Pomegranate Juice May Inhibit the Spread of Cancer T
he exotic red fruit known as pomegran- ate is making headlines again. Researchers
at the University of California, Riverside, have identified components in pomegranate juice that inhibit the movement of cancer cells and the metastasis of prostate cancer to the bone. The researchers attribute this effect to four key ingredients in the pomegranate: phenylpropanoids, hydrobenzoic acids, flavones and conjugated [types of polyunsatu-
rated] fatty acids. “Having identified them, we can now modify cancer-inhibiting components in pomegranate juice to improve their functions and make them more effective in preventing prostate cancer metastasis, leading to more effective drug therapies,” says Manuela Martins-Green, a professor of cell biology at the university.
She adds: “Because the genes and proteins involved in the movement of prostate cancer cells are essentially the same as those involved in the move- ment of other types of cancer cells, the same modified components of the juice could have a much broader impact in cancer treatment.”
Traveling? Pack Probiotics M
illions of people contract diarrheal diseases every year, and with the summer travel season just around the
corner, it’s good to know that probiotics given as therapies for diarrhea can bring fast relief. After reviewing the findings of 63 trials involving a total of 8,014 patients, researchers with the School of Medicine at Swansea University, UK, concluded that taking such probiotics, or “good bacteria,” decisively helps. Results showed that using the probiotics reduced the duration of the illness and lessened the frequency of episodes continuing for more than four days.
AIR QUALITY CONTRIBUTES TO DIABETES We have yet another reason to demand cleaner air: A national, large- scale, population-based epidemiologic study conducted by researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston, published in Diabetes Care, is among the first to link adult diabetes and air pollution, after adjustment for other risk factors such as obesity and ethnicity. The relationship was observed even at exposure levels below those currently deemed safe by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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