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Chemistry World
November 6, 2012
Laura Howes |
Acrylamide levels in food still too high, EU says Ten years after a Swedish study found worryingly high levels of acrylamide in baked and fried foods, a new report from the European Food Safety Authority has found that little has changed and levels are still too high.   |
Chemistry World
March 6, 2008
John Bonner |
Soaking Spuds Cuts Cancer-Risk Chemical in Chips Washing raw potatoes in an enzyme solution, or even in water alone, can reduce the levels of a potential carcinogen produced when cooking French fries. |
Science News
October 12, 2002
Janet Raloff |
FDA Launches Acrylamide Investigations Research efforts spawned by the discovery that acrylamide, a carcinogen, is formed in some foods like french fries and potato chips when they are cooked. |
Chemistry World
December 4, 2012
Emma Stoye |
Low acrylamide potato on the horizon During cooking, different varieties of potatoes can produce widely varying levels of the carcinogen acrylamide. Researchers investigated the formation of the chemical in nine different potato varieties. |
Science News
February 24, 2007
Janet Raloff |
Of Bamboo and French Fries A bamboo extract can limit the formation of a carcinogen in baked and fried foods. |
Chemistry World
November 25, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
US approves low acrylamide spud The US Department of Agriculture has approved the first genetically engineered potato variety designed to produce less of the suspected carcinogen acrylamide when cooked. |
Science News
December 14, 2002
Janet Raloff |
Acrylamide -- From Spuds to Gingerbread Just in time for the holiday season, the Bavarian Ministry of Health reports finding extremely high concentrations of acrylamide -- a chemical that causes cancer in rats -- in gingerbread. |
Food Processing
December 2005
Leslie T. Krasny |
Regulatory Issues: Natural acrylamide in food faces FDA scrutiny Are warnings for acrylamide in foods informative, premature or preempted? |
Science News
January 25, 2003
Kendall Morgan |
Curbing Cancer? Low-Fat Diet During Adolescence Cuts Hormones, Possibly Breast Cancer Risk Cutting back on cheeseburgers and French fries could spare girls more than extra pounds. A low-fat diet also reduces young girls' sex hormone concentrations, a new study finds. The adolescent drop in hormones that are known to spur breast cancer in adults might stave off the disease later in life. |
Chemistry World
October 27, 2006
Emma Davies |
Sulfate Solution to Acrylamide Problem Simple changes in farming methods could help reduce levels of acrylamide, the suspected carcinogen and possible neurotoxin, in wheat-based foods, according to UK researchers. |
Nutra Solutions
January 1, 2005
Kerry Hughes |
Ingredients to Reduce Cancer Risks Approximately 35% of cancer deaths in the U.S. can be prevented by dietary means. Scientific evidence shows that properly balancing fruits, vegetables, dietary fiber, antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and certain dietary supplements protects our health. |
Science News
June 8, 2002
Janet Raloff |
Pudgy? Here's a Small Benefit For those women whose proportions fall outside the fatfree ideal, here's one consolation: Your outsized physique appears to put you at decreased risk of developing ovarian cancer (a somewhat rare cancer). |
AskMen.com
April 15, 2014
Naomi Mead |
Don't Put Your Sexual Health At Risk! Eat These 5 Foods Right Now & Protect Yourself. It is believed that a high-sugar, high-fat, processed Western diet may have a significant part to play in the increased rates of prostate cancer we are now observing. |
Food Processing
August 2006
Mark Anthony |
Diet and Cancer Over the past 50 years, deaths from heart disease, stroke and infectious diseases have decreased significantly -- but the same cannot be said of cancer. |
Science News
February 19, 2005
Janet Raloff |
Carcinogens in the Diet It's official. The federal government now has added agents commonly found in overcooked meat to the list of potential cancer causers. |
Chemistry World
June 9, 2011
Sarah Houlton |
Asbestos linked to ovarian cancer Women exposed to asbestos fibers through work were one-and-three-quarter times more likely to develop ovarian cancer |
Chemistry World
September 23, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
Big name coffee chains drawn into acrylamide fight A group in California is suing coffee chains with the aim of getting them to label their coffee as carcinogenic |
Scientific American
April 2005
JR Minkel |
Leafy Letdown Recent studies indicate that eating vegetables seems to do little in warding off cancer. Breast cancer is included in this finding. |
Chemistry World
May 2011 |
Chemistry in every cup The absorption and profile of both helpful and harmful compounds in coffee is complex and depends on many factors |
American Journal of Nursing
September 2009
Lockwood-Rayermann et al. |
Original Research: Women's Awareness of Ovarian Cancer Risks and Symptoms Objective: To assess how well informed women ages 40 and older are of ovarian cancer symptoms and risk factors. |
AskMen.com
Sabrina Rogers |
Dangerous Cooking Habits: Part II Although eating out can be fast and convenient, there are many advantages to cooking your own meals. On top of saving money, eating at home allows you to control portions and the amount of calories and fat in your meals. |
AskMen.com
Dustin Driver |
8 Cancer Myths The following myths about cancer have been debunked by doctors and scientists the world over. So do yourself and your community a favor: read the facts and spread the word. |
Wired
Thomas Goetz |
Why Early Detection Is the Best Way to Beat Cancer By getting regular blood tests, doctors may be able to diagnose cancer early, giving the patient a 90 percent chance of survival. |
Wired
August 2003
Jennifer Kahn |
The End of Cancer (As we Know it) Diagnosis. Chemotherapy. Radiation. Slow painful death. No more. A new era of cancer treatment is dawning. Meet three scientists who are using the revelations of the Human Genome Project to reshape medicine. |
Science News
August 3, 2002
Janet Raloff |
Surprise! Obesity (and inactivity) can spur cancers Some 60 percent of U.S. adults say they're worried at the prospect of developing cancer, yet only 6 percent recognize that being overweight is a leading predisposing factor. |
AskMen.com
September 30, 2000
Joshua Levine |
Male Breast Cancer Breast cancer is traditionally thought of as a female-related problem. Men, however, are as susceptible to the disease as women are. In many ways, the disease appears similarly in both sexes... |
BusinessWeek
July 3, 2006
Catherine Arnst |
A Ton Of Prevention The pros and cons of two drugs that may halve your risk of breast cancer. |
American Family Physician
October 1, 2000 |
Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Risk: What Does It Mean to Me? What causes breast cancer?... What genes can cause breast cancer to be inherited?... What clues in my family history might show I've inherited a risk of breast cancer?... Does everyone who has family members with breast cancer have these mutated genes?... What should I do?... |
Scientific American
May 2009
Christine Soares |
Cancer Clues from Embryonic Development Rethinking cancer by seeing tumors as a cellular pregnancy. |
BusinessWeek
May 23, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
If It Works for Breast Cancer... Studies are under way to see if promising strategies used against breast cancer can be used to fight other killers, such as lung, colon, and prostate cancer. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2010
Brian Orelli |
This Drug Doesn't Work. But All Is Not Lost. Novartis cancer drug fails one trial, but there's still hope. |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2005
Sunga et al. |
Care of Cancer Survivors Cancer survivors are at increased risk for recurrence of their original malignancy. Surveillance following curative cancer treatment generally includes interval history and physical examinations every six months for five years. |
American Family Physician
February 15, 2005 |
Health Care After Cancer Treatment An informative patient hand-out on follow-up cancer care. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 45
David Bradley |
Oil's Not Well Cooking with highly unsaturated oils and especially re-using oils can lead to high levels of a toxic compound hydroxy-trans-2-nonenal (HNE) in the food. The compound is readily absorbed by the body and is well-known for its harmful effects on proteins, DNA, and other biomolecules. |
Reason
July 2003
Jacob Sullum |
The Anti-Pleasure Principle The "food police" and the pseudoscience of self-denial |
Food Processing
January 2008 |
From the Bench: Enzymes This group of enzymes enables longer shelf life for bread, more flavorful cheese and carcinogen-reducing yeasts. |
Chemistry World
November 22, 2013
Emily James |
100 million for cancer research centers Cancer Research UK has invested 100 million pounds in 15 innovative research centers, acquiring high level expertise to solve the latest challenges in cancer. |
American Family Physician
November 15, 2006
Wolff & Wilson |
Putting Prevention into Practice Genetic risk assessment and BRCA mutation testing for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility. |
Managed Care
March 2007
Martin Sipkoff |
Managing Cancer Treatment Begins Before Diagnosis Health plans are increasingly involved in promoting the lifestyle changes that help their members avoid cancer, and are increasingly involved in clinical trials if prevention fails. |
ifeminists
October 29, 2002
Rondi Adamson |
Re-Evaluating the Risk of Breast Cancer As breast cancer became a poster disease for feminism in the 1980s, the attention it began to receive took on unreasonable proportions. In short, the intensity of funding, publicity and research around breast cancer is not based on need. It is based on politics. |
Food Engineering
May 9, 2007 |
Tech Flash Vol. 3 No. 5 KFC to issue acrylamide warnings... Milk prices on the rise... Wal-Mart receives organic warning... etc. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
New Cancer Therapies As cancer research explodes, the availability of new and innovative interventions is expanding almost daily. |
Salon.com
October 12, 1999
Damien Cave |
Male mastectomy Not many men get breast cancer, but too few are aware of the risk. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
Nanotech and the War on Cancer New imaging advances in nanotechnology will help speed cancers' end. What does it mean for investors? |
Managed Care
March 2007
Lola Butcher |
Plans Put Greater Emphasis On Cancer Management Increasingly, health plans are rolling out services designed to help cancer patients and, before that, plan members at a high risk of cancer, to improve their health care and, in doing so, limit costs. |
Food Processing
June 2009
David Feder |
Building a Healthier Savory Snack Manufacturers and ingredient companies are working together to help build the next generation of savory snacks. |
