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Prevention

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NEWS:

Behavior, Diet Therapies Fight Cognitive Decay

Crunch! Carrots May Cut Cancer Risk

Do Veggies Lower Blood Pressure?

DOES FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INTAKE PROTECT AGAINST CANCER?

Don't Want Dry Eyes? Eat Your Tuna

Doubts on Vitamin E, Aspirin for Prevention

'Eat more beans' to stop cancer

Exercise May Help in Treating Depression

Fasting every other day, while cutting few calories, may reduce cancer risk

Laughter's Link to Health May Be in the Blood

Maximizing The Anti-Cancer Power Of Broccoli

Olive oil chemical may help fight inflammation

Only 3% of US citizens follow good health advice

Pomegranate Juice Cuts Cardiovascular Risks

Probiotic May Reduce Sick Days From Work

Probiotics get a boost

Regular Moderate Exercise May Lower Ovarian Cancer Risk

Study: Regular exercise slows development of disease in mice

Top Five Cancer-Fighting Foods

Vitamin deficiency warning for vegetarians

Women: Stay Healthy At Any Age

Your Workout May Help You Beat Gum Infection

ARTICLES:

5 Strategies You Can Adopt Today to Prevent Heart Disease

ACS/ADA/AHA Issue Core Recommendations for Preventing Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, and Diabetes (2005)

AHRQ - The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2005

Defending Against Disease With an Anti-Inflammation Lifestyle

Exercise for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: How Vigorous and How Often?

Fitness Cuts Men's Death Risk in Half

Hand Hygiene Guidelines Fact Sheet

NGC - Guideline for hand hygiene in health-care settings. Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force. (2002)

NGC - Physical activity in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of diseases. (2004)

NGC - Preventive services for adults. (2004)

NGC - Routine vitamin supplementation to prevent cancer and cardiovascular disease: recommendations and rationale. (2003)

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

A single session of resistance exercise enhances insulin sensitivity for at least 24 h in healthy men. (Eur J Appl Physiol. 2005)

Apples prevent mammary tumors in rats. (J Agric Food Chem. 2005)

Association between Smoking and Erectile Dysfunction: A Population-based Study (American Journal of Epidemiology 2005)

Beneficial Effects of a Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Eating Plan on Features of the Metabolic Syndrome. (Diabetes Care. 2005)

Benefits and requirements of vitamin D for optimal health: a review. (Altern Med Rev. 2005)

Can adoption of regular exercise later in life prevent metabolic risk for cardiovascular disease? (Diabetes Care. 2005)

Cereal fiber and whole-grain intake are associated with reduced progression of coronary-artery atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women with coronary artery disease. (Am Heart J. 2005)

Comparative efficacy of hand hygiene agents in the reduction of bacteria and viruses. (Am J Infect Control. 2005)

Current evidence and research needs to support a health claim for selenium and cancer prevention. (J Nutr. 2005)

DASH Diet May Reduce Risk in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome

Developments in stone prevention. (Curr Opin Urol. 2005)

Diet manipulation and prevention of aging, cancer and autoimmune disease. (Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2005)

Dietary long-chain omega-3 fatty acids of marine origin: A comparison of their protective effects on coronary heart disease and breast cancers. (Prog Biophys Mol Biol. 2005)

Dietary supplementation with blueberries, spinach, or spirulina reduces ischemic brain damage. (Exp Neurol. 2005)

Does an apple a day keep the oncologist away? (Annals of Oncology 2005)

Effect of vitamin C on common cold: randomized controlled trial. (Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005)

Effects of exercise and diet on chronic disease. (J Appl Physiol. 2005)

[Effects of exercise in chronically ill patients. Examples from oncology and neurology.] (Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz. 2005)

Exercise and risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome in older adults (American Journal of Preventive Medicine )

Folate intake and the risk of incident hypertension among US women. (JAMA. 2005)

Fruits, vegetables and risk of renal cell carcinoma: a prospective study of Swedish women. (Int J Cancer. 2005)

Gut flora in health and disease: potential role of probiotics. (Curr Issues Intest Microbiol. 2005)

Healthy Lifestyle Characteristics Among Adults in the United States, 2000 (Arch Intern Med. 2005)

Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia: Prevention and Management (Am Fam Physician 2005)

Impact of smoking, diabetes and hypertension on survival time in the elderly: the Dubbo Study. (Med J Aust. 2005)

[Increased consumption of fruits and vegetables reduces the risk of ischemic heart disease] (Ugeskr Laeger. 2005)

Increased physical activity reduces prevalence of periodontitis. (J Dent. 2005)

Intake of fruits, vegetables, and dairy products in early childhood and subsequent blood pressure change. (Epidemiology. 2005)

Intake of n-6 and n-3 fatty acids and fish and risk of community-acquired pneumonia in US men. (Am J Clin Nutr. 2005)

Management of heatstroke and heat exhaustion. (Am Fam Physician. 2005)

Mediterranean diet and metabolic syndrome; Converting epidemiology to clinical practice. (Lipids Health Dis. 2005)

Mediterranean Diet and Survival Among Patients With Coronary Heart Disease in Greece (Arch Intern Med. 2005)

Mediterranean food and health: building human evidence. (J Physiol Pharmacol. 2005)

Micronutrient intake and the risk of herpes zoster: a case-control study. (Int J Epidemiol. 2005)

No evidence of insulin resistance in normal weight vegetarians A case control study. (Eur J Nutr. 2005)

Physical activity and the risk of ovarian cancer: A case-control study in Canada (International Journal of Cancer 2005)

Physical activity for secondary prevention of disease. Systematic reviews of randomised clinical trials. (Dan Med Bull. 2005)

Potential synergy of phytochemicals in cancer prevention: mechanism of action. (J Nutr)

Prebiotics and resistance to gastrointestinal infections. (Br J Nutr. 2005)

Recent developments in vitamin D deficiency and muscle weakness among elderly people (BMJ 2005)

Recognition and Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. (Obstet Gynecol. 2005)

[Should we treat all diabetic patients with aspirin in primary prevention?] (Rev Med Suisse. 2005)

Suitability of the Mediterranean-style diet in the modern world. (Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2005)

The importance of (early) folate status to primary and secondary coronary artery disease prevention. (Reprod Toxicol. 2005)

The role of dietary factors in cancer prevention: beyond fruits and vegetables. (Nutr Clin Pract. 2005)

Trends in the leading causes of death in the United States, 1970-2002. (JAMA. 2005)

Vegetable and Fruit Intake and Pancreatic Cancer in a Population-Based Case-Control Study in the San Francisco Bay Area (Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2005)

Walking and sports participation and mortality from coronary heart disease and stroke. (J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005)

Washing our hands of the congenital cytomegalovirus disease epidemic. (BMC Public Health. 2005)

Whole-grain consumption and the metabolic syndrome: a favorable association in Tehranian adults. (Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005)

INTERNET SITES:

AHRQ - Preventive Services

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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