Therapeutic cancer vaccines are uniquely designed to stimulate the body’s own defenses — the immune system — to find and fight cancer cells. The vaccine is designed to treat existing cancer rather than prevent it from developing.
Harvard Health
Feb 15
Harvard Health Publications, a publishing division of Harvard Medical School, announces the launch of its redesigned and enhanced website to serve the needs of health-conscious consumers in search of trusted health care information.
Coca-Cola’s line of VitaminWater drinks is not healthful, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which is suing the beverage company for what it calls deceptive and unsubstantiated claims.
This study from Sweden estimates the relative importance of time-trends in lifestyle on average waist and hip circumference on a population level. The researchers identified physical activity and the intake of meat and whole-grain products as prime candidates for lifestyle interventions in northern Sweden.
Medical News Today is pleased to announce the launch of a new Melanoma / Skin Cancer channel. The section will include news on both types of skin cancer: malignant melanoma (a tumor of melanocytes) and non-melanoma (basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma).
Every woman over the age of 50 knows all too well: you just can’t eat the way you used to without putting on the pounds. Muscle mass declines with age, calorie needs do too. Activity helps some, but not enough.
Body mass index, waist circumference or the waist-to-hip ratio.
High-school kids who watch too much TV are likely to have bad eating habits five years in the future. See also: http://www.calgaryherald.com/Health/Teenagers+time+affect+diet+later/1277927/story.html
Director General Melanie Leech from the UK Food and Drink Federation is interviewed about GDA and other food information schemes.
There are sufficient evidences to support a role of physical activity in preventing cancers of the colon and breast, whereas the association is stronger in men than in women for colon cancer and in postmenopausal than in premenopausal women for breast cancer. The evidence also suggests that physical activity likely reduces the risk of cancers of endometrium, lung, and prostate (to a lesser extent).