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...subtly interlocked and influence each other powerfully. In terms of credibility, they run the gamut from the generally accepted -- acupuncture for pain relief; to the plausible -- inhaling eucalyptus to open the sinuses (aromatherapy); to the frankly bizarre -- having the middle of your right foot manipulated to improve your liver function (reflexology...
Could cancer be an infectious disease? In some cases the answer is at least partly yes. Viruses are thought to play a role in liver and uterine cancer and some forms of lymphoma. Now comes the news that bacteria may actually be a major culprit in the world's second most common malignancy: stomach cancer, which afflicts an estimated 700,000 a year worldwide...
...experiments have utilized human pancreatic islets and parenchymal liver tissue transplanted into the kidneys of mice, Faustman says...
Perils of living in poverty also take their toll. The sharing of contaminated needles among drug users speeds the spread of AIDS. Alcoholism, stress and poor diet help fuel increases in cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and liver failure. A study in Washington found that 50% of black men living in public housing suffer from hypertension, in contrast to 20% of all black men in the city. And 25% of the projects' women suffer from diabetes, against 7% in Washington as a whole...
...Asian cuisines, soybeans can be boiled, canned or processed as bean curd (tofu). Last year researchers at the Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City found that lecithin, which is abundant in soybeans, may help prevent alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. Isoflavones in the beans have been shown to prevent liver cancer in animals by breaking down toxic agents that can cause the malignancy. A strong word of warning about soy: it also contains protease inhibitors, which have been linked to the development of pancreatic cancer...