ACS.org – Scientists are reporting evidence that the bran of black rice – a little-known variety of the grain that is the staple food for one-third of the world population – may help soothe the inflammation involved in allergies, asthma, and other diseases. Their study appears in ACS’ bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. [...]

A new women’s health, whole soy-based nutritional supplement containing natural S-equol reduced the frequency of moderate to severe hot flashes and reduced muscle and joint pain in the first study of its kind among post-menopausal U.S. women, according to peer-reviewed data presented as a poster presentation at the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting. [...]

JAMA – Follow-up of about 11 years of participants in the Women’s Health Initiative finds that among post-menopausal women, use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) – estrogen plus progestin – is associated with an increased incidence of advanced breast cancers, and with a higher risk of deaths attributable to breast cancer, according to a study [...]

Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) has made headlines as an unrecognized and misunderstood form of breast cancer. It has a younger age of onset, progresses rapidly, and has lower overall survival compared to other breast cancers. It is reportedly more common in African-American women. In a new report on this rare and deadly form of breast [...]

QUT.edu.au – Gamma-tocotrienol, a special form of vitamin E, may improve survival rates of the world’s most common cancer – prostate cancer – and significantly reduce tumor regrowth. Queensland University of Technology (QUT) prostate cancer researchers are leading the fight against a disease which kills 3000 Australian men a year. Dr Patrick Ling, whose research [...]

OregonState.edu – Severe burn injuries in children have been shown to rapidly deplete the levels of vitamin E in their body’s adipose, or fat tissues, a new clinical study has found. Stored levels of this important antioxidant were reduced more in a few weeks than might normally be possible in years. The NIH-supported analysis of [...]