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How plants' antioxidants slow prostate cancer, sight loss
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RESEARCHERS have shown in recent studies that men with prostate cancer who consumed the active compounds (antioxidants) in green tea demonstrated a significant reduction in serum markers predictive of prostate cancer progression. How high carbohydrate foods can raise heart problems risk -020709 DOCTORS have known for decades that excessive consumption of carbohydrate-laden foods like white bread and corn flakes can be detrimental to cardiac health. In a landmark study, new research from Tel Aviv University, Israel, now shows exactly how these high carb foods increase the risk for heart problems. One in 25 deaths worldwide traced to alcohol, states study -020709 RESEARCH from Canada's own Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) featured in last week's edition of the Lancet shows that worldwide, one in 25 deaths are directly attributable to alcohol consumption. This rise since 2000 is mainly due to increases in the number of women drinking. |
Underweight, extremely obese die earlier than others, study finds
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UNDERWEIGHT people and those who are extremely obese die earlier than people of normal weight - but those who are overweight actually live longer than people of normal weight. Those are the findings of a new study published online in Obesity by researchers at Statistics Canada, Kaiser Permanente Centre for Health Research, Portland State University, Oregon Health & Science University, and McGill University, United States. Small weight loss 'ups fertility' -020709 OBESE women who lose even a small amount of weight may boost their chances of getting pregnant, a study suggests. Farmed fish linked to mad cow disease risk -020709 THREE United States scientists are concerned about the potential of people contracting Creutzfeldt Jakob disease - the human form of "mad cow disease" - from eating farmed fish fed by-products rendered from cows. |
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