Word: vitaminized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last week brought the first modest success story in this new field of "chemo-prevention." Dr. Waun Ki Hong and colleagues from the University of Texas in Houston reported evidence that some cancers can be thwarted by isotretinoin, a man-made derivative of vitamin A that is sold as an anti-acne medication under the brand name Accutane. Fifty patients who had been successfully treated for cancer of the mouth and throat were given large daily doses of the drug for 12 months. After as much as three years, only two (4%) of the subjects developed a new cancer...
...compounds that could be useful for people who, because of their heredity or life-style, are known to be highly susceptible to particular kinds of malignancy. About 20 different cancer-prevention studies are under way around the world, examining the potential benefits of such compounds as beta carotene and vitamin...
...nutritional value of meat has been greatly exaggerated," said Maynard S. Clark of the Farm Animal Reform Movement. "The protein value of meat is approximately that of soybeans, lentils, nuts and the seeds. The four nutritional advantages of meat products--protein, calcium, iron and vitamin B-12--are readily available in a diverse diet from plant foods...
...fight 24 hours, Japanese businessman?" The satirical question, posed by a commercial jingle now running on Japanese television, has struck a chord in that workaholic society. The mock-martial melody promotes Regain, a caffeine-and-vitamin beverage billed as a pick-me-up for weary workers. Sales of Regain, produced by pharmaceutical giant Sankyo, have jumped sharply since the jingle went on the air last June and became a national craze. The Japanese are dancing to the Regain song at bars and singing it at schools, offices, athletic meets and cultural festivals...