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Exercise offsetting cancer risk from alcohol consumption is tenuous at best and a sham at worst
Health Headlines Commentary for September 9, 2016 Source: Exercise may offset health risks of drinking: study Reference: Does physical activity moderate the association between alcohol drinking and all-cause, cancer and cardiovascular diseases mortality? A pooled analysis of eight British population cohorts For proper analysis read this: Can exercise offset some of the harms of regular…
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Study showing alcohol increases risk of certain cancers does not show cause and effect
Health Headlines Commentary for July 29, 2016 Source: Study showing alcohol increases risk of certain cancers does not show cause and effect Alcohol ‘a direct cause of seven types of cancer’ Reference: Connor J. Alcohol consumption as a cause of cancer. Addiction. Published online July 21 2016
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Certain compounds in beer may have anti-cancer effects but don’t go running to have that extra pint just yet
Health Headlines Commentary for July 15, 2016 Source: Could BEER help prevent cancer? Hops extract ‘activates a chemical in cells that prevents breast tumors’ Reference: Hop (Humulus lupulusL.) Extract and 6-Prenylnaringenin Induce P450 1A1 Catalyzed Estrogen 2-Hydroxylation. Chemical Research in Toxicology, 2016; DOI:10.1021/acs.chemrestox.6b00112
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“Universal” cancer cure media claim is just a tad premature
Health Headlines Commentary for May 6, 2016 Source: Are we on the brink of a UNIVERSAL cancer cure? Cutting off key supply routes to starve diseased cells of nutrients ‘eradicates tumors’ Reference: Deletion of Amino Acid Transporter ASCT2 (SLC1A5) Reveals an Essential Role for Transporters SNAT1 (SLC38A1) and SNAT2 (SLC38A2) to Sustain Glutaminolysis in Cancer…
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Study suggests that antioxidant supplements may make cancer worse
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 13, 2015 Source: Antioxidants: helpful or harmful for melanoma? Reference: Antioxidants can increase melanoma metastasis in mice, Martin Bergö et al., Science Translational Medicine, doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aad3740, published online 7 October 2015, abstract.
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Remarkable first step switching cancer cells back to normal
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 26, 2015 Source: U.S. scientists successfully turn human cancer cells back to normal in process that could ‘switch off’ disease Reference: Distinct E-cadherin-based complexes regulate cell behaviour through miRNA processing or Src and p120 catenin activity
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Spirituality may help people cope with cancer but causality is not established nor is there evidence it has a positive effect on outcomes
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 12, 2015 Source: Religion, spirituality may be tied to fewer physical cancer symptoms Reference: A meta-analytic approach to examining the correlation between religion/spirituality and mental health in cancer