Zinc Supplements May Guard Against Oral Cancers
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDayNews) -- Zinc supplements may help prevent oral and esophageal cancers in people at high risk for such cancers due to zinc deficiency, says a study by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
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Millions of people take them to stay  healthy but scientists said on Friday that vitamin supplements  do not protect against stomach and other cancers -- and may  even make them worse.
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About 30,000 Americans each year contract oral cancer, and 8,000 of them will die, but people remain ignorant of a disease that can be cured if caught in the early stages, a University of Medicine &amp; Dentistry of New Jersey official said Wednesday.
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Scientists compared the effects of combined iron and zinc supplementation in infants with the effects of iron and zinc as single micronutrients on growth, psychomotor development and incidence of infectious ...
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Raising vitamin D levels by taking supplements and absorbing a little bit of sunshine each day may help prevent colorectal and breast cancers, said two studies.
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Millions of people take them to stay healthy but scientists said on Friday that vitamin supplements do not protect against stomach and other cancers -- and may even make them worse.
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Eating lots of fruit and veg and limited red meat and sugar can protect against cancer, say researchers.
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NEW YORK  - In findings that could make  broccoli and Brussels sprouts easier to swallow, early research  suggests a chemical found in the vegetables may impede the  spread of breast cancer cells.
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A simple mouth rinse may provide a  new way to screen for head and neck cancers in people at high  risk for these diseases, researchers said on Tuesday.
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FRIDAY, Dec. 17 (HealthDayNews) -- The way vitamin C functions in the body may help explain its possible role in prevention of heart disease and cancer, according to an Oregon State University study.
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TUESDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDayNews) -- While there's no surefire way to prevent cancer, many kinds of foods can help lower the risk of certain cancers.
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FRIDAY, Aug. 13 (HealthDayNews) -- Black men in Florida with oral and pharyngeal cancer don't live as long as white men with the same kind of cancer and are less likely to have surgery necessary for optimal treatment of the disease.
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In another blow to the belief that antioxidant supplements improve health, an authoritative analysis has concluded there is no evidence the vitamins ward off common digestive cancers.    Some experts say, however, that the findings do not mean the cancer-fighting potential of antioxidant pills should be written off just yet...
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Vitamin supplements do nothing to prevent gut cancers and may shorten life expectancy, research suggests. A review of 14 trials involving more than 170,000 people found antioxidant vitamins, like vitamin E, offered no protection against these cancers.
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NEW YORK  - Daily use of folic acid supplements does not prevent colon adenomas in patients with a history of these growths, which usually develop into cancer over time, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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New research shows that flaxseed and ginseng have something to offer patients. Shark cartilage, however, comes up short.
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A nutritional supplement  containing antioxidants, minerals and other nutrients can boost  immune function in frail older people living in nursing homes,  researchers report.