Aspirin a Day ‘may lower risk of breast cancer’
Daily dose of Aspirin may protect women against breast cancer, a landmark study suggests. The study found that those taking Aspirin painkillers had a 12 per cent lower risk of breast cancer during their lifetime than the general population. This research was carried out by the University of British Columbia, the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and the University of Santiago de Compostela. In US alone nearly 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
Moisturizers Can Cause Skin Cancer!
According to a new study by researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey, several commonly used skin creams may cause skin tumors. Dr. Allan Conney and colleagues stumbled across the findings after they exposed hairless mice to ultraviolet radiation to mimic sun exposure. Afterward, they applied four popular moisturizers to the mice. They found all four moisturizers caused tumors to grow on the mice. However, this study does not confirm that people using moisturizers are exposed to the same risks as mice were.
Allow Producers to Irradiate Your Vegetables?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved food producers to irradiate vegetables such as spinach and iceberg lettuce to increase the shelf life and also to limit the growth of pathogens especially Salmonella and E. coli.
Although there are many other effective ways available, Irradiation is considered to be safe and effective by FDA. But this may contaminate the mass distribution of food. The irradiation is a Band-Aid solution to keep a broken system in place, but not an ultimate solution. Some consumer groups are worried that irradiated vegetables are inferior, contaminated and unhealthy. But studies done by the FDA showed no relationship between radiation and long-term health risks such as cancer.
Vitamin C Can Treat Cancer
New research with mice proved that doses of vitamin C given intravenous could reduce the size of cancerous tumors in people. The findings are not proved in humans yet, but the combination with other drugs may cure cancer, the researchers said.
Vitamin C has been one of the most respected of all vitamins, and it is used to treat many ills, from colds to heart disease. But scientists are working hard to prove that it also can cure cancer.
Beware Of The Summer: 5 Things About Skin Cancer
The presidential candidate John McCain had a skin spot, and removed from his face on July 28th, 2008. He wanted to share different message to Americans. Here are few important information that you need about skin cancer. Melanoma is deadly and more than 1 million people are diagnosed for skin cancer each year, and 8,000 U.S. residents die each year. But Melanoma is preventable. Exposure to the sun causes 90% of all skin cancers. Limiting mid-day exposure or covering up is the best way to avoid it.
Sunscreen is not a cure, since it only protects against UVB not against UVA. Men are more likely to work outside and have the highest exposure to the sun’s harmful rays than women. Tanning is not healthy, because UV rays fry inner layers of the skin, which causes the body to release melanin pigment to darken the outer layers as a protective measure.
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Professor Whose ‘Last Lecture’ Became Best-seller, Dies
Randy Pausch was a professor of computer science, human-computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University. His “last lecture” about facing terminal cancer became an internet sensation and a best-selling book. He died on Friday. “Brick walls are there for a reason,” he said. “They let us prove how badly we want things.”
Here is the video of his last lecture.
His Best Selling book is available on Amazon. The Last Lecture
Genome Changes With Age
Human genomes can change throughout a person’s lifespan. It’s influenced by environmental or nutritional factors. This change may explain the reasons for different deadly illnesses such as cancer which comes with age. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University found epigenetic marks on a DNA sequence which modify over the course of one’s life. The extent of such changes is similar among family members. The changes in the genomic structure can occur as a result of dietary and other environmental exposure. Epigenetics may play a role in diseases like diabetes, autism and cancer.
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Sunflower Seed May Bring Cure to Cancer
Researchers from Queensland Cancer Research, the Prostate Cancer Foundation, and the National Health and Medical Research Council are interested in a mini protein found in sunflower seeds. This mini protein could be the key to stopping tumors spreading in prostate cancer patients.
The action of enzymes called proteases was a key event in tumour spread. The sunflower mini-protein, known as the protease inhibitor, was able to block these enzymes in test tube-based assays.
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Cancer and the boss
A new study by Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia have revealed that managers and administrators are significantly less likely to suffer from neoplasms, or cancerous tumors, than all other level of workers. Women, older workers and people who were married have highest rates of disease than other group of people.
Cellphone usage link to cancer
A link between cell phone usage and the development of tumors had been proved by Dr. Siegal Sadetzki an Israeli scientist. Those who used a cell phone heavily on the side of the head where the tumor developed were found to have an increased risk of about 50% for developing a tumor of the main salivary gland, than those who did not use cell phones. The research team says that using hands-free devices at all times,hold the phone away from one’s body,Less frequent and shorter duration calls would decrease the effect of radiation.
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