plus 2, Mangoes may protect against breast, colon cancer - Zee News |
- Mangoes may protect against breast, colon cancer - Zee News
- Undergoing Breast Cancer Treatment, Maura Tierney Is Doing Well - AceShowbiz
- Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Sweeps Facebook - KWTX
| Mangoes may protect against breast, colon cancer - Zee News Posted: 12 Jan 2010 12:26 AM PST
"If you look at what people currently perceive as a superfood, people think of high antioxidant capacity, and mango is not quite there," said Dr. Susanne Talcott, who with her husband, Dr. Steve Talcott, conducted the study on cancer cells. "In comparison with antioxidants in blueberry, acai and pomegranate, it''s not even close," she added.
"It has about four to five times less antioxidant capacity than an average wine grape, and it still holds up fairly well in anticancer activity," said Susanne. "If you look at it from the physiological and nutritional standpoint, taking everything together, it would be a high-ranking super food. It would be good to include mangoes as part of the regular diet," she added. The researchers tested mango polyphenol extracts in vitro on colon, breast, lung, leukemia and prostate cancers.
"What we found is that not all cell lines are sensitive to the same extent to an anticancer agent," she said. "But the breast and colon cancer lines underwent apotosis, or programmed cell death. "Additionally, we found that when we tested normal colon cells side by side with the colon cancer cells, that the mango polyphenolics did not harm the normal cells," she added. Further tests on the colon cancer lines showed that normal cells weren''t killed, so mango is not expected to be damaging in the body, Susanne said. "For cells that may be on the verge of mutating or being damaged, mango polyphenolics prevent this kind of damage," she added. (ANI) Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Undergoing Breast Cancer Treatment, Maura Tierney Is Doing Well - AceShowbiz Posted: 11 Jan 2010 08:45 PM PST The producer of 'Parenthood' shares about Maura Tierney's condition as she fights her breast cancer, saying that the actress 'is doing really good.' Former "ER" actress Maura Tierney is "doing well" as she battles her way through breast cancer treatment, according to a producer on her previous TV show "Parenthood". The star was forced to halt production on the new TV project after she was diagnosed with the disease in July 2009. However, after undergoing a "medical evaluation," the actress decided to take time out to beat the cancer and the role was re-cast. But "Parenthood" producer Jason Katims has kept in contact with Tierney as she undergoes treatment, and is hopeful the actress will make a full recovery. He says, "She's doing well ... She's doing really good. She's in treatment and I spoke to her a few weeks ago and she's doing good." Tierney was recently invited back to rejoin the cast of 'Rescue Me' once she is well, after leaving the show last year.
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| Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign Sweeps Facebook - KWTX Posted: 08 Jan 2010 12:41 PM PST
Facebook Inc. said it hasn't been able to find out who came up with the idea. Andrea Rader, a spokeswoman for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, said the group was not behind the campaign but called it "a terrific tool for raising awareness." "We just hope people act on it - get educated, get a mammogram," she said. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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