Prevention

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Prevention

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NEWS:

Cigarettes Cut About 10 Years Off Life, 50-Year Study Shows

Diet High in Fruit Fiber and Flavonoids May Prevent Chronic Productive Cough

Diet May Lower Cholesterol as Much as Statins

Exercise Before Fatty Meal May Curb Bad Effects

Experts: Good Hygiene Can Ward Off Flu

Fruits, Veggies Might Ward Off Cancer

Inadequate Iodine Intake Linked to Low Intelligence Quotient

Lack of Iodised Salt Can Lead to a Lack Of Brainpower

More Juice (Cranberry) for the Urine

Obese men can regain sexual function by losing weight and exercising

Tobacco behind blacks' high cancer rates?

Veggies And Exercise May Help Women Lower Risk Of Cancer

Vigorous activity in later life can lessen risk of dementia

Vitamin D Deficiency Called Major Health Risk

ARTICLES:

Infection eyed as culprit in chronic disease

Is folic acid the ultimate functional food component for disease prevention?

NGC-Initiating exercise in adults with chronic illnesses.

NGC-Physical activity in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases.

NGC-Preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. A common agenda for the American Cancer Society, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Heart Association.

Preventing Cancer With Food

Prevention or cure?

Reducing Your Risk Of Breast Cancer With Healthy Living

Screenings For Men

Vitamin C May Be Cancer Fighter

Women: Stay Healthy At Any Age

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

A dietary portfolio: maximal reduction of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with diet. (Curr Atheroscler Rep)

A prospective cohort study of nut consumption and the risk of gallstone disease in men. (Am J Epidemiol)

A Prospective Study of Diet and Benign Breast Disease (Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention)

A review of the epidemiological evidence for the 'antioxidant hypothesis'. (Public Health Nutr)

A role for supplements in optimizing health: the metabolic tune-up. (Arch Biochem Biophys)

Accumulated Evidence on Fish Consumption and Coronary Heart Disease Mortality (Circulation)

Associations Between Physical Activity Dose and Health-Related Quality of Life (Med Sci Sports Exerc)

Atherosclerosis Epidemiological studies on the health effects of a Mediterranean diet. (Eur J Nutr)

Awareness of family health history as a risk factor for disease--United States, 2004. (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep)

Benefits of 2 Years of Intense Exercise on Bone Density, Physical Fitness, and Blood Lipids in Early Postmenopausal Osteopenic Women (Arch Intern Med)

Cereal grains, legumes and diabetes. (Eur J Clin Nutr)

Commuting physical activity and risk of colon cancer in Shanghai, China. (Am J Epidemiol)

Consumption of high-pressurized vegetable soup increases plasma vitamin C and decreases oxidative stress and inflammatory biomarkers in healthy humans. (J Nutr)

[Consumption of whole grain foods and chronic disease] (Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen)

Cruciferous vegetables: cancer protective mechanisms of glucosinolate hydrolysis products and selenium. (Integr Cancer Ther)

Diet and Nutrient Intakes and Risk of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Connecticut Women. (Am J Epidemiol)

Dietary long-chain n-3 fatty acids for the prevention of cancer: a review of potential mechanisms. (Am J Clin Nutr)

Dietary patterns and risk of breast cancer in the ORDET cohort. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev)

Diet, nutrition and the prevention of cancer. (Public Health Nutr)

Diet-induced weight loss, exercise, and chronic inflammation in older, obese adults: a randomized controlled clinical trial (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

Distribution of Major Health Risks: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study. (Plos Med)

Effect of the volume and intensity of exercise training on insulin sensitivity. (J Appl Physiol)

Effects of exercise, diet and weight loss on high blood pressure. (Sports Med)

Evidence for exercise therapy in the treatment of chronic disease based on at least three randomized controlled trials--summary of published systematic reviews. (Scand J Med Sci Sports)

Exercise and Life-Satisfactory-Fitness: Complementary Strategies in the Prevention and Rehabilitation of Illnesses. (Evid Based Complement Alternat Med)

Frequent and occasional physical activity in the elderly; A 12-year follow-up study of mortality. (Am J Prev Med)

Fruit and vegetable consumption in relation to ovarian cancer incidence: the Swedish Mammography Cohort. (Br J Cancer)

Green tea and tea polyphenols in cancer prevention. (Front Biosci)

Influence of dietary factors on the clinical course of ulcerative colitis: a prospective cohort study. (Gut)

Internet-initiated sex crimes against minors: implications for prevention based on findings from a national study. (J Adolesc Health)

Is folic acid the ultimate functional food component for disease prevention? (BMJ)

Leisure time physical activity and mortality in hong kong: case-control study of all adult deaths in 1998 (Annals of Epidemiology)

Lifestyle behaviors associated with lower risk of having the metabolic syndrome. (Metabolism)

[Lifestyle modification - is it worth it?] (Herz)

Long-term calorie restriction is highly effective in reducing the risk for atherosclerosis in humans. (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A)

Long-term intake of dietary fiber and decreased risk of cholecystectomy in women. (Am J Gastroenterol)

Mediterranean diet and cancer. (Public Health Nutr)

Mediterranean diet and cancer risk. (Eur J Cancer Prev.)

Mediterranean diet and longevity. (Eur J Cancer Prev)

Mediterranean diet, lifestyle factors, and 10-year mortality in elderly European men and women: the HALE project. (JAMA)

Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years' observations on male British doctors (BMJ)

Nutritional fats and the risk of type 2 diabetes and cancer. (Physiol Behav)

Oxidative DNA damage in relation to nutrition. (Neoplasma)

Physical activity and colorectal cancer. (Sports Med)

Physical activity in adolescence and young adulthood and breast cancer risk: a quantitative review. (Eur J Cancer Prev)

Physical activity, body mass index, and risk of type 2 diabetes in patients with normal or impaired glucose regulation. (Arch Intern Med)

Physical Activity, Exercise, and Inflammatory Markers in Older Adults: Findings from The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study (Journal of the American Geriatrics Society)

Physical Activity, Including Walking, and Cognitive Function in Older Women (JAMA)

Policies for disease prevention in Germany in the European context: a comparative analysis. (J Public Health (Oxf).)

Preventing Substance Use and Disordered Eating: Initial Outcomes of the ATHENA (Athletes Targeting Healthy Exercise and Nutrition Alternatives) Program. (Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med)

Prevention of influenza in the general population: recommendation statement from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CMAJ)

[Primary prevention: physical activity] (Z Kardiol)

Prospective study of intake of fruits, vegetables, vitamins, and carotenoids and risk of age-related maculopathy. (Arch Ophthalmol)

[Protection of zinc and selenium content of brain and blood on learning and memory exposed to lead in growing rats] (Wei Sheng Yan Jiu)

Reduced Risk of Alzheimer Disease in Users of Antioxidant Vitamin Supplements (Arch Neurol)

Regular Exercise as an Effective Approach in Antihypertensive Therapy (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise)

Relation of vegetable, fruit, and meat intake to 7-year blood pressure change in middle-aged men: the Chicago Western Electric Study. (Am J Epidemiol)

Reports: Quantity and Variety of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Cancer Risk. (Nutr Cancer)

Resistance and agility training reduce fall risk in women aged 75 to 85 with low bone mass: a 6-month randomized, controlled trial. (J Am Geriatr Soc)

Safer storage of firearms at home and risk of suicide: a study of protective factors in a nationally representative sample. (J Epidemiol Community Health)

Snoring, hypertension and Type 2 diabetes in obesity. Protection by physical activity. (J Endocrinol Invest)

The Effect of Cruciferous and Leguminous Sprouts on Genotoxicity, In vitro and In vivo (Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention)

The role of nutrition in the prevention of breast cancer. (AACN Clin Issues)

The role of tomato products and lycopene in the prevention of prostate cancer: a meta-analysis of observational studies. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev)

Updating the evidence that physical activity is good for health: an epidemiological review 2000-2003. (J Sci Med Sport)

Vegetables, fruits and phytoestrogens in the prevention of diseases (J Postgrad Med)

Vitamin D: importance in the prevention of cancers, type 1 diabetes, heart disease, and osteoporosis (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)

Weight gain in childhood and bone mass in female college students. (J Bone Miner Metab. 2005)

What is the Relationship Between Exercise and Metabolic Abnormalities? : A Review of the Metabolic Syndrome. (Sports Med)

Why the Bush administration and the global sugar industry are determined to demolish the 2004 WHO global strategy on diet, physical activity and health. (Public Health Nutr)

INTERNET SITES:

CDC's Prevention Activities that Target Actual Causes of Death

NCI-Breast Cancer: Prevention, Genetics, Causes

NCI-Cancer Prevention

NCI-Cervical Cancer: Prevention, Genetics, Causes

NCI-Colon and Rectal Cancer: Prevention, Genetics, Causes

NCI-Esophageal Cancer: Prevention, Genetics, Causes

NCI-Prevention, Genetics, Causes

NCI-Prostate Cancer: Prevention, Genetics, Causes

NCI-Ovarian Cancer: Prevention, Genetics, Causes

NCI-Skin Cancer: Prevention, Genetics, Causes

NIH-Disease Prevention

NIH-Heart Disease Prevention

NIH-NHLBI How Can I Prevent High Blood Pressure?

NIH-NIEHS Asthma and Allergy Prevention

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