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Thursday, 14 March 2013

Green Tea May Reduce Breast Cancer Risk in Post-Menopausal Women

Phytochemicals present in green tea change the metabolism of estrogenand can reduce the risk of breast cancer especially in post-menopausal women,according to a study from NIH's National Cancer Institute. The incidence of breast cancer is3 to 4 times higher in the U.S. compared to Japan. Again, green tea, commonlyconsumed in Japan, is an important source of dietary phytochemicals that fightcancers. Since there are limited ...


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Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Relapse Risk Does Not Reduce If Common MS Drugs Are Taken Together: Clinical Trial

Interferon (and) #946;-1a (INF) and glatiramer acetate (GA), two of the most commonly prescribed drugs for multiple sclerosis (MS), provide no additional clinical benefit when taken together finds a recent clinical trial. While findings published today in iAnnals of Neurology/i, a journal of the American Neurological Association and Child Neurology Society, suggest that taking both INF and GA together was not superior to GA monotherapy in reducing relapse risk; the combination ...


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Interventions to Reduce Salt Intake

Government of Canada welcomes interventions to reduce the intake of sodium through a variety of measures, says survey. The top barriers to limiting sodium intake are a lack of lower sodium packaged and processed foods and lower sodium restaurant menu options. "Canadians are supportive of government intervention to lower salt intake," says lead investigator Mary R. L'Abbe, PhD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at University of Toronto, ...


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