Reality Check: Does grapefruit increase the risk of breast cance...

Courtesy Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Health and Fitness  Sun, 03/30/2008 - 12:50

A recent e-mail chain has some people concerned about grapefruit. The messages refer to a 2007 study in The British Journal of Cancer that found an increased risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women who ate large amounts of grapefruit.


 

More related items

Team discovers new inhibitors of estrogen-dependent...
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Researchers have discovered a new family of agents that inhibit the growth of estrogen-dependent breast cancer cells. The finding, described today...

Few Ontario women with invasive ovarian cancer...
(University of Toronto) An Ontario study of 491 women with invasive ovarian cancer found only a small proportion, 19 percent, were referred for genetic testing of BRCA1 and BRCA2, the breast...

New Breast Cancer Scan Cuts False Alarms
A new type of scan may cut down on the number of false alarms associated with currently used techniques for spotting breast cancer, researchers report.

Her-2: The Making of Herceptin, a Revolutionary...
Two years after she underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy, Barbara Bradfield's aggressive breast cancer had recurred and spread to her lungs. The outlook was grim. Then she took part in...

New Cook Book, Limited Edition "Pink Plaid" : For...
The complete 12th edition New Cook Book with all the goodness and reliability that’s made the Red Plaid a trusted kitchen resource for millions of families.Inspiration at its finest, with...


 

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
health-fitness.marc8.com