News tagged with cancer prevention
Key protein may explain the anti-aging and anti-cancer benefits of dietary restriction
May 22, 2009 |
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A protein that plays a key role in tumor formation, oxygen metabolism and inflammation is involved in a pathway that extends lifespan by dietary restriction. The finding, which appears in the May 22, 2009 edition of the ...
Exercise and rest reduce cancer risk
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Exercise is good for more than just your waistline. A recent study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research suggests that ...
Vaccine to prevent colon cancer being tested in patients
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have begun testing a vaccine that might be able to prevent colon cancer in people at high risk for developing the disease. If shown to be effective, it might ...
Gutsy germs succumb to baby broccoli (w/Videos)
Apr 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A small, pilot study in 50 people in Japan suggests that eating two and a half ounces of broccoli sprouts daily for two months may confer some protection against a rampant stomach bug that ...
Purple sweet potato means increased amount of anti-cancer components
Jun 29, 2009 |
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A Kansas State University researcher is studying the potential health benefits of a specially bred purple sweet potato because its dominant purple color results in an increased amount of anti-cancer components.
New study bolsters case for preventive prostate cancer treatment
Jul 07, 2009 |
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For the last six years, doctors have faced a dilemma about whether to treat men at risk of prostate cancer with the drug finasteride. On one hand, the drug had been shown to prevent cancer in about one of every four patients ...
Sunscreen makes good economic sense
Nov 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Applying sunscreen on a regular basis not only prevents cancer, but will save the government money.
Chemopreventive agents in black raspberries identified
Jan 08, 2009 |
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A study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, identifies components of black raspberries with chemopreventive potential.
New cancer study takes major step toward improved treatment
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Cancer researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to turn ineffective new cancer drugs into cancer-fighters. By using their patented chemical compound, SHetA2, researchers tricked cancer ...
The Medical Minute: Cancer prevention
Feb 18, 2009 |
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People often ask their physicians what they can do to prevent cancers. Various supplements and unorthodox treatments to clean out the system and purge toxins are promoted by convincing arguments as a way to improve health ...
Study finds selenium, vitamin E do not prevent prostate cancer
Dec 09, 2008 |
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Findings from one of the largest cancer chemoprevention trials ever conducted have concluded that selenium and vitamin E taken alone or in combination for an average of five and a half years did not prevent prostate cancer, ...
Carbohydrate restriction may slow prostate tumor growth
May 26, 2009 |
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Restricting carbohydrates, regardless of weight loss, appears to slow the growth of prostate tumors, according to an animal study being published this week by researchers in the Duke Prostate Center.
Test detects molecular marker of aging in humans
Jun 16, 2009 |
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In 2004, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center announced a crucial discovery in the understanding of cellular aging. They found that as cells and tissues age, ...
Statin therapy ineffective in breast cancer prevention
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Laboratory work in animals showed limited activity when statins were given to prevent breast cancer, according to a report in the February issue of Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Ca ...
Diet, exercise, weight curbs could cut cancer rates by third
Feb 26, 2009 |
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A third of common cancers could be prevented if people shifted to a sounder diet, exercised more and controlled their weight, researchers said on Thursday.
