Positive Health Online

Issue 56

CASCINU and colleagues, Section of Experimental Oncology, Azienda Osedaliera S. Salvatoire, Pesaro, Italy set out to investigate calcium and vitamin supplementation on colorectal cell proliferation.

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Issue 56

LIU, Shen and ONG, Department of Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore investigated the effect of a Chinese herbal medicine (Salvia miltiorrhiza) on human hepatic cells.

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VAN FLEET, Psychiatry Section, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA. vanfleet@audumla.mdacc.tmc.edu reviews the use of relaxation and imagery for symptom management in ca1

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Issue 55

BABU and colleagues, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Dr. ALM Post-Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Madras, Taramani Campus, Chennai, India. studied the effects of co-administration of vitamins C and E with tamoxifen treat1

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SHIRATAKI and colleagues, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Saitama, Japan compared the cytotoxicity of grape seed extracts with grape peel extracts upon human oral tumour cells lines.

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BATTISTI and colleagues, OU of Neurometabolic Disease, Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Sienna, Italy studied vitamin E serum levels in patients with gastric cancer.

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MEHTA and colleagues, University of Florida College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Gainesville Florida 32610 USA evaluated patients with breast cancer undergoing bone marrow transplantation (BMT) to determine if acquiesce1

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Issue 54

SHKLAR and OH, Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts USA. gerald_shklar@hms.harvard.edu review (103 references) the literature regarding the significant cancer pre1

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STEINMAUS and colleagues, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of California at San Francisco USA write that in 1996 there were more than 300,000 new cases of bladder cancer diagnosed worldwide.

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NEGRI and colleagues, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy. Evanegri@irfmn.mnegri.it  studied the relation between selected micronutrients and oral and pharyngeal cancer risk.

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Issue 53

BALZARINI and colleagues, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Department, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy assessed the effects of homoeopathic Belladonna 7cH and X-ray 15cH associated in the treatment of acute radiodermatitis.

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TAMAYO and colleagues, Foresight Link Corporation, Ontario Canada review (198 references) the literature regarding the herbal mixtures Essiac and Flor-Essences, which are sold as nutritional supplements used by patients to treat chronic conditions, par1

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BYLUND and colleagues, Department of Oncology, University of Umea, Umea, Sweden. Annika.Byland@germed.umu.se studied whether dietary intervention could inhibit tumour growth of an androgen-sensitive1

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KIM and colleagues, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Ontario Canada studied the associations between prediagnostic energy, fat, vitamin A intake and survival from prostate cancer.

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BRENNAN and colleagues, Unit of Environmental Cancer Epidemiology, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. Brennan@iarc.fr studied the role of dietary patterns and specific dietary nutrients in the aetiology of lung cancer in non-smo1

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Issue 52

WYATT and colleagues, College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing USA conducted a study to assess the use of complementary therapies among older cancer patients.

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Issue 52

McKEOWN, Vitamin K Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center, Tufts University, Boston MA 02111, USA reviews (32 references) the field regarding antioxidants and breast cancer risk.

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Issue 52

SLATTERY and colleagues, University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City USA mslatter@dfm.utah.edu write that carotenoids have numerous biological properties which may underpin a ro1

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EICHHOLZER and colleagues, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland eichholz@swissonline.ch write that low serum cholesterol has been associated with an i1

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FREEMAN and colleagues, Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, Edward Hines, Jr. Hospital, Hines IL, USA conducted a study to evaluate how prostatic levels of antioxidants relate to plas1

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