Adding Vitamin D To BCG Vaccine To Fight Bladder Cancer
The tuberculosis vaccine is often used as a treatment for bladder cancer, and adding vitamin D might improve the vaccine’s effectiveness, according to new research from the University of Rochester Medical Center presented today at the American Urological Association annual meeting. Yi-Fen Lee, Ph.D…
May 23, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: association, from-the-university, improve-the-vaccine, new-research, nutrition, nutritional counseling, often-used, on call diets, presented-today, rochester, rochester-medical, the-vaccine, vaccine
Investigation Linked Muscle, Kidney Problems To Kava Tea
When a 34-year-old bicyclist was found collapsed on a roadside and rushed to the University of Rochester Medical Center emergency room on the verge of kidney failure and muscle breakdown, doctors were surprised to discover that a trendy tea derived from the kava plant was the cause of his ills…
April 28, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, doctors-were, emergency-room, from-the-kava, ills, kava, kidney-failure, rochester, the-cause, trendy-tea, university, urology / nephrology, verge
Breast Cancer Risk Significantly Lower With Exercise, Body Weight Control And Drinking Less Alcohol
Regardless of whether or not you have a family history of breast cancer, your risk of developing the disease can be reduced considerably if you do exercise regularly, keep your body weight as near as possible to the ideal for your height and age, and consume less alcohol, say researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, USA, who carried out a study inv…
October 18, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: body, body-weight, disease, family-history, height, ideal, less-alcohol, nutrition, oncalldietitian.com, risk, rochester, say-researchers, university, usa, whether-or-not
