AACR.org - Consuming two or more soft drinks per week increased the risk of developing pancreatic cancer by nearly twofold compared to individuals who did not consume soft drinks, according to a report in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.
Although relatively rare, pancreatic cancer remains one of the most deadly, and only 5 percent of people [...]

AAN.com - A Mediterranean diet may help people avoid the small areas of brain damage that can lead to problems with thinking and memory, according to a recent study.
The NIH-funded study found that people who ate a Mediterranean-like diet were less likely to have brain infarcts, or small areas of dead tissue linked to thinking [...]

CSMC.edu - Fat tissue in women with polycystic ovary syndrome produces an inadequate amount of the hormone adiponectin that regulates how fats and glucose are processed, promoting increased insulin resistance and inflammation, glucose intolerance, and greater risk of diabetes and heart disease, according to a study conducted at the Center for Androgen-Related Research and Discovery [...]

JAMA / Archives - A moderate intake of omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil has shown yet another benefit for mental health. Young adults with symptoms indicating an extremely high risk of developing psychosis appear less likely to develop psychotic disorders following a 12-week course of fish oil capsules containing long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, [...]

JAMA / Archives - A new study shows that moderate aerobic exercise three times per week is able to build up critical brain tissue and short-term memory in both normal controls and people with schizophrenia. Potentially beneficial brain changes (an increase in the volume of an area known as the hippocampus) occur in response to [...]

Dana-Farber.org - In a newly published clinical trial, patients with metastatic prostate cancer who received a vaccine of harmless poxviruses engineered to spur an immune system attack on prostate tumor cells lived substantially longer than patients who received a placebo vaccine, report researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and affiliated organizations. The findings of the placebo-controlled [...]