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Coffee consumption associated with reduced risk of advanced prostate cancer

5 hours ago ago from Boing Boing

Good news for me: According to a Harvard Medical School study, "men who drank the most coffee had a 60 percent lower risk of aggressive prostate cancer than men who did not drink any coffee." Kathryn M. Wilson, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the Channing Laboratory, says the caffeine in coffee doesn't pay a role in reducing the risk of prostate cancer. Instead, coffee's "many biologically active compounds, like antioxidants and minerals," ...

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Foods to prevent colon cancer

11 hours ago ago from Complementary and Integrative Therapies

Eating fruits and vegetables and drinking tea and red wine you give to some men and women some protection from cancer of the colon and rectum. The plant foods contain flavonoids, compounds that interfere with the oncogenic process, a team of researchers wrote in the International Journal of Cancer. The team of graduate student CJM bordered Simons, of Maastricht University, estimated the intake of certain flavonoids in 120,852 men and ...

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Coffee cuts advanced prostate cancer risk

23 hours ago ago from Health News - Health News 24/7/365

WASHINGTON - Researchers have associated coffee consumption with reduced risk of advanced prostate cancer. The finding has been presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference. Coffee has effects on insulin and glucose metabolism as well as sex hormone levels, all of which play a role in prostate cancer. It was plausible that there may be an association between ...

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prostate cancer - Can the Risk of Prostate Cancer Really be Reduced with Diet and Exercise? by John Bradstreet

14 hours ago ago from Prostate News-Learn about treatments for prostate cancer, enlarged prostate, prostate problems

Men have a tendency to take care of their bodies on the outside. They go to the gym, lift weights and do various other exercises that will give them a great physique. But what do they do for their inner bodies? This may be one of the reasons that men come down with diseases that are often preventable with a little knowledge. As men, we need to do a little more research and have an understanding of what we can do to protect our inner bodies. ...

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Cigarette smoking increases colorectal cancer risk

20 hours ago ago from Dr Lau's Optimal Health Newsletter

PHILADELPHIA New study results strengthen the evidence that people who smoke cigarettes over a long period of time have an increased risk for developing colorectal cancer, even after adjusting for other risk factors. "This provides one more reason not to smoke, or to quit as soon as possible," said senior author Michael J. Thun, M.D., M.S., vice president emeritus, epidemiology and surveillance research at the American Cancer Society. ...

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Breast Cancer Decline Only Partly Due to HRT

11 hours ago ago from Forbes.com

TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- The incidence of breast cancer in the United States declined 7 percent between 2002 and 2003, but only part of that decrease can be attributed to reduced use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) by menopausal women, researchers say. HRT use declined after the 2002 release of The Women s Health Initiative study, which concluded that hormone therapy increases the risk of breast cancer. Other studies have ...

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Soy Beneficial for Breast Cancer Survivors: Study

11 hours ago ago from Forbes.com

TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Regular, moderate consumption of soy foods can help lower the risk of death and cancer recurrence in women who've had breast cancer, new research shows. What s more, the association between soy and a reduced risk of death held true even for women with estrogen receptor-positive cancers and women taking tamoxifen, according to the study published in the Dec. 9 issue of the Journal of the American Medical ...

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Study: Eating Soy Is Safe for Breast Cancer Survivors

11 hours ago ago from TIME.com - Science

SEARCH TIME.COM Full Archive Covers Videos Study: Eating Soy Is Safe for Breast-Cancer Survivors By Alice Park Tuesday, Dec. 08, 2009 Clockwise from top left: Tempeh, soy milk, tofu and edamame Envision / Corbis Share If you are among the thousands of American women who have survived breast cancer, you probably find yourself thinking twice about ...

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Selenium, Omega-3s May Stave Off Colorectal Cancer

11 hours ago ago from Forbes.com

TUESDAY, Dec. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Certain dietary supplements appear to affect the development of colorectal cancer or its recurrence, two new studies suggest. In one study, researchers from the U.S. National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences found that eating a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids cut the risk of developing colorectal cancer by nearly 40 percent. In the other study, from cancer researchers in Italy, consumption of ...

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Research Shows Efforts To Quit Smoking Strengthen After Personalized Lung Cancer Risk Test

38 minutes ago ago from Good News Now

Smokers who see their own personal risk of developing lung cancer after genetic-based testing show stronger intention and take more action on quitting smoking, according to clinical trial results presented to an American Association of Cancer Research conference. The pilot study looked at smokers’ response to taking the Respiragene TM test, which combines genetic and non-genetic factors to show smokers and ex-smokers their own risk of lung ...

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