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A study following 792 persons for 13 years showed that shortened telomeres predict cancer. Telomeres are the caps at the end of chromosomes that protect the DNA between cell divisions. Initially all of the patients of the Northwestern and Harvard study were cancer free, but after 13 y

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June 16, 2015

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anti-aging drugs, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, elongate telomeres, life expectancy, lifestyle changes, modified RNA, telomere length, telomeres, white blood cells

As you prepare for summer BBQ’s read about this study from Porto in Portugal dated March, 2015, which states that marinating meat cuts down carcinogens. Normally, with barbecuing carcinogens form on the surface of the meat, called heterocyclic amines. Marinating meat in beer for 4 hou

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May 27, 2015

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bbq, black beer ale, carcinogens, charcoal grill, crock pot, dna damage, heterocyclic amines, lemon juice and olive oil, marinade, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

In a publication dated Jan. 5, 2015 there is a report showing that the cancer rates in the US are down in the past two decades. There has been a decline of 22% in cancer mortality over two decades, which translates into 1.5 million lives saved from cancer. The data was obtained from t

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May 13, 2015

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advances in prevention, breast cancer screening, cancer, cancer rates, cancer types, colonoscopy, early detection of cancer, improvements in treatments, psa screening, reduction in mortality

Fiber is good for you as it has been proven to be beneficial for prevention of cardiovascular diseases and various cancers in the past; now it has been studied again in a much larger study population as was reported recently in the media. This news report was based on this medical stu

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April 08, 2015

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cancer, cardiovascular disease, death rate, diabetes, fiber, heart attacks, processed cereals, sugar

Not long ago any attempt to use genetic analysis of cancers would have been labeled as outlandish, but now genetics can be used to cure cancer. CBS reported that a billionaire is investing his money in new ways of treating cancer by sequencing cancer cells of a patient and normal cell

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March 10, 2015

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biochemical pathway, colon cancer patient, dna sequences, genome, personalized onco-genomics program, sequencing cancer cells

In 2014 several studies were released involving rather large numbers of subjects. A study in the British Medical Journal from April 2014 involved 849,412 men and women and had a follow-up observation of nearly 30 years (Reference below). Rajiv Chowdhury and colleagues selected 73 obse

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March 04, 2015

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25-hydroxy-vitamin d levels, absorption problems of vitamin D3, cardiovascular disease, mortality, vitamin d blood levels, vitamin D3

Vitamin D increases cancer survival as a study at the University of Edinburgh, England showed: about 1600 patients were operated on for colon cancer and around that time their blood levels for vitamin D were also checked. Professor Malcolm Dunlop, the lead investigator, found that pat

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December 23, 2014

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Alternative To Mammography Screening For Breast Cancer

The November issue of the Life Extension magazine contains an interesting article about alternatives to mammography. One mammography study exposes a woman to 0.4 mSV of radiation. This is the equivalent of about 7 weeks of background radiation from space and earth. A mammography expos

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November 23, 2014

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accumulative radiation, breast cancer screening, mammography, MRI scans

When you want to avoid prostate cancer, you need to take vitaminD. A study published May 2014 in Clinical Cancer Research found that low vitamin D blood levels were associated with a high risk of developing prostate cancer. Researchers under Rick Kittles from the Department of Medicin

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November 15, 2014

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Introduction This article is about the fact that higher vitamin D levels are associated with a lower risk of mortality. Dr. Cedric Garland and colleagues undertook a study where they pooled data from 32 studies and determined that a vitamin D3 level of 30 ng/ml or more halved the risk

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October 03, 2014

by Ray Schilling

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25-hydroxy vitamin D level, cancer, fractures, lower mortality, osteoporosis, prevention of heart attacks, vitamin D

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Shortened Telomeres Predict Cancer

Marinating Meat Cuts Down Carcinogens

Cancer Rates Down In the US

Fiber Is Good For You

Genetics Used To Cure Cancer

Vitamin D3 Saves Lives

Vitamin D Increases Cancer Survival

Alternative To Mammography Screening For Breast Cancer

Avoid Prostate Cancer, Take Vitamin D

Higher Vitamin D Levels are Associated with a Lower Risk Of Mortality

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