking six or seven days a week to 5.5 times the risk. The authors suggest early drinking may raise later breast cancer risk.
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Nutrition
Vitamins, minerals, supplements, herbs and diet: the research on how what we eat shapes our health.
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Diet
Studies: Diet affects breast cancer risk
Vitamins
Micronutrients and the Immune System: An Exclusive Interview with Dr. Jon Kaiser (Part I)
Part one of an interview with Dr. Jon Kaiser of UCSF, who points to the mitochondrion as central to immune function and traces research since 1968 on the link between nutrition and immunity, up through the emergence of HIV and AIDS.
Nutrition
CDC: Foodborne illnesses on the decline
FoodNet surveillance in 10 states recorded 17,468 laboratory-confirmed infections in 2009 and sustained declines since 1996-1998 for Campylobacter, Listeria, Salmonella, STEC O157, Shigella and Yersinia, while Vibrio infections kept rising.
Supplements
Alternatives help female sexual arousal disorder
With no drug yet approved for female sexual arousal disorder, the piece cites a 2000 trial where a Muira puama and Ginkgo biloba formula improved desire, arousal and orgasm, plus a case report of a woman who developed persistent arousal syndrome after a month of heavy soy eating.
Food
Spice Up Your Health
University of Western Ontario researchers tested seven herb- and spice-based marinades and found good quantities of antioxidants survived, even though marinating and cooking cut levels by 45 to 70 percent. Mercola suggests seasoning with whole spices rather than store-bought sauces.
Food
New Study: LESS Cardio Gives Better Results
A Journal of Physiology study found about 20 minutes of high-intensity interval training delivered many of the same benefits as much longer endurance sessions, which the researchers say may make it an alternative route to better metabolic health and lower chronic disease risk.
Food
Female Viagra promising
A British study in rabbits suggests an experimental Pfizer drug might one day treat sexual arousal dysfunction in about 5 percent of women with the condition. Chris Wayman says it would not create desire but would raise blood flow to the genitalia; Viagra itself did not work as well in women.
Food
Does Drinking Milk Cause Upper-Respiratory Congestion?
Experiments have not supported the belief that milk increases phlegm, but a new report suggests those studies missed that milks differ. Some contain beta-CM-7, a protein that can stimulate mucus glands, so such milk could stimulate phlegm, particularly in chronic lung conditions.
Vitamins
Vitamin D Newsletter: Pseudomonas pneumonia
A reader's letter to the Vitamin D Council asking Dr. Cannell whether 30,000 IU a day is enough for her hospitalized 71-year-old mother with Pseudomonas pneumonia, with the opening of his reply.
Food
Teens drinking alcohol face higher risk for breast cancer
A Pediatrics study that followed 6,899 girls aged 9 to 15 found those drinking six or seven days a week were 5.5 times more likely to develop benign breast disease, which can progress to breast cancer, than non-drinkers. Drinking three to five days a week tripled the risk.
Diet
Healthy diet cuts Alzheimer's disease risk
Among 2,148 dementia-free adults aged 65 and older followed about four years, those eating more salad dressing, nuts, fish, poultry, tomatoes and leafy greens and less high-fat dairy, red meat, organ meat and butter were less likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
Food
High glycemic index carbs may raise heart disease risk
Among 47,749 Italian adults followed nearly eight years, women in the top quarter for glycemic load were 2.2 times as likely to be diagnosed with coronary heart disease as those in the lowest. No such link appeared in men, and the study cannot establish cause.
Nutrition
Can't get your wife pregnant? Eat tons of fatty fish!
Mice lacking the gene for an enzyme needed to make DHA, an omega-3 fat, produced very little high-quality sperm; what they made was round rather than elongated and could not move. Feeding those mice a DHA-fortified diet restored their fertility.
Vitamins
Breaking News: Vitamins may help prevent cervical cancer
In a Korean survey of 1,096 women, those taking multivitamins or vitamins A, C and E and calcium were about 80 percent less likely to have CIN II or III, cervical changes that can precede cancer. Higher HPV viral load tracked with more advanced dysplasia.
Nutrition
Health care reform bill vs. individual insurance buyers
White House answers, lightly edited, for people who buy their own insurance: premiums for individual coverage are expected to drop 14 to 20 percent, tax credits cut premiums by nearly 60 percent on average, and new rules cap what patients pay out of pocket.
Food
Fruit of the Month: Asian Pear
Asian pears ripen on the tree and are crisp, juicy and ready to eat at harvest, unlike European pears picked green and ripened at room temperature. A medium raw pear carries 50 calories and 4 g of fiber; varieties include the 20th Century, Hosui and Ya Li.
Food
Vegetable of the Month: Tomatillos
A husk-covered fruit used as a vegetable, the tomatillo tastes slightly acidic with a hint of lemon and is usually picked while still green. The piece covers Aztec origins, Texas cultivation, nutrition per half-cup, how to judge a good husk, and refrigerator storage of up to two weeks.
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