Cancer Research

Is There A Cancer-Multivitamin Link?

If there’s one halfway healthy thing that most people do, it’s take a multivitamin pill. My word, taking a little pill with decent amounts of the essential micronutrients and minerals keeps you from getting scurvy, right? Right. Most people don’t eat suffi ...

Article - TK Kenyon - Oct 13 2008 - 9:40am

Pectin Power Protects Against Cancer?

Scientists have found a new possible explanation for why people who eat more fruit and vegetables may gain protection against the spread of cancers; a fragment released from pectin, found in all fruits and vegetables, that binds to and may inhibit galectin ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 12 2008 - 7:36pm

Eco-teens Launch A Green Campaign

In just 3 years of community activism that rivals Sarah Palin's political climb, Teens for Safe Cosmetics (TFSC) from Marin County, California has waged a national campaign to educate and inspire elimination and disuse of chemical toxins and environme ...

Article - Diana Deregnier - Oct 13 2008 - 5:05pm

Caffeine Not Associated With Increased Breast Cancer Risk

Caffeine consumption does not appear to be associated with overall breast cancer risk, according to a report in the October 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. However, there is a possibility of increased risk for ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 13 2008 - 11:18pm

Sirtuins- Why Starving Cells Prevents Aging

Cellular damage due to stress is an important factor in aging processes. It is therefore strange that starving, which is stressful, decelerates aging processes and extends the lifespan of organisms. Proteins from the sirtuin family contribute to this mecha ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 13 2008 - 11:34pm

Award-winning Geologist To Announce Hi-Tech Inventions For Smooth Transition To Greener World And Sustainable Economy

LONDON, October 14 /PRNewswire/--- Eminent Scientist Declares Innovative Technologies can Halve Crude Oil Price Whilst Protecting Global Environment Kenneth Hsu Consulting (KHC) is pleased to announce a Press & Investor Conference at The Geological So ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 14 2008 - 1:30am

Michael J. Fox Foundation Awards $2 Million Grant From Merck Serono To Research Projects On Cognitive Deficits In Parkinson's Di

GENEVA, Switzerland, October 14 /PRNewswire/--- Five Research Teams Selected to Receive Funding for Preclinical and Clinical Research Projects in Parkinson's Disease-Related Cognitive Deficits and Mood Disorders The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Park ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 14 2008 - 3:30am

Why Do Only 10% Of Smokers Get Lung Cancer? Genetic Biomarker May Provide The Answer

Yale Cancer Center researchers have identified a genetic biomarker that may help to determine why some people are at an increased risk of developing lung cancer. The findings, published in the journal Cancer Research, could help identify smokers who should ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2008 - 12:28am

From Curiosity To Discovery: Boehringer Ingelheim's Pipeline Update Unveils Novel Investigational Compounds Heralding The Compan

INGELHEIM and BIBERACH, Germany, October 17 /PRNewswire/--- Boehringer Ingelheim Oncology Pipeline Advances: Two Leading Compounds are Entering Phase III Trials- Boehringer Ingelheim's Investigational Compound in Development for the Treatment of Pre- ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Oct 17 2008 - 6:34am

More Coffee Means Less Breast Cancer, But Smaller Breasts

While conducting a study about a link between breast size and heart cancer, Helena Jernström, an oncologist at Lund University in southern Sweden, discovered a gene that that about half of women possess is involved in breast cancer- and so is coffee. ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 19 2008 - 9:23pm