Positive Health Online

Issue 123

TRUMBO, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USA, PaulaTrumbo@fda.gov, has reported on the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA)'s review of the evidence for selenium 1

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Issue 123

STEINSBEKK and LAUNSO, Department of Public Health and General Practice, NTNU, Norway, aslak.steinsbekk@ntnu.no, have studied the experiences of cancer patients with complementary and alternative therapists and conventional1

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Issue 120

XIA and co-workers, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA, have found that more n-3 and less n-6 fatty acids reduce the potential of lung cancer cells to invade other tissues.

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Issue 119

MACGREGOR and co-authors, Beatson Oncology Centre, Western Infirmary, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11 5NT, Scotland, UK, have tested soy supplements for the treatment of menopausal symptoms in women with early breast cancer.

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Issue 119

STALPERS and co-workers, Department of Radiotherapy, Academic Medical Centrum, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1105 AZ, The Netherlands, l.stalpers@amc.uva.nl, have conducted a trial of hypnotherapy in radiotherapy patients.

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Issue 118

CHONG and RASHID, Department of Surgery, Port Macquarie Base Hospital, New South Wales, have reviewed (69 references) the role of chemoprovention agents for the prevention of prostate cancer. Abstract: Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of 1

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Issue 118

FRENKEL and colleagues, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Education Project, Department of Family Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1123, USA, mafrenke@utmb.edu, have reviewed (32 references) c1

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Issue 118

KING and others, Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Public Health Sciences Laboratories, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, Suite M-5A864, Seattle WA 98109-1024, USA, iking@fh1

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Issue 117

GONZALEZ and colleagues, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, Graduate School of Public Health, Department Human Development, Nutrition Program, PO Box 365067, San Juan, PR, mgonzalez@rcm.upr.edu, have reviewed 1

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Issue 117

MONTI and YANG, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, monti1@pol.net, have reviewed (74 references) complementary medicine in chronic cancer care. Abstract:

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Issue 117

SATIA and others, Department of Global Epidemiology, Amgen, Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, 24-1-C, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA, jessie.satia@amgen.com, have studied the connections between diet, lifestyle, and genomic instabi1

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Issue 117

HARRISON and ABHYANKAR, Noble's Hospital, Isle of Man, UK, have reviewed (59 references) the mechanism of action of n-3 fatty acids in the prevention of myocardial infarction.

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Issue 116

HANA and co-authors, Quality Improvement Unit, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel, have surveyed the use of complementary and alternative medicine for cancer in Northern Israel.

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Issue 116

HYODO and co-workers, Medical Oncology Division, National Shikoku Cancer Center, Horinouchi 13, Matsuyama, 790-0007 Ehime, Japan, ihyodo@shikoku-cc.go.jp, have surveyed the use of complementary and alternative medicine for c1

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Issue 116

LAFFERTY and colleagues, Department of Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA, billlaf@u.washington.edu, have surveyed the use of complementary and alternative medicine by cancer patients 1

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Issue 114

JIAN and colleagues, School of Public Health, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, have investigated whether lycopene and other carotenoids afford protection against prostate cancer.

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Issue 114

KIM and KIM, St Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University, Seoul 137-701, Korea, have described the effects of a relaxation breathing exercise on fatigue in patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation.

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Issue 114

VAN WEERT and others, Department of Rehabilitation, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands, Evw@IKN.nl, have investigated physical functioning and quality of life after cancer rehabilitation.

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Issue 113

JAMISON and colleagues, Department of Urology, College of Medicine, Northeastern Ohio Universities, Summa Health System/NEOUCOM, Akron, OH 44304, USA, jmj@neoucom.edu, have treated a human bladder carcinoma cell line with vitamins C1

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Issue 113

MOYAD, University of Michigan Medical Center-Dept. of Urology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, has reviewed (33 references) regarding zinc for prostate disease and other conditions. Abstract:/b Dietary and supplemental zinc has received much attention in numerous altern1

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