Abstracts & Commentary
An intervention with zinc chloride mouth rinse dramatically improved the incidence and severity of oral mucositis.
Data from nearly 80,000 women in the Women’s Health Initiative suggest that there is no difference in breast cancer incidence regardless of intake of regular or decaffeinated coffee or tea.
Some pancreatic cancer patients receiving gemcitabine treatment had improved progression-free survival when taking antibiotics.
Vitamin D supplementation may reduce the risk of total death in GI cancer patients, partly by enhancing anticancer immunity.
A recent study found that periodontal treatment carried out by a dentist specializing in gum disease was associated with a significant reduction in loss of brain matter.
Multiple sclerosis patients taking an andrographolide compound saw significant improvements in some outcome measures, but not all.
Researchers found that magnesium not only enhances the effectiveness of sodium valproate but also enables a lower dose of the pharmaceutical to be used.
In healthy, young men, taking fish oil was associated with greater semen volume, larger testis size, and improved reproductive hormone levels.
Among breast cancer survivors, higher coffee consumption after diagnosis was associated with better breast cancer and overall survival.
Increased air pollution exposure in those with heart failure increases hospital readmissions, outpatient visits, and inpatient admissions, suggesting an overall increase in morbidity.
