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Breast Cancer

A Girl's Best Friend

Women are more interested in health and prevention than men, making them a key demographic for natural products manufacturers. They are also more willing to educate themselves on products they choose for themselves and their families, so manufacturers should use marketing ...More
January 25, 2012 By Sandy Almendarez
Posted in Articles
Brown Seaweed Fights Cancer Cells

Fucoidan extract, extracted from brown seaweed, showed anti-cancer properties in a recent study from the Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences at Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan (PLoS One. 2011;6(11):e27441). The study reported fucoidan extract ...More
December 15, 2011
Posted in News, Immune Health
Soy Isoflavone Metabolism May Affect Research

Metabolism of soy isopflavones is different in rodents than it is in humans, providing insight in to why early animal studies on soy and breast cancer have not gone as expected in human trials. ...More
October 28, 2011
Posted in News
Just Us Girls

The breasts are a beautiful signal of womanhood, but they can also be the cause of severe illness and death. Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the United States, but natural ingredients such as phytoestrogens, ...More
October 28, 2011 By Sandy Almendarez
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Hops Improves Estrogen-Related Cancer Risk

University of Illinois, Chicago, researchers tested the effect of OTC botanicals on estrogen-induced malignant transformation of breast cancer cells, finding hops effective. ...More
October 27, 2011
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Mushroom Extract Kills Breast Cancer Cells

An extract of D fraction, a bioactive compound in maitake mushrooms, decreased the viability of human breast cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner, meaning that the more of the D-fraction that was used the more pronounced the effect, in a new study from Portugal and ...More
August 3, 2011
Posted in News, Immune Health
Hot Flushed

Since 37.5 million U.S. women are at or near menopause, and 45.6 million are postmenopausal, according to NAMS; and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) isn’t always an attractive remedy, women are in search of effective remedies that can reduce symptoms and the risk for ...More
August 1, 2011 By Alissa Marrapodi
Posted in Articles, Immune Health
Fiber and Breast Cancer Risk

Chinese meta-analysis provided evidence of a significant inverse dose-response association between dietary fiber intake and breast cancer risk. ...More
July 25, 2011
Posted in News, Immune Health
Vitamin D Activity, Magnesium Levels Linked

New insights from Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D., magnesium expert and medical director of the Nutritional Magnesium Association, show vitamin D’s effectiveness and benefits are greatly undermined in the absence of adequate levels of magnesium in the body. The two work ...More
June 24, 2011
Posted in News
No Association Between Vitamin D, Breast Cancer

Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels were not significantly associated with breast cancer risk in a predominantly premenopausal population assessed by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. ...More
May 13, 2011
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