cancer

Green Tea Reduces Risk Of Gastric Cancer In Women Drinking > 5 Cups Per Day

June 9, 2009

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Background: Previous experimental studies have suggested many possible anti-cancer mechanisms for green tea, but epidemiologic evidence for the effect of green tea consumption on…

Impact Of Antioxidant Supplementation On Chemotherapeutic Toxicity: A Systematic Review Of The Evidence From Randomized Controlled Trials.

June 8, 2009

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Much debate has focused on whether antioxidants interfere with the efficacy of cancer chemotherapy. The objective of this study is to systematically review the…

Antioxidants And Other Nutrients Do Not Interfere With Chemotherapy Or Radiation Therapy And Can Increase Kill And Increase Survival, Part 1.

June 8, 2009

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PURPOSE: Some in the oncology community contend that patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy should not use food supplement antioxidants and other nutrients. Oncologists…

An Herbal Extract Inhibits the Development of Pancreatic Cancer

May 14, 2009

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Comment: An herb recently found to kill pancreatic cancer cells also appears to inhibit development of pancreatic cancer as a result of its anti-inflammatory…

Evidence-based decision making on micronutrients and chronic disease: long-term randomised controlled trials are not enough

May 8, 2009

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Comment: Of course, everyone would agree that all persons should be encouraged to eat a good diet, but we are far from achieving this…

Low micronutrient intake may accelerate the degenerative diseases of aging through allocation of scarce micronutrients by triage

May 8, 2009

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Inadequate dietary intakes of vitamins and minerals are widespread, most likely due to excessive consumption of energy-rich, micronutrient-poor, refined food. Inadequate intakes may result…

High-dose vitamin therapy stimulates variant enzymes with decreased coenzyme binding affinity (increased Km): relevance to genetic disease and polymorphisms

May 8, 2009

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As many as one-third of mutations in a gene result in the corresponding enzyme having an increased Michaelis constant, or Km, (decreased binding affinity)…