Friday, April 07, 2006

Prevent breast and ovarian cancer with soy, fruits, and green tea, say new studies

Soybeans, fruits and green tea contain powerful antioxidants that help reduce a woman's risk for breast and ovarian cancer, according to studies presented at this week's annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Also it's now "official": Vitamin D lowers risks for these cancers.

As expected, because it's SO typical, cancer doctors tried to downplay the results of the studies: "None of the four studies warrant a public health change," Dr. Rowan Chlebowski, a medial oncologist at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, Calif.

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