Positive Health Online

Issue 40

HEAD, Alternative Medicine Review. PO Box 25, Dover Idaho 83825 USA. kathi@thorne.com review (63 references) the proposed mechanisms of action for vitamin C (ascorbic acid, ascorbate) in the 1

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Issue 39

HARTMAN and colleagues, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda Maryland 20892-7326 USA evaluated the association between prostate cancer and baseline vitamin E and selenium .

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Issue 39

WIDEROFF and colleagues, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda MD 20892 USA write that earlier case-control studies reported inverse associations of cervical squamous intraepithelial lesions (SIL)<1

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Issue 39

PENG and colleagues, Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724 analysed the plasma concentrations of 10 micronutrients in cervical tissue from cancerous, precancerous and noncancerous<1

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COSS and colleagues, Sutter Wellness and Healing Network, Sutter Cancer Center, Sacramento CA 95816 USA conducted a telephone survey of its cancer patients in 1994. The primary objective of this survey was: 1) to determine the1

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Issue 38

CROCETTI and colleagues, U.O. di Epidemiologia, CSPO, Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi, Firenze, Italy evaluated the proportion and characteristics of complementary therapy (CT) users among female patients with breast cancer who were receiv1

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Issue 38

LIU and colleagues, Department of Immunology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya Japan studied the anti-tumour effect and its mechanism of action of the herbal medicine sho-saiko-to upon a murine

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ZHENG and colleagues, Cancer Institute, Zhejian Medical University, Hangzhou, China write that various naturally occurring substances from vegetables and herbs exert chemopreventive properties against cancer. The authors revie1

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RUI, Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China writes that a comprehensive search for cancer chemopreventive agents was established at their Institute since the late 1

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Issue 37

RISBERG and colleagues, Institute of Community Medicine, and Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Tromso, Norway. studied the pattern of use of alternative medicine, called nonproven therapy (NPT) used by cancer pati1

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Issue 37

LE-VU and colleagues, Departement de biostatistique et d'epidemiologie, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France compared different modes of rehabilitation following breast cancer surgery .

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Issue 37

KAPPAUF and colleagues, Medical Clinic 5/Oncology and Hematology, Nuremberg City Hospital, Germany describe a case of spontaneous remission (SR) of lung cancer of a 61-year-old man with extensive metatastic disease 5 months fo1

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Issue 37

DE STEFANI and colleagues, Registro Nacional de Cancer, Instituto Nacional de Oncologia, Montevideo, Uruguay studied the relationship between dietary sucrose intake and colorectal cancer .

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Issue 37

RISBERG and colleagues, Institute of Community Medicine, and Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Tromso, Norway. studied the pattern of use of alternative medicine, called nonproven therapy (NPT) used by cancer pati1

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Issue 37

LE-VU and colleagues, Departement de biostatistique et d'epidemiologie, Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France compared different modes of rehabilitation following breast cancer surgery .

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Issue 37

KAPPAUF and colleagues, Medical Clinic 5/Oncology and Hematology, Nuremberg City Hospital, Germany describe a case of spontaneous remission (SR) of lung cancer of a 61-year-old man with extensive metatastic disease 5 months fo1

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Issue 37

DE STEFANI and colleagues, Registro Nacional de Cancer, Instituto Nacional de Oncologia, Montevideo, Uruguay studied the relationship between dietary sucrose intake and colorectal cancer .

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Issue 36

ARAKAWA, Fukushima Medical College, Japan studied the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) to reduce nausea, vomiting and anxiety associated with chemotherapy.

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Issue 36

FINSTAD and colleagues, Institute for Nutrition Research, University of Oslo, and The Norwegian Radium Hospital write that polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) may reduce cell multiplication in normal and transformed white blood1

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GORINGE and colleagues, Department of Haematology, University Hospital of Wales, College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK write that hepatic (liver) veno-occlusive disease (VOD) of the liver is a common complication following administ1

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