Kids sicker and grow less
Violence against women in a family also has serious consequences for the children’s growth, health, and survival. Kajsa Åsling Monemi from Uppsala University has studied women and their children in Bangladesh and Nicaragua and shows, among other things, that children whose mothers are exposed to violence grow less and are sick [...]

When it comes to cancer there are no guarantees. However, there are choices you can make to significantly reduce your risks.
 
 
 
According to research or other evidence, the following self-care steps may be helpful:

Focus on fiber: Eat foods rich in fiber, especially those made with whole grains, to help reduce the risk of several cancers.
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FDA to Post Quarterly Report of Potential Safety Issues. The first report lists 20 drugs along with the potential safety issue associated with each drug.
In a move that can only help consumers and medical professionals make better decisions about drugs, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that will begin posting lists certain [...]

The new report points to the key issue for public official and anyone truly interested in cancer prevention, public and children’s health.
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 2.4 million cases of tobacco-related cancers were diagnosed in the United States from 1999 to 2004, with lung and bronchial [...]

Black raspberries slow cancer by altering hundreds of genes.
New research strongly suggests that a mix of preventative agents, such as those found in concentrated black raspberries, may more effectively inhibit cancer development than single agents aimed at shutting down a particular gene.
Researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center examined the effect of freeze-dried [...]

According to the New York Times, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is raising the alarm about a new blood test called OvaSure that is claimed to detect early-stage ovarian cancer.
In an Aug. 7 letter to LabCorp, the test distrinutor and one of the largest U.S. clinical laboratory firms, the FDA said, “We believe you [...]

A new study published in the journal Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics finds that codeine can hurt the health of infants.
According to researchers a genetic predisposition in some women causes them to metabolize codeine into morphine much faster than unusual, the result may be harm to the babies central nervous system.
“A large number of women receive [...]

Tel Aviv University researchers are combating cancer with a jasmine-based drug
 
Researchers hope the a non-toxic substance from the jasmine flower may hold the key to an effective new therapy to treat cancer?
Prof. Eliezer Flescher of The Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University thinks so. He and his colleagues have developed an anti-cancer drug based [...]

Carbs and free radical team up to increase the fat.
A Monash University scientist has discovered key appetite control cells in the human brain degenerate over time, causing increased hunger and potentially weight-gain as we grow older.
The research by Dr Zane Andrews, a neuroendocrinologist is published in Nature.
Dr Andrews found that appetite-suppressing cells are attacked by [...]

A new study of men and women in England, Scotland and Wales suggests that Low levels of vitamin D may contribute to chronic pain in women.  The study did not find a similar link for men.
The study had 6824 participants and is published in the journal Annals of Rheumatic Diseases.
Women with vitamin D levels in [...]