Antioxidants May Not Help Fight Cancer
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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.
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Mystery ingredients in non- alcoholic beer may protect against cancer, at least in mice.
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NEW YORK  - Breast cancer patients who take  a multivitamin or extra vitamin E experience a smaller decrease  in important immune cells, a common side effect of  chemotherapy, new research suggests.
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The FDA has found almost no evidence that tomatoes or the antioxidant lycopene have any effect in cancer prevention.
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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  - New research challenges the   widely held belief that folate protects against colorectal   cancer by showing that low circulating levels of this B   vitamin, rather than high levels, are actually tied to a   reduced risk of the cancer.
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The compounds which colour dark fruit and vegetables may contain cancer fighting properties, a study says.
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Geneva, Switzerland: A study by Dutch and German researchers has provided evidence that lycopene may be able to inhibit the growth of prostate tumours and that its effect may be enhanced if it is combined with vitamin E.
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High doses of the antioxidant vitamin E could increase the risk of death, Johns Hopkins researchers have found. By re-analyzing the data from 19 vitamin E studies over
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NEW YORK  - Consuming a diet that is high in fruits and vegetables seems to reduce the risk of heart attack and strokes, but not cancer, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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The herb St. John's Wort, used as an alternative therapy for mild depression, may hinder the effectiveness of a newer type of cancer drug, according to researchers.
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Your parents may still tell you to take your vitamins, but a cancer doctor might be less enthusiastic. A recent study that found calcium and vitamin D supplements don&#039;t reduce the odds of developing breast cancer is the latest to deflate the cancer-prevention claims of some vitamin proponents.
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People who take vitamin and antioxidant supplements in the hope they&#39;re reducing their risk of gastrointestinal cancer are more likely to die of the disease than those
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The compounds which colour dark fruit and vegetables may fight cancer, US research suggests.
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Beta carotene and vitamins A and E, antioxidant supplements taken by millions to fight disease, may actually raise the risk of death, a review of 68 studies on nearly a quarter-million people said on Tuesday.
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Vitamin pills taken by millions of people do not protect against stomach and bowel cancers and might even make them worse, according to a new study published today.
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Taking "nutritional doses" of antioxidants seems to reduce men's risk of cancer, according to the findings of a French study. This approach doesn't do much for women, however, probably because they eat more healthily than men to begin with.