Lower Colorectal Cancer Risk with Plant-Based Diets

30-Nov-2022 - Eating a plant-based diet rich in healthy plant foods — such as whole grains, vegetables, and legumes — and low in unhealthy plant foods — including refined grains, fruit juices, and added sugars — is associated with a lower risk of colorectal cancer in men. The findings are published in the open ...

Low-meat and meat-free diets associated with lower overall cancer risk

Risk of cancer in regular and low meat-eaters, fish-eaters, and vegetarians

25-Feb-2022 - Eating meat five times or less per week is associated with a lower overall cancer risk, according to a study published in the open access journal BMC Medicine. Cody Watling and colleagues from the University of Oxford, UK investigated the relationship between diet and cancer risk by analysing ...

Vaccinating children may be cost-effective for tackling flu

14-Oct-2015 - Extending flu vaccine administration to UK children may be a cost-effective way to reduce disease burden in the general population. The study, which was part of the evidence used by the UK to add a paediatric component to its influenza immunization programme, finds that the most cost-effective ...

Fecal transplants successful for treating C. difficile infection

31-Mar-2015 - Distasteful though it sounds, the transplantation of fecal matter is more successful for treating Clostridium difficile infections than previously thought. The research, published in Microbiome, reveals that healthy changes to a patient's microbiome are sustained for up to 21 weeks after ...

Improving the drug withdrawal process could reduce number of deaths

09-Feb-2015 - The number of deaths associated with drugs that were subsequently withdrawn from the market could have been reduced had there been fewer delays in the withdrawal process, according to research published in the BMC Medicine. This situation could be improved by better reporting of these deaths and ...

Fly genome could help us improve health and our environment

15-Oct-2014 - The house fly might be a worldwide pest, but its genome will provide information that could improve our lives. From insights into pathogen immunity, to pest control and decomposing waste, the 691 Mb genome has been sequenced and analyzed by a global consortium of scientists, and is published in ...

Clarifying the effect of stem cell therapy on cancer

13-May-2013 - Injection of human stem cells into mice with tumors slowed down tumor growth, finds research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Stem Cell Research & Therapy. Human mesenchymal stem cells (MSC), isolated from bone marrow, caused changes in blood vessels supplying the tumor, and it ...

Counting copy numbers characterizes prostate cancer

08-Apr-2013 - Non-invasive 'liquid biopsies' can find metastatic or recurrent prostate cancer, in a low cost assay suitable for most healthcare systems, finds research published in Genome Medicine. Genomic signatures of prostate cancer, isolated from plasma DNA, display abnormal copy numbers of specific areas ...

Reject watermelons -- the newest renewable energy source

27-Aug-2009 - Watermelon juice can be a valuable source of biofuel. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Biotechnology for Biofuels have shown that the juice of reject watermelons can be efficiently fermented into ethanol. Wayne Fish worked with a team of researchers at the ...

The popular insect repellent deet is neurotoxic

05-Aug-2009 - The active ingredient in many insect repellents, deet, has been found to be toxic to the central nervous system. Researchers writing in BMC Biology say that more investigations are urgently needed to confirm or dismiss any potential neurotoxicity to humans, especially when deet-based repellents ...