Positive Health Online

Issue 19

VAN DER POMPE and colleagues review (77 references) the effects of psychosocial interventions upon psychological and biological functioning of breast cancer patients. The authors write that once in the1

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Issue 19

CAVE, Endocrine Unit, University of Rochester School of Medicine, New York USA writes that despite early experimental research which showed that quantitative increases in dietary fat promote breast tumour growth, more recent studies ha1

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Issue 19

LAI and colleagues, Lister Research Laboratories, Department of Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Royal Infirmary, UK write that eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) inhibits the growth of various pancreatic cancer cell lines i1

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Issue 19

ISSING and colleagues, Klinik und Poliklinik fur Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenkranke, Universitat Munchen, Germany studied the use of high-dose retinyl palmitate (a form of Vitamin A) in the treatment of leukoplakia, a white patch in the oral c1

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Issue 19

CARRARO and colleagues, Perre Fabre Medicament, La Chartreuse, Castres, France, noting the controversy regarding the relative efficacy of treatments for the relief of symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), compared the1

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Issue 19

PASQUALI and colleagues, V and M McLean Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas USA, note that very little is known regarding the physiological role of Vitamin A (retinol) and its derivatives, the retinoid1

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