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 Diet Information - November 21, 2008
| The British Dental Health Foundation finds that young people are suffering from mouth cancer at an increasing rate. Mouth cancer, which can affect the lips, tongue, cheeks and throat, kills 1,700 people in the UK every year. Some 4,300 new cases are diagnosed every year | | A study published in the the British Medical Journal finds left-handed women are more than twice as likely to develop pre-menopausal breast cancer as non-left-handed women. The report details how a team of researchers based in the Netherlands looked into women who were left-handed and took 12,000 healthy, middle-aged women who were born between 1932 and 1941 and compared body measurements as well as assessing risk factors such as economic status, smoking habits, and family history of breast cancer and their reproductive background | |
Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter Worthington Industries Inc. - one of the rare businesses that pays the full cost of employee health insurance - limited its generosity last year, saying workers have to take responsibility for their health if they want to continue getting free insurance | | Scientists have determined that beans, nuts and cereals contain a natural compound that inhibits the growth of tumors. "Our study suggests the importance of a diet enriched in foods such as beans, nuts and cereals which could help prevent cancer," said Dr Marco Falasca, of UCL's Sackler Institute, who reported the finding in the journal Cancer Research | | Scientists have determined that beans, nuts and cereals contain a natural compound that inhibits the growth of tumors. "Our study suggests the importance of a diet enriched in foods such as beans, nuts and cereals which could help prevent cancer," said Dr Marco Falasca, of UCL's Sackler Institute, who reported the finding in the journal Cancer Research | |
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