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...BREAST For years researchers have suspected that alcohol--even one glass a day--could increase a woman's chance of developing breast cancer. Now there may be a way to protect yourself, other than giving up wine with dinner. A study of 35,000 postmenopausal women shows that 400 mcg of the B vitamin folate seems to neutralize the cancer-causing effects of drinking. Where do you find folate? Dried beans, green leafy vegetables and most multivitamin pills...
POUR ON THE BORON It may be one of the least glamorous supplements, but boron could actually help reduce the risk of prostate cancer. In the first epidemiologic study of this trace element, researchers have found that men who consume the most boron, 1.8 mcg a day, have a 62% lower chance of developing prostate cancer, compared with those who get half that amount. Where do you find boron? Nuts, wine and fruits and veggies like grapes, prunes and avocado...
...most vulnerable of them (she seems actually to be acting now and then, which is probably a mistake in this context) and Lucy Liu as the most ferocious, albeit in an interesting, crabby way. Under the guidance of a music-video director who is known simply as McG, they all manage to not quite fall out of their costumes numerous times...
...rocky production may be partly to blame. Nearly 30 script re-writes, a director named McG (a problem in itself) whose past work was limited to music videos and adds, and rumors of a fight between Liu and Bill Murray (who plays Bolsey) couldn't have helped things. But this is standard fare in Hollywood. Less common is the sort of bond the actresses developed...
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