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Increased selenium intake may reduce mortality risk in breast cancer patients
6 July 2012
Regular intake of selenium supplements seems to decrease risk of mortality in women with breast cancer, suggests a new Swedish study.
30 March 2016
Increasing evidence demonstrates that risk factors for chronic diseases are established during childhood and adolescence, but the relationship between the development of diseases and adolescent development is poorly understood. Adolescence is a crucial period in life and involves multiple physiological and psychological changes that affect nutritional needs and habits.
HELENA (Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence) is a European collaborative research project. The basic objective of HELENA is to obtain reliable and comparable data over three years from 3,500 European adolescents (boys and girls aged 12.5–17.5 years) on relevant nutrition and health-related parameters such as dietary intake, food choices and preferences, vitamin and mineral status, physical activity, and fitness.
The project unites 20 research centers from ten European countries: Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Reference
De Henauw S. et al. Nutritional status and lifestyles of adolescents from a public health perspective. The HELENA Project—Healthy Lifestyle in Europe by Nutrition in Adolescence. J Public Health, 2007; 15:187–197.
6 July 2012
Regular intake of selenium supplements seems to decrease risk of mortality in women with breast cancer, suggests a new Swedish study.
12 May 2014
A new US study reports that low blood vitamin D concentrations seem to be related to an increased chance of developing prostate cancer.
27 September 2011
According to a new US study, increased blood carotenoid concentrations may be associated with a slower rate of age-related lung function decline.