NEWS
News Briefs – July 2009
Vitamin D Suggested for Cancer Patients Vitamin D deficiency was found to be prevalent in cancer patients regardless of nutritional status, according to the results...
News Briefs – June 2009
VITAMIN D BOOSTS BRAIN POWER? Increased levels of vitamin D – synthesized in the skin following sun exposure and found in certain foods, such as...
News Briefs – May 2009
BEANS FIGHT OFF PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE A new clinical study by researchers at the Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM) shows...
News Briefs – April 2009
VITAMIN D PREVENTS COLDS AND INFLUENZA In the largest study yet of the association between vitamin D and respiratory infections, people with the lowest blood...
News Briefs – March 2009
VITAMIN C LINKED TO LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE A study in young adult women links high blood levels of vitamin C with lower blood pressure. This...
Asbestos Consensus
Canadians Call for Ban on Potent Carcinogen Now Affecting Thousands “No man is an island… any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in...
New Briefs – February 2009
INOSITOL MAY TREAT CANCER, DEPRESSION A natural compound that comes from grains, nuts and beans may be a successful alternative medical treatment for an array...
Health News Briefs – April 2008
Ginkgo Protects Memory Taking the herbal supplement ginkgo biloba may delay the onset of cognitive impairment in elderly adults, according to a three-year Oregon study...
Health News Briefs – March 2008
INSTANT BLOOD PRESSURE REDUCTION Drinking 500 ml of beetroot juice a day can significantly reduce blood pressure, UK research suggests. The key beneficial ingredient appears...
Healthy News Briefs – February 2008
PLANT REMEDIES FACING EXTINCTION Hundreds of medicinal and herbal supplement plants are at risk of extinction, threatening the discovery of future cures for disease, according...
News Briefs – December 2007
CAN THIS VITAMIN SLOW AGING? New research has suggested a possible link between vitamin D and a slowing down in the aging of cells and...
News Briefs – November 2007
WHEAT GERM EXTRACT BEATS ANTI-CANCER DRUGS A Hungarian study has found that a fermented wheat germ extract inhibits human breast cancer cells more effectively than...
News Briefs – September 2007
VITAMIN DEFICIENCY LINKED TO DIABETES PROBLEMS A simple vitamin deficiency may be the cause of many of the side effects of diabetes, new research suggests....
News Briefs – July 2007
A ‘GROWING’ RISK FROM CHINA – AND WAL-MART? China is rapidly becoming the world’s greatest exporter of vegetables, other foods, medicines, food additives, pet foods...
News Briefs – June 2007
PRENATAL LINK TO IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION Two researchers have conducted the first comprehensive review of the various later-life diseases that develop specifically in people who were...
News Briefs – May 2007
DAIRY-PARKINSON’S LINK? According to a new study, there appears to be a relationship between consuming large amounts of dairy products and an increase in the...
