Cancer

'Food map' project aims to more accurately measure what we eat
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
The project first came together in 2010 after a group of 16 major food companies pledged, as part of first lady Michelle Obama's campaign to combat obesity, to reduce the calories they sell to the public by 1.5 trillion. The Robert Wood Johnson ...

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Times of India
Bamboozled: Breast Mutilation as Preventive Care?
Michronicleonline
Even if cancer is diagnosed in breast tissue, that is not the only place it is growing. Therefore, the idea that someone can prevent cancer by just removing their breasts is absurd. If the conditions for cancer are present in the body [due to ...
Jolie joins celebrity disease-prevention advocatesThe Columbian
Breast Cancer Not A Death SentenceNewswire (press release)

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Mediterranean Diet Makes Cancer Cells 'Mortal'
Science Daily (press release)
One way that cancer cells thrive is by inhibiting a process that would cause them to die on a regular cycle that is subject to strict programming. This study in cells, led by Ohio State University researchers, found that a compound in certain plant ...

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Does prostate cancer treatment help older, sick men?
Yahoo! News
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older men with other illnesses may not live long enough to benefit from aggressive prostate cancer treatments, such as prostate removal or radiation, and they'd have to live with their side effects, says a new study. "If you ...

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Telegraph.co.uk
15000 people die every year because of cancer treatments, Lord Saatchi says
Telegraph.co.uk
The peer, who lost his wife to a form of ovarian cancer in 2011, is attempting to introduce new legislation to enable doctors to carry out alternative treatments without fear of litigation. He said he had been told by senior medical professionals that ...

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Top Foods and Tips to Fight Arthritis
Huffington Post (blog)
Chronic, or prolonged, inflammation results in long-term tissue destruction and may be the underlying basis to hosts of chronic diseases such as some cancers, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and arthritis. Several nutrients may ...

Chef Creates Healing Foods Focused on Cancer Recovery
News 92 FM
“I am excited at the opportunity to mesh my passion for food as a tool for healing and expertise as a chef to create a menu that supports a cancer patient in their fight against cancer and is easily accessible to both the patient and their loved ones ...

Lung Cancer Survival Without Treatment
About - News & Issues
Sometimes treatments like chemotherapy and radiation therapy can be grueling at best. When I was going through my own cancer treatment it helped at times to consider the alternative... But I also wanted to send out a reminder to those who have loved ...

What do we eat? New food map will tell us what we buy at stores and what we ...
Washington Post
The project first came together in 2010 after a group of 16 major food companies pledged, as part of first lady Michelle Obama's campaign to combat obesity, to reduce the calories they sell to the public by 1.5 trillion. The Robert Wood Johnson ...

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Pitt Team Researches Nano-Alloys That Could Shine Light on Cancer
90.5 WESA
That quality could be used as an alternative to radioactive glucose in PET scans. According to Millstone, if the nano-alloy is inserted in the glucose, the bright light could provide a sharper resolution, spotting smaller tumors and possibly cancer at ...

Why processed meat is on the nose - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning Herald (blog)
These ingredients all come under the heading of processed meat, a food that's looking a bit on the nose. In March we heard that a large study of 448,568 people – from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition known as EPIC - had ...

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The Nelson Mail
Spreading the raw food diet message
The Nelson Mail
Mrs Tarrylea, 41, is originally from Britain, and says one in three people in her homeland will be diagnosed with cancer, one in three will have high blood pressure, and one in three will be obese. Things aren't much better here. Our obesity rate rose ...

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The Sun
The ate-hour diet: The foods that keep your body perfectly fuelled
The Sun
Fights against: Cancer, heart disease, stroke, obesity, osteoporosis. Sidekicks: Cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli; green, yellow, red and orange vegetables such as peppers and beans. Imposters: None, as long as you don't fry them or smother them ...

Globe and Mail
An activist faces her own mortality after ovarian cancer diagnosis
Globe and Mail
She had always imagined that she would be the one to care for her younger sister, who has learning disabilities and is legally blind. Who will take on that role is one issue. How she could have such a deadly form of cancer at such a young age is ...

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The score on nutrition and cancer prevention
Malaya
CANCER remains as one of the top killer diseases in the Philippines. And if most Filipinos insist on pursuing their current unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyle, medical experts believe that this disease would continue to plague the country in the ...

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BBC News
Cancer and diet: Why is nutrition overlooked?
BBC News
Thousands of scientific papers have been published on the link between diet and the treatment and prevention of cancer. But in practice food is still considered a marginal aspect of cancer care. I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma (MM), a cancer of ...

BBC News
Cancer and diet: Why is nutrition overlooked?
BBC News
Thousands of scientific papers have been published on the link between diet and the treatment and prevention of cancer. But in practice food is still considered a marginal aspect of cancer care. I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma (MM), a cancer of ...

Drs. Oz & Roizen: Sweeten your health by revising food choices
The Idaho Statesman
Super-tasting leads to super-size health problems: Your risk for metabolic syndrome, obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer goes way up. And so does the likelihood that you have high blood pressure, an oversize waistline, higher-than-healthy blood ...

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Labor's support for No Jab No Play campaign forces Liberal rethink
The Australian
The product black salve, which contains highly corrosive poisons that can burn layers of skin and leave scarring, was advertised on the Australian Vaccination Network website as an alternative cancer treatment. The ad proclaimed black salve as a ``safe ...

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MidState group helps cancer survivors
Meriden Record-Journal
“You find out what types of cancer-fighting foods are out there,” Zentek said. She's already added organic foods and Brussels sprouts to her diet. “You hope this prevents the cancer from returning,” she said. The program is additional support for ...