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Useful, authoritative and timely summaries of the latest research in health, nutrition and medicine.


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Number 199
July/August 2009
18th Year


    Issue 199...July/August 2009....18th Year

    EDITORIAL
    THIS MONTH's TOPICS
    More evidence - Vitamin B6 reduces risk of colon cancer
    Selenium, folic acid and colorectal cancer
    Animal fat or protein intake and risk of colorectal cancer
    Blood pressure medication for all?
    FDA declares Cheerios a new drug!
    Predicting risk of dementia in older adults
    High carb vs. high fat diets for type 2 diabetics
    Vitamin K and progression of coronary calcium
    Alcohol and pancreatic cancer
    Obesity results mostly from overeating
    References

    BOOK REVIEWS
    • Slow Death by Rubber Duck by Rick Smith and Bruce Lourie
    • Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Natasha Campbell-McBride, MD
    • Fruitless Fall by Rowan Jakobsen
    • Worried Sick by Nortin M. Hadler, MD
    • Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham
    Reviewed by William R. Ware, PhD

    THE PROSTATE MONITOR
    EDITORIAL
    Does MRI have a role in prostate cancer diagnosis?
    Possible reasons for failure of the SELECT trial of vitamin E and selenium
    Chemotherapy for prostate cancer
    Interpreting elevated PSA
    Which is better - Surgery or radiation for treating prostate cancer?
    Is radical prostatectomy indicated for high risk patients?
    Should intermittent hormone therapy be standard of care for advanced prostate cancer?
    Salvage hormone therapy for biochemical recurrence after prostate surgery
    Impact of the metabolic syndrome on development of prostate cancer
    Clinical predictors of insignificant prostate cancer
    References

    THE AFIB REPORT



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