Tag Archives: cancer prevention

Study Shows How Vitamin E Can Help Prevent Cancer

By Guest PostMarch 30, 2013Healthakt, anti cancer effect, anti cancer property, cancer cell survival, cancer prevention, chemical analysis, ching shih chen, enzyme, formulation, gujarat, hao chieh chiu, India, mutation, naval kapuriya, optimize, phlpp1, prevent cancer, protein, pten gene, saurashtra university, tocopherols, treatment, tumor cell death, vitamin e

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers have identified an elusive anti-cancer property of vitamin E that has long been presumed to exist, but difficult to find.

Many animal studies have suggested that vitamin E could prevent cancer, but human clinical trials following up on those findings have not shown the same benefits. (more…)

Solving The Mystery of An Old Drug That May Reduce Cancer Risk

By Guest PostJanuary 19, 2012Healthanti diabetic drug, cancer prevention, cancer risk, exposure to metformin, oncogenic mutations

In 2005, news first broke that researchers in Scotland found unexpectedly low rates of cancer among diabetics taking metformin, a drug commonly prescribed to patients with Type II diabetes. Many follow-up studies reported similar findings, some suggesting as much as a 50-per-cent reduction in risk. How could this anti-diabetic drug reduce the risk of developing cancer and what were the mechanisms involved? (more…)