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Sometimes the reason for the initial inflammatory cycle is obvious - as with chronic heartburn, which continually bathes the lining of the esophagus with stomach acid, predisposing a person to esophageal cancer. Other times, it's less clear. Scientists are exploring the role of an enzyme called cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2) in the development of colon cancer. COX-2 is yet another protein produced by the body during inflammation...
...Fatty acid consumption in the western diet is unbalanced—there is too much omega 6 fats, and too little omega 3 fats,” said Kang. “We have converted the less helpful fats into the more helpful ones...
According to Kang, it is difficult to consume the right amounts of healthy fat because practically all vegetable oil—except canola and olive oil—contains high amounts of omega 6 fatty acid...
...Seventeen of the 20 largest drug companies worldwide now make drugs in Ireland, largely because of tax incentives. Pfizer's Lipitor for cholesterol, the largest-selling drug in the world, is made in Ireland. So too is Viagra, for erectile dysfunction. AstraZeneca's Nexium, for heartburn and acid reflux, comes from Sweden, France and other countries. TAP Pharmaceutical Products' Prevacid, another brand prescribed for heartburn and acid reflux, comes from Japan. Because of the rapid rise in drug imports, especially from Ireland, Britain and Germany, the U.S. balance of trade in pharmaceuticals has tipped sharply into deficit. During the early...
...after being named as a source for a BBC report that Blair's government had "sexed up" the case for war against Iraq. Hutton's verdict confounded widespread expectations that some blame, perhaps enough to unseat him, would attach to the Prime Minister. Instead, Hutton poured virtually all his acid on the BBC - for making "unfounded" charges about the integrity of Blair and his aides and then not correcting them or even properly investigating the government's repeated complaints. "We expect we can get back on the front foot pretty quickly," says a senior Blair aide, with ministers planning...