New research from Trinity College Dublin published in this month’s Annals of Surgery points to a potentially significant advance in the treatment of patients undergoing major cancer surgery.
The study was carried out by the oesophageal research group at Trinity College Dublin and St James’s Hospital. A randomised controlled trial showed omega-3 fatty acids given as […]
SUNDAY NOV 18, 2007 (Foodconsumer.org) — Intake of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids may be protective against gastric cancer, according to a new Chinese study published in the November, 2007 issue of Zhonghua Wei Chang Wai Ke Za Zhi.
Yin Y from Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China and colleagues found that omega 3 PUFAs inhibits in […]
Increased intake of omega-3 fatty acids may cut the risk of colorectal cancer in men by a whopping 66 per cent, but only in men not taking aspirin, suggests new research.
Omega-3 has been identified as one of the super-nutrients taking the food and supplements industry by storm. Much of its healthy reputation that is seeping […]
A diet rich in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) could reduce the risk of colorectal cancer by 85 per cent, suggests a new study from Japan.
But high consumption of saturated fatty acids (SFAs) could increase the risk by a whopping 700 per cent, said the researchers from the Aichi Cancer Center Hospital and Nagoya University […]
CLA researchers found that altering the fatty acid ratio found in the typical Western diet to include more omega-3 fatty acids and decrease the amount of omega-6 fatty acids may reduce prostate cancer tumor growth rates and PSA levels.
Published in the Aug. 1 issue of the journal Clinical Cancer Research, this initial animal-model study is […]
By Roman Bystrianyk, Health Sentinel
Long-term use of omega-3 fatty acids has been shown to be beneficial in patients with heart disease and those with cancer. Newer evidence is now showing that omega-3’s can have beneficial effects in other areas such as fighting infection.
A recent study in patients with acute respiratory syndrome showed improvement after only […]
LONDON (Reuters) - Eating foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids such as oily fish may help to prevent the spread of prostate cancer, scientists said on Tuesday.
Omega-3 and omega-6 are essential fatty acids that work together to promote good health. The body cannot make them, so eating a diet rich in the substances is important.
Fish […]
By Sheryl Taylor
National Nine News medical reporter
To look at him, you’d never know Michael Isles is into his fifteenth cycle of chemotherapy for colon and liver cancer.
“I’ve still got my hair I haven’t had any mouth ulcers and there are many other side effects that I haven’t been affected by at all,” he says.
“I’m very […]
With more Australians diagnosed with cancer, doctors are trying to find new ways to make treatments easier to tolerate.
They have found giving patients omega 3 or fish oil might help patients get through treatment with fewer side effects.
Scientists from Sydney’s Concord hospital wanted to know why some patients get side effects from chemo and not […]
The following is an article about a man who attributes his cancer recovery to omega-3 supplementation:
“Two weeks ago a study claimed that omega-3 fatty acids, such as those found in ocean fish including salmon and tuna, don’t help protect against cancer. But that study was actually just a review of previous research on the subject.
Recently, […]
Andrew Stoll mentions in his book, The Omega-3 Connection, that excess Omega-6 consumption in the Western Diet was creating too much arachadonic acid in the body. That, in turn, was causing inflammatory reactions detrimental to human health. The following article echoes Stoll’s theories of Omega-6 inflammation:
Omega-6 Fatty acids stimulate tumor growth
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1 (UPI) […]