| Fizzy drinks increase risk of pancreatic cancer: study | | Posted Sunday, November 19, 2006 12:58:33 PM by Blog57 Team | | The high consumption of sweetened food and drink increases the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, according to a new study published in the November 2006 issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Researchers from Karolinska Institute of Sweden said that a heavy intake of fizzy drinks, creamed fruit and sugar in coffee are three common ways of increasing the risk. Pancreatic cancer is a very serious form of cancer that is possibly caused when the pancreas produces heightened levels of insulin as a consequence of upset glucose metabolism. A well-known way of increasing insulin production is to eat a lot of sugar. Scientists have now, for the first time, shown that the consumption of sweetened food and drink affects a person's chances of developing pancreatic cancer.... | |
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| | | Dutch billionaire van Vlissingen dies | | Posted Wednesday, August 23, 2006 10:59:50 AM by Blog57 Team | | Billionaire Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, whose family company owned the Makro retail chain and who donated millions to nature conservation causes, has died of cancer, his personal secretary said Tuesday. He was 65. Van Vlissingen resigned as chairman of SHV Holdings NV after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in May 2005 and returned to his castle in Langbroek, Netherlands, from his estate in Scotland. His secretary, Niesje Cornelisse, said he died on Monday. Van Vlissingen was fourth on Quote magazine's list of wealthiest Dutch people, with an estimated 2.1 billion euro (US$2.7 billion). He established the African Parks Conservation Foundation, a nonprofit organization designed to manage parks like businesses, using proceeds to protect wildlife areas from poaching and human encroachment.... | |
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| | | New vaccine fights pancreatic cancer | | Posted Friday, July 21, 2006 8:58:05 PM by Blog57 Team | | BACKGROUND: Pancreatic cancer ranks as the fourth leading cause of death from cancer, and it affects more than 30,000 Americans each year. "The only known cure is surgical recession of the cancer," Daniel Laheru, M.D., from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, tells Ivanhoe. The setback, he explains, is that only 15 to 20 of every 100 patients can have the surgery because this type of cancer is often not detected early enough. The symptoms of pancreatic cancer include abdominal pain, loss of appetite, weight loss, jaundice and digestive problems, yet these warnings are usually not noticed or felt until the cancer is very advanced. Survival rates, especially in the long-term, are grim. Although variance is seen from study to study, most produce survival rates of about 63 percent one year following diagnosis and 42 percent two years afterward.... | |
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