Eating Lots Of Soy Isoflavones Reduces Risk Of Some Breast Cancers Coming Back

Women who have survived hormone-sensitive cancers and are of post-menopausal age have a significantly lower risk of breast cancer recurrence if they regularly eat lots of soy isoflavones, Chinese researchers reveal in an article published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)…

Breast Cancer Risk Significantly Lower With Exercise, Body Weight Control And Drinking Less Alcohol

Regardless of whether or not you have a family history of breast cancer, your risk of developing the disease can be reduced considerably if you do exercise regularly, keep your body weight as near as possible to the ideal for your height and age, and consume less alcohol, say researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, USA, who carried out a study inv…

Educating Health-Care Providers On Fish Consumption

The Environmental Protection Agency has reached out to Michigan State University to inform the state’s fish consumers about the harmful impact of environmental chemicals and help them access appropriate guidelines on eating fish. Using a $1…

MSF Calls For Donor Countries To Improve Food Aid Nutrition Standards On Eve Of World Food Day

Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) released a statement in advance of Saturday’s World Food Day saying that the “world’s biggest donors of food aid … continued to supply and fund nutritionally ‘substandard’ food to developing countries, despite scientific evidence showing it was of little value in reducing child malnutrition,” Reuters AlertNet reports…