Positive Health Online

Issue 51

DIXON-SHANIES and SHAIKH, The New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of the New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY 11568-8000 USA write that epidemiological research has suggested that ph1

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WANG and RUSSELL, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Boston, MA, USA write that a large body of observational epidemiological studies has consistently demonstrated that individua1

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KIM, Department of Medicine, St Michaels Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada writes that folate is an important cofactor in the transfer of one-carbon moieties and plays a key role in DNA synthesis, repair and met1

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ROSE and CONNOLLY, Division of Nutrition and Endocrinology, American Health Foundation, Valhalla, NY 10595 USA. david@westnet.com write that epidemiological and experimental evidence demonstra1

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NORRISH and colleagues, Department of Community Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand write that, according to experimental studies, the risk of prostate cancer may be reduced with intake of long-chain n-3 polyun1

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Issue 50

VAN DAM, Nederlands Kanker Instituut/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ziekenhuis, afd. Psychosociaal Onderzoek en Epidemiologie, Amsterdam investigated the prevalence of use by cancer patients of alternative diets and 1

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ZAZA and colleagues, Department of Oncology, University of Western Ontario, Canada. zaza@julian.uwo.ca write that cancer patients suffer unnecessarily due to the inadequate use of pain medication and other int1

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ZHAO and colleagues, Center for Cancer Causation and Prevention, AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, CO 80214 USA write that procyanidins in grape seeds are known to exert anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic and anti-all1

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LEE and FAIR, Department of Surgery and Prostate Diagnostic Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021 USA write that surgeons continue to be faced with difficulties in1

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GRANT, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Vermont USA. wbgrant@norfolk.infi.net writes that the aetiology of prostate cancer has not yet been fully resolved in the scientific and medical literature. However, the no1

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Issue 49

WELLISCH and colleagues, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine 90024 USA conducted a pilot study to determine the effects upon depression and anxiety of group intervention in

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Issue 49

SHAH and colleagues, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri USA shahs@msnotes.wustl.edu studied the effect of energy healing upon in vitro tumour cell growth .

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ISHIHARA and colleagues, Department of Hygiene and Public Health (I), School of Medicine, Tokyo Womens Medical University, Japan investigated the effect of the timing of stressor application upon transplanted tum1

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SENGUPTA and DAS, Department of Cancer Chemoprevention, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Calcutta, India write that among the many carotenoids, lycopene has recently received attention 1

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YAMAMOTO and colleagues, Department of Pathology II, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan studied the effects of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and an angiogenesis inhibitor (TNP-470) upon breast cancer cell1

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Issue 48

GRAY and colleagues, Psychosocial and Behavioural Research Unit, Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Ontario, Canada. Ross_gray@cancercare.on.ca conducted a questionnaire to determine the attitudes, practices and knowledge

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Issue 48

Green and colleagues, Epidemiology and Population Health Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, University of Queensland, Australia. AdeleG@qimr.edu.au write that the use of sunscreens on the skin may prevent sunburn1

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Issue 48

HAYON and colleagues, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel studied the antitumour activity of non-steroidal antioestrogens, including

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MAEHLE and colleagues, Department of Toxicology, National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway Lovise.mahle@klinmed.uio.no write that various mechanisms for the inhibition by n-3 fatty acids (FA) upon tumour progression

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Issue 48

ZHOU and colleagues, Nutrition/Metabolism Laboratory, Department of Surgery, Beth Israel-Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215 USA characterised the ability of dietary soybean components to

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