Vitamin D and Cancer
You have heard numerous people talking about the effects of vitamin d on health and specifically on cancer! A report from ABC News shows some of the benefits that are documented in the labs! There are also quite few other studies that involved human patients that show huge benefits from vitamin D on many different [...]
Vitamin D Deficiency Very Common In Cancer Patients
Vitamin D deficiency and cancer links Is it a random event or is there a link between vitamin D deficiency and higher levels of cancer? A study was presented in October of 2011 in the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology. According to the study, researchers in Northeast Radiation Oncology Center in [...]
Pancreatic Cancer is More Likely if You Eat Processed Meats
Take a look at your weekly diet and figure out how ofter you eat one or more of the following. Every time one meets the criteria give it one point. For example, if you eat 2 pieces of bacon in one week, that is one point, but if you eat six pieces of bacon in [...]
Reduce Your Risk of Heart Disease
Reduce Your Risk of Heart Attacks by 24% Reduce Your Risk of a Stroke by 13% These are some impressive numbers if they are true, and depending on what you have to do to achieve that, right? What if I told you that these claims were made in an American Heart Association meeting in Orlando, [...]
Omega-3 and Alzheimer’s Disease
During the International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease, Lori Daiello, Pharm.D., presented a study that was done on effects of Omega-3 supplementation and Alzeimer’s disease. This study included 819 participants in the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. According to the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative website, the mission of the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) is to define [...]
Women That Take Multivitamins Have a Lower Risk of Heart Attacks
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition reports that a study of almost 34,000 women was concluded recently over a 10 year period. 31,671 women had no history any cardiovascular disease, while 2,262 did have a history of cardiovascular disease. During the 10 year period of the study, women with cardiovascular disease had 269 heart attacks [...]
High Blood Sugar Levels Kinked to Colorectal Cancer for Older Women
The British Journal of Cancer reports that a study of 5,000 postmenopausal women showed that elevated blood sugar levels are associated with a higher risk of colorectal cancer, according to a study led by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. This study involved women who were enrolled in the National [...]
