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Emerging indications: antioxidants for periodontal disease

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Source: http://www.dentistryiq.com Author: Edward P. Allen, DDS, PhD Since approximately 10 to 15 percent of adults worldwide suffer from periodontitis at one time or another(1), oral health professionals are constantly challenged with treating patients for existing conditions and helping them prevent future occurrences. Root planing, scaling, and in severe cases, surgical intervention are part of [...]

Scientific website features research on inflammation, oral and systemic disease, and antioxidants

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

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Source: dentistrytoday.com Author: staff Inflammation, oral disease and systemic disease. The popular press—newspapers, magazines, TV, and the Internet— as well as professional medical and dental publications are tracking the subject and the number of articles is increasing with each passing day. To keep up with the proliferation of research studies and publications, a new website, [...]

Is drinking coffee as good as it is made out to be?

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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Source: healthcare.tmcnet.com Author: Mini Swam Studies about the drinking habits of coffee and tea drinkers have always managed to excite attention, and with more and more studies being conducted, newer information has surfaced. Nine existing studies were looked at and analyzed. Researchers determined how much of coffee was consumed by more than 5,000 cancer patients [...]

Fighting cancer through healthy living

Thursday, May 20, 2010

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Source: www.cancure.org Author: staff The National Cancer Institute estimates that roughly one-third of all cancer deaths may be diet related. What you eat can hurt you, but it can also help you. Many of the common foods found in grocery stores or organic markets contain cancer-fighting properties, from the antioxidants that neutralize the damage caused [...]

Blueberries: cancer-fighting flowers in disguise

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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Source: www.examiner.com Author: Julie LeBlanc I can’t say I’ve been one for gardening. Or just liking plants, in general, for that matter. I’m the person that killed two rose bushes within two weeks while living in the school dormitories last year. It’s things like this that make you contemplate becoming a super-villain. Even I [...]

Vitamins C and E and Beta Carotene supplementation and cancer risk: A randomized controlled trial

Thursday, January 1, 2009

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Source: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, doi:10.1093 Authors: Jennifer Lin et al. Background: Observational studies suggested that a diet high in fruits and vegetables, both of which are rich with antioxidants, may prevent cancer development. However, findings from randomized trials of the association between antioxidant use and cancer risk have been mostly negative. [...]

Dietary supplements: friend or foe?

Thursday, December 18, 2008

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Source: patient.cancerconsultants.com Author: Eleanor Mayfield With research pointing to pros and cons of vitamin and mineral supplements, these dietary decisions become increasingly complex. Here’s a quick quiz: 1. Are you a cancer patient or survivor? 2. Do you take any dietary supplements such as vitamins, minerals, or herbs? 3. Have you discussed with your doctor [...]

Eating walnuts slows cancer growth, laboratory study finds

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

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Source: news.biocompare.com Author: staff Snack-sized quantities of walnuts slow cancer growth in mice, reports a Marshall University pilot study published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed journal Nutrition and Cancer. Researcher W. Elaine Hardman, Ph.D., of Marshall’s Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine said the study was designed to determine whether mice that got [...]

How do antioxidants work?

Saturday, August 2, 2008

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Source: media-newswire.com Author: K. Sandeep Prabhu Blueberries, pomegranates, green tea and dark chocolate — these are just some of the antioxidant-rich “superfoods” found in almost any supermarket today. As well as improving our general health, there is growing evidence that diets high in antioxidants may confer some protection against a long list of chronic diseases, [...]

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