Moderate Red Wine Consumption May Lower Breast Cancer Risk Posted on 2012-01-24 06:00:01 in Cancer | Diet | Womens Health |
Drinking red wine in moderation may reduce one of the risk factors for breast cancer, providing a natural weapon to combat a major cause of death among American women. Chrisandra Shufelt, from Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute (California, USA), and colleagues studied 36 women who were randomized to drink either Cabernet Sauvignon or Chardonnay daily for almost a month, then switched to the other type of wine. Blood was collected twice each month to measure hormone levels. Researchers sought to determine whether red wine mimics the effects of aromatase inhibitors, which play a key role in managing estrogen levels. A
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Head Injury Raises Stroke Risk
Previously, some studies have suggested a connection between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and subsequent stroke, insofar as blows to the head strong enough to injure the brain are also likely to disrupt the vasculature.
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TENS of thousands of patients in Scotland are taking drugs that put them at high risk of serious side-effects, researchers revealed today.
A study found 60,000 people have been prescribed a treatment by their doctor even though they have other health issues which mean the medicine could make them very unwell.
Internal bleeding, including strokes and kidney damage, are among the side-effects they could suffer.
The authors, from Dundee University, note adverse drug reactions frequently put patients in hospital accounting for 6.5% of all admissions to Scots wards and can be fatal.
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Results were presented at the Third AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, held Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, 2010.
“People often want to know what they can do to reduce their risk of disease, and we have found that just two or more hours of vigorous activity per week can made a difference in one’s risk of developing breast cancer,” said the lead researcher Vanessa Sheppard, Ph.D., a cancer control scientist and assistant professor in the department of oncology at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.
In this study, more than two hours of aerobics, running or similar activity over the span of a week counted as vigorous activity.
“We also know from other studies that being physically active can have benefits in other diseases that occur at high rates in African-American women, such as diabetes and hypertension,” Sheppard said.
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