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Dietary intake of fruits and beta-carotene is negatively associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis risk in Koreans: a case-control study
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a rare neurodegenerative disease. Researchers compared the diets of 77 Korean men and women diagnosed with ALS and another group of participants without the disease. Researchers discovered that regular ingestion of...
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Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Depressive Symptoms in a Mediterranean Cohort
depression in young adults. Researchers gathered data on the dietary choices and mental health of 596 young Italian men and women within the age bracket of 18-35 years. Researchers found out that a great number of consumers of ultra-processed foods...
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Artificial sweeteners and risk of cardiovascular diseases: results from the prospective NutriNet-Santé cohort
data on the artificial sweetener consumption and cardiovascular disease diagnosis rates among 103,388 French men and women. Researchers discovered that the risk of having cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease (stroke) went up with high dietary...
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Canned Foods May Promote Breast Cancer
Caned goods that are not labelled BPA-free can raise the body's level of estrogen in non-detectable ways. This includes the estrogen at the cellular level of males as well as females. Notable canned foods include baked beans, cream of mushroom, canned...
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Milk Makes Estrogen Levels Rise
Moo-ve over, Reality; we've gotta make room for the dairy producers. And the dairy producers have a version of reality they'd really like us to believe. The California Milk Advisory Board has launched a beautiful new marketing campaign , "Return to...
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Dairy Products Promote Prostate Cancer
Stop for a moment to think about what milk is and what it was designed for. Milk is the white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It provides the primary source of nutrients for suckling mammals " before their digestive system has matured...
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Can a Plant-Based Diet Prevent/Treat Kidney Stones?
affected 20 years ago. The incidence of kidney stones has been rising steadily after World War II and affects more men than women. Anyone who has passed a stone knows how painful it can be. Typically,...
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Meat intake and mortality. A prospective study of over half a million people.
observed that high consumption of red and processed meat increased total, cancer, and CVD mortality risk in men and women. However, consuming large quantities of white meat was found to decrease cancer and all-cause mortality risk. The findings of this...
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Eye Health Seminar References
The following references are from Dr. Carney's seminar on Eye Health. These references will also be added to our Health Science Research Summaries section. Reference Sources for Eye Health Seminar Report of the Epidemiology Subcommittee of the...
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Eat Fruits and Vegetables to Cut Colorectal Cancer Risk
Cancer Research Fund have predicted that the number of new cases will rise to 1.36 million for men and 1.08 million for women by 2035. At this rate, approximately 5-6% of...
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Milk Increases Bone Fracture and Osteoporosis Risk
The dairy industry and government agencies have led us to believe that regular consumption of milk and milk products is essential for building strong bones in children and the prevention of osteoporosis in older adults. Of course, everyone wants...
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Vegetarian dietary patterns and mortality in Adventist Health Study 2.
at Linda Loma University tracked the diets and mortality records of more than 90,000 Seventh-day Adventist men and women for almost 6 years. The team of researchers observed that vegetarians were less likely to suffer from deaths due to cardiovascular...
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Refined-cereal intake and risk of selected cancers in Italy.
oral, pharyngeal, laryngeal, esophageal, stomach, colon, rectal, and thyroid cancers. More than 5000 Italian men and women participated in this study and their diets and incidence of specific cancers were monitored. Researchers found out that high...
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Smoking and risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a pooled analysis of 5 prospective cohorts.
the risk of developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis . Researchers analyzed data obtained from more than I million men and women. Data analysis showed that smokers had greater risk of acquiring amyotrophic lateral sclerosis than never smokers. This...
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Dietary intake of nitrate and nitrite and risk of renal cell carcinoma in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study.
of validated food frequency questionnaires, researchers collected and analyzed data on the eating habits of 491,841 men and women for a period of 9 years. The renal cancer odds ratios of all the participants were also ascertained. Researchers observed...
https://www.drcarney.com/science/disease-conditions/cancer/kidney-cancer/dietary-intake-of-nitrate-and-nitrite-and-risk-of-renal-cell-carcinoma-in-the-nih-aarp-diet-and-health-study -
Cigarette smoking and colorectal carcinoma mortality in a cohort with long-term follow-up.
can increase the risk of death from colorectal cancer. Data on the smoking habits and mortality records of 39,299 men and women were obtained through questionnaires. Researchers observed that smokers faced increased risk of dying from colorectal cancer....
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Effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on glaucoma: A nationwide population-based study.
reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) were at risk of developing glaucoma. The study population comprised of over 100,000 men and women recruited from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database. Researchers discovered that the use of selective serotonin...
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Cruciferous Vegetable Intake Is Inversely Associated with Lung Cancer Risk among Current Nonsmoking Men in the Japan Public Health Center (JPHC) Study.
help decrease the risk of lung cancer in non-smokers. Researchers analyzed the medical records of 82,330 Japanese men and women aged 45-74 years who responded to questionnaires on their dietary and smoking habits. Researchers discovered that frequent...
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Alcohol Consumption and Epithelial Cancer Risk in the EPIC-Italy Cohort
alcohol-epithelial cancer connection theory. Researchers recorded the alcohol consumption levels of 44,477 Italian men and women and followed their health for 11.4 years. Researchers observed that long-term consumption of alcohol predisposed an...
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Does Garlic Reduce Risk of Colorectal Cancer? A Systematic Review
this meta-analysis indicate that regular intake of garlic may be associated with colorectal cancer risk reduction in men and women.
https://www.drcarney.com/science/lifestyle-choices/vegetables/garlic/does-garlic-reduce-risk-of-colorectal-cancer-a-systematic-review
