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Blood test for inflammation may be sign of colon cancer

Posted by Healthy And Fit on April 20th, 2010

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A blood test used to determine the level of inflammation in the body may offer some help in assessing colon cancer risk, according to results of a study to be presented by Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center’s Gong Yang, M.D., MPH, at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).

Yang and colleagues show that levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), a protein produced by the liver in response to inflammation, are increased in women with colon cancer.

Blood tests for CRP are typically used as a non-specific marker for infection and inflammatory conditions.

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Vitamin D Status Not Predicted

Posted by Healthy And Fit on April 20th, 2010

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Vitamin supplements, diet, geographic location, demographic information or lifestyle, independently or in combination, cannot accurately predict vitamin D concentrations in blood, researchers at the University at Buffalo have found.

This finding indicates that data such as vitamin D from foods and supplements or latitude of residence (northern vs.

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Long-term physical activity has an anti-aging effect

Posted by Healthy And Fit on November 30th, 2009

Intensive exercise prevented shortening of telomeres, a protective effect against aging of the cardiovascular system, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Researchers measured the length of telomeres — the DNA that bookends the chromosomes and protects the ends from damage — in blood samples from two groups of professional athletes and two groups who were healthy nonsmokers, but not regular exercisers.

The telomere shortening mechanism limits cells to a fixed number of divisions and can be regarded as a “biological clock.” Gradual shortening of telomeres through cell divisions leads to aging on the cellular level and may limit lifetimes.

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Flaxseed oil and osteoporosis

Posted by Healthy And Fit on November 23rd, 2009

Animal studies suggest that adding flaxseed oil to the diet could reduce the risk of osteoporosis in post-menopausal women and women with diabetes, according to a report to be published in the International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health.

Mer Harvi and colleagues at the National Research Center, in Cairo, Egypt, have studied the effect of diabetes on bone health and evaluated how flaxseed oil in the diet might delay the onset of osteoporosis.

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Too much selenium can increase your cholesterol

Posted by Healthy And Fit on November 14th, 2009

A new study from the University of Warwick has discovered taking too much of the essential mineral selenium in your diet can increase your cholesterol by almost 10%.

Selenium is a trace essential mineral with anti-oxidant properties.

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Eating quickly leads to overeating

Posted by Healthy And Fit on November 4th, 2009

New scientific study indicates that eating quickly is associated with overeating

According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), eating a meal quickly, as compared to slowly, curtails the release of hormones in the gut that induce feelings of being full.

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Stay Healthy And Fit

New and Tips for a Healthy and Fit Life

Posts Tagged ‘Blood Samples’

Blood test for inflammation may be sign of colon cancer

Vitamin D Status Not Predicted

Long-term physical activity has an anti-aging effect

Flaxseed oil and osteoporosis

Too much selenium can increase your cholesterol

Eating quickly leads to overeating

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