Posts Tagged ‘Cancer’
In the United States deaths due to cancer are falling vigorously, this is 
because of better prevention methods they are using. This is a statement as per the cancer society annual statistics in the United States and the incidence rates are also going down. This report is well published in the society’s cancer journal for clinician: that was available earlier online on the 27th of May. In this report it indicates that the number of men with cancer has dropped by around 19 percent from the year 1990 to the year 2005, it also shows that the number of women with cancer decreased with by almost 11 percent from 1990 to around 2005.
Most of us know that Mediterranean diets are quite friendly to your heart, but it’s not all about hearts that woo for Mediterranean diets; you other organs of the body also can make the most of it, as these diets seem quite effective in controlling your blood sugar levels.
Olive oil, fruit, cereals, legumes, vegetables, nuts and fish that are what Mediterranean diets all about and all of these foods may prove very helpful to considerably decrease your risk of developing diabetes.
Results of four recently conducted Spanish studies show that people who are on some Mediterranean style diet plan have nearly 83% lower risk of developing diabetes.
Even those who have some risk factors like disease history, hypertension, higher BMIs and older age even they get some protection from such sorts of diets. The true reason behind this decreased risk factor is not fully known yet, many experts believe that these foods prove quite effective to thwart inflammation and insulin resistance.
High doses of vitamin KI map prove helpful to avoid fractures and cancer in postmenopausal women with osteopenia, but it doesn’t seem to prevent a decline in age-related bone mineral density, a new study suggests.
The study has been published in Journal of PLOS Medicine, weekly issue and it was the project of the University of Toronto. The researchers included 440 postmenopausal women with osteopenia that is a mild condition that occurs before osteoporisis. These women were given either 5 mg of vitamin KI or a placebo daily for two years.
According to a US study, lung disease will cause more than 80 million deaths in China in the next 25 years. However, the researchers believe that a large of number of those premature deaths can be avoided.
In this study, the researchers focused on the disturbing impact of the common practice of burning wood or coal at home and smoking.
The researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health research assessed considering a 30-year period (Including the last five and the next 25 years.)
Though lung disease is considered a leading cause of death in China, the study suggests a shocking rise as it calculates around 83 million deaths in the 30-year period.
Lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are being considered the major killer in this connection.
The lead author of the study, Professor Majid Ezzati , says that many millions of lives can be saved if the government of China shows some serious concern.
Bone loss often occurs as a side effect in men who receive hormone-deprivation therapy for their advanced prostate cancer.
However, according to a new study, bone-strengthening drugs Fosamax may help to avoid the damage.
Earlier it was found that the drug prevent bone loss in patients on hormone-deprivation therapy. And now the current follow-up shows that two years of the drug offers even greater protection to men.
Dr. Neil M. Resnick, who is a professor of medicine in the department of geriatrics in Pittsburg University, says that: “In aging population, the risk of age related diseases is greatly increasing and prostate cancer is one of the commonest among these risks.” Read the rest of this entry
