My Personal Biomedical Research Feed – Ralph Turchiano, CEO Alchepharma
FINDINGS A new study led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found that Manuka honey could potentially be an alternative, natural option for breast cancer prevention and treatment— particularly…
Women with breast cancer who exclusively ate a whole-foods, plant-based diet lost weight, improved cholesterol levels and other key metabolic factors, had less fatigue, and perceived that they felt sharper…
Breast Cancer Breakthrough? Early Study Shows Potential of Boswellia Extract EP. 1172 JAN 24
Extracts of a plant used in traditional medicine for centuries have shown anti-proliferative effects against breast cancer in an early-stage clinical trial. Researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center provided breast…
Soy compounds called isoflavones are among the plant-derived compounds that may significantly reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence or death, according to a new meta-analysis co-directed by investigators from…
Washington, D.C.— A new study demonstrates that the human gut microbiome may be a factor in breast health. Lifestyle and diet have long been known to affect human health. In the…
Many cancer therapies do not produce the hoped-for results. A common reason for this is that the tumors develop resistance to the medication. This is the case, for example, with…
A University of Massachusetts Amherst nutrition scientist who has spent his career studying breast milk has demonstrated how beneficial microbes in the gut of infants use nitrogen from human milk…
Metastatic breast cancer has no cure and has proven stubbornly resistant to one of the most innovative and promising new cancer treatments: immunotherapy. Now, researchers at Washington University School of…
Barcelona, Spain: Radiotherapy after breast conserving surgery in conjunction with chemotherapy or tamoxifen to treat early breast cancer reduces the risk of the disease returning in the same breast in the…
CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 27, 2022)—Diet has long been reported to potentially affect breast cancer risk. Growing evidence suggests that n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) may play a role in the…
The consumption of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) —a product with widely known benefits for our health— increases the level of phenolic compounds in breast milk and can cross the…
Probiotic bacteria may enhance anti-cancer activities of the breast cancer drug tamoxifen and other endocrine-targeted therapies, which could help reduce the risk of estrogen receptive positive (ER+) breast cancer, suggests…
Curtin University researchers will examine if the long-term use of a popular blood pressure medication increased the risk of breast cancer in almost 200,000 women as part of a new…
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 23-Jun-2014 DURHAM, N.C. – Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical commonly used in plastics, appears to increase the proliferation of breast cancer cells, according to Duke Medicine researchers…
13 Jan 2012 New research into the potential link between parabens and breast cancer has found traces of the chemicals in breast tissue samples from all of the women in…
Most women who have double mastectomy don't need it, U-M study finds Worry about recurrence was driving factor, but 70 percent had very low risk of developing cancer in healthy…
17 DEC 2011 Research: Possible net harms of breast cancer screening: Updated modelling of Forrest report A new study published on bmj.com today supports the claim that the introduction of…
Public release date: 17-Oct-2011 During a decade of receiving mammograms, more than half of cancer-free women will be among those summoned back for more testing because of false-positive results, and…
Public release date: 3-Oct-2011 Study finds perinatal exposure to BPA has effect on mammary hormone response Chevy Chase, MD—A recent study accepted for publication in Molecular Endocrinology, a…
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