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Reviva to Donate to St. Jude's

October 15, 2019

Haddonfield, NJ--Reviva Labs has announced its commitment to donate 10% of each direct sale of Reviva's Ultra Moisturizing Cream Hydratante to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. The money will support cancer research and help children and their families as they battle cancer. As a two-time cancer survivor, Judith Strassler, Reviva Labs’...

Vitamin D Supplementation Linked With Reduced Risk of Cancer Death, Analysis Finds

August 16, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

China—A new meta-analysis has found that vitamin D supplementation significantly reduced the risk of cancer death. The study, published in The BMJ, examined 52 randomized controlled trials covering a total of 75,454 participants. In their introduction, the researchers noted that previous studies of this kind have been inconclusive: “Interpretation of...

Flavonoid Intake May Help Protect Against Cancer, Heart Disease, Research Suggests

August 14, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Perth, Western Australia—Flavonoid-rich items can help protect against cancer and heart disease, particularly for smokers and heavy drinkers, according to new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU). The study, published in Nature Communications, looked at 56,048 participants of the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health cohort, followed for 23 years, during...

Study: Curcumin C3 Complex May Benefit Chemotherapy Patients

June 25, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

East Windsor, NJ—Sabinsa’s Curcumin C3 Complex has been studied in a phase IIa trial as an adjuvant therapy with FOLFOX chemotherapy, according to a press release, and results suggest that using curcumin with FOLFOX could provide a safe and tolerable treatment with potential to provide patient benefit. In the study,...

Study: Poor Diet Correlated With Higher Cancer Incidence

May 24, 2019

Simi Summer and Simi Summer, Ph.D.

A U.S. study linking diet and cancer risk found that an estimated 80,110 new cancer cases among adults 20 and older were attributed to eating a poor diet, according to CNN. Conducted in 2015 and recently published in the JNCI Cancer Spectrum, the study found that junk food consumption was...

Study: "Cancer Warrior" Plants Fight 7 Types of Cancer

May 13, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Singapore--The leaves of the Bandicoot Berry (Leea indica), South African leaf (Vernonia amygdalina) and Simpleleaf Chastetree (Vitex trifolia) have been found to be effective in stopping the growth of 7 types of cancer, according to researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS). The study, published in the Journal of...

One-Third of Cancer Patients Use Complementary and Alternative Medicine

April 16, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Dallas, TX—The University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center announced in a press release that one-third of people with a cancer diagnosis use complementary and alternative medicines ranging from meditation to herbal medicine. Dr. Nina Sanford, assistant professor of radiation oncology, was lead author on the study, titled “Prevalence and...

Good-Health Reads: James Templeton

April 11, 2019

James Templeton, Founder, Templeton Wellness Foundation

Note: The views and opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and contributor(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher and editors of WholeFoods Magazine. With so many health-transforming books being released, WholeFoods wanted to know what the experts are reading. Here, James Templeton, founder of the Templeton Wellness Foundation,...

Study: High-Fructose Corn Syrup May Fuel Colorectal Tumors

March 22, 2019

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

New York—High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) caused mice predisposed to colon cancer to develop larger tumors, according to a study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian. And it doesn’t take much: The mice only consumed the equivalent of one can of soda per day. A press release from...

Research on High-Dose Intravenous Vitamin C as an Adjuvant Therapy in the Treatment of Cancer

May 21, 2018

Richard A. Passwater, Ph.D.

Recent columns have discussed the exciting evidence that high-dose vitamin C can not only benefit cancer patients but can kill cancer cells without harming normal cells. Health professionals who use intravenous vitamin C (IVC) agree that high IV dosages of vitamin C are effective. This successful protocol doesn’t preclude high...