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Broccoli May Lower Lung Cancer Risk in Smokers
piggy submitted, created time 3 days 22 hours (www.sciencedaily.com)
The cancer preventive properties of broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables appear to work specifically in smokers, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research.
Cruciferous vegetables have been shown to be protective in numerous studies, but this is the first comprehensive study that showed a protective benefit in smokers, specifically in former smokers, according to lead author Li Tang, Ph.D., a post-doctoral fellow at Roswell Park Cancer Institute 
Should healthy people take statins too?
sea-maid submitted, created time 6 days 6 hours (www.nature.com)
The results of a study examining whether a potent cholesterol-lowering drug decreases the risk of heart disease are out. Rosuvastatin was given to 17,802 seemingly healthy people, and their chance of developing heart problems plummeted. The results, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, have revealed a number of questions about how to prevent heart attacks. Is exercise and a low-fat diet enough, or should large swathes of the population be prescribed preventative medication? Nature News gets to the heart of the matter.
How Eating Red Meat Can Spur Cancer Progression: New Mechanism Identified
piggy submitted, created time 1 week 1 day (www.sciencedaily.com)
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, led by Ajit Varki, M.D., have shown a new mechanism for how human consumption of red meat and milk products could contribute to the increased risk of cancerous tumors.
Their findings, which suggest that inflammation resulting from a molecule introduced through consumption of these foods could promote tumor growth, are published online this week in advance of print publication in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Genetic study undermines case for CRP as cause of vascular disease
piggy submitted, created time 3 weeks 2 days (www.theheart.org)
Copenhagen, Denmark- Is C-reactive protein (CRP) a promoter of cardiovascular disease or simply a marker of increased cardiovascular risk? Probably the latter, according to the latest study to address the question, in which four gene variants tied to sharply increased CRP levels were shown not to be associated with an elevated CV-event risk
jerry submitted, created time 1 month 4 weeks (www.reuters.com)
A study find that a variation of the gene for the vitamin D receptor appears to increase the risk of melanoma, a serious and sometimes fatal skin cancer. Patients with the BsmI variant had a 30% higher risk of melanoma, accounting for perhaps 10% of all cases.
Study suggests some breast cancer patients facing radiation after a mastectomy may be over-treated
sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 1 day (esciencenews.com)
A new study suggests standard radiation therapy for some breast cancer patients may not be medically required and may, therefore, be causing unnecessary serious side effects such as lymphedema and pulmonary problems. The research conducted at Fox Chase Cancer Center involved women who got a mastectomy, but whose lymph nodes were negative. "When a woman has a tumor greater than five centimeters and negative lymph nodes, a mastectomy followed by radiation is recommended," said Penny Anderson, M.D., attending physician in the radiation oncology department at Fox Chase
Eating fatty fish lowers risk of dementia
sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 4 days (www.msnbc.msn.com)
Eating tuna and other fatty fish may help prevent memory loss in addition to reducing the risk of stroke, Finnish researchers said on Monday.
Combined impact of lifestyle factors on mortality: prospective cohort study in U.S. women
sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 4 days (www.bmj.com)
Objective: To evaluate the impact of combinations of lifestyle factors on mortality in middle aged women.
Design Prospective: cohort study.
Setting: Nurses’ health study, United States.
Participants: 77,782 women aged thirty-four to fifty-nine years and free from cardiovascular disease and cancer in 1980
Prostate cancer risk increased in obese men who use statin drugs
kavin submitted, created time 2 months 3 weeks (www.reuters.com)
Use of cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, especially long-term use, appears to raise the risk of prostate cancer among obese men, according to findings of a new study.
"Given the epidemic of obesity in the U.S. and the frequent use of statins, the positive association we observed raises substantial concern as to the safety of these widely prescribed agents," Dr. Janet L. Stanford of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and colleagues wrote in the American Journal of Epidemiology
Abused kids may be more prone to asthma
jerry submitted, created time 2 months 3 weeks (www.newscientist.com)
Physical or sexual abuse doubles the odds that a child – from Puerto Rico, at least – will suffer from asthma...
Exposure to antipsychotics and risk of stroke
lavrock submitted, created time 2 months 3 weeks (www.bmj.com)
In UK primary care antipsychotic drug use was associated with an increased risk of stroke, and the risk was raised further by use of atypical drugs and by having dementia, according to this self controlled case series study. An accompaning editorial explains how this study design illustrates the relation between antipsychotics and stroke.
Early pregnancy trauma boosts schizophrenia risk
sea-maid submitted, created time 3 months 1 day (www.newscientist.com)
Excessive stress is never a good thing, but new research suggests that children of women who suffered severe psychological stress during early pregnancy are more likely to develop schizophrenia. ...
Missing DNA Boosts Risk of Schizophrenia
sea-maid submitted, created time 3 months 2 weeks (sciencenow.sciencemag.org)
Two large studies of schizophrenia patients have yielded the most convincing evidence yet that the disease can be caused by mistakes in genes. The researchers linked a much higher risk for schizophrenia to three chromosomal regions that are missing chunks of DNA. Although only a tiny fraction of patients carried these particular glitches, similar errors may help explain other cases of the disease.
Embryonic stem cells answer questions about breast cancer
sea-maid submitted, created time 3 months 4 weeks (www.nature.com)
Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes dramatically increase a woman's risk of breast cancer, and some women consider genetic screening in the hopes of earlier detection and treatment. Commercial tests can detect common variants associated with risk, but many mutations are unclassified
kavin submitted, created time 4 months 2 weeks (www.medscape.com)
This large, prospective, observational study showed that Finnish smokers who consumed eight or more cups of coffee per day had a 23% lowered risk for cerebral infarction, whereas those who drank two or more cups of black tea daily had a 21% lowered risk for this type of stroke vs those who drank little or none of these beverages. The associations were independent of risk factors such as a history of coronary heart disease.
Their report is published in the June 2008 issue of Stroke
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