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Cancer Commentary - Caring About Cancer

January 29th, 2008

Smoking, Alcohol, Caffeine and Ovarian Cancer Risk

Last week, came out interesting new findings on ovarian cancer.
New developments revealed that cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption do not have an effect on ovarian cancer risk.
However, caffeine intake may lower the risk of developing ovarian cancer, particularly in women not using hormones.
Such were the findings published in the March 1, 2008 issue of CANCER, […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 0 comments

July 31st, 2007

Caffeine + Exercise Fight Skin Cancer

Low to moderate amounts of caffeine together with exercise have been found to protect against the destructive effects of the sun’s ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation - known to induce skin cancer: the caffeine and exercise seemingly conspire in killing off precancerous cells whose DNA has been damaged by UVB-rays.
Such were the findings of a research team […]

By Gloria Gamat -- 0 comments