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New research funded by the National Institutes of Health is looking at the relationship of diet, inflammation and cancer.
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Fourteen others, aimed to zap inflammation and cancer, are in the pipeline.
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There is no strong indicator that an STD causes prostate cancer, and researchers suspect that trichomonas is just one inflammation-causing factor that may contribute to the cancer or make it grow faster.
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Vitamin D also appears to play a role in healthy immune function and reducing inflammation, a risk factor for numerous diseases including cancer, heart disease and diabetes.
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"Cancer is caused by many different processes and inflammation is one of them, and if you could inhibit that process it would be tremendously helpful, " says Young S. Kim, program director in the Nutritional Science Research Group at the National Cancer Institute.
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Previous studies have suggested that the polyphenols in red wine may help to cut inflammation, and possibly the risk of both cancer and heart disease.
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MediPharma has two drugs derived from Chinese herbs in midstage clinical trials in the U.S., one to improve the potency of radiation therapy on head and neck cancer and the other to treat Crohn's disease, an inflammation of the digestive tract.
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The company has screened thousands of varieties of plant and microbe searching for agents that might help fight inflammation, cancer or diabetes.
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Short term inflammation is necessary for us to heal after a cut or an infection, but if the inflammation persists in the long-term it can contribute towards cardiovascular disease and cancer.
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