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Source: American Chemical Society Date: 2003-10-15 Highly Active Compound Found In Coffee May Prevent Colon Cancer Drinking coffee may help prevent colon cancer, according to a group of researchers in Germany. They identified a potent antioxidant compound in the popular brew that appears in animal studies to boost the activity of phase II enzymes, which are thought to protect against colon cancer, the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. The study is scheduled to appear in the Nov. 5 issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Chemical Society,...

Once again, the ranks of overweight children are on the rise.According to the latest report from the National Institutes of Health, although almost every indicator of adolescent health has improved over the last 10 years, America's youth continue to get heavier — to the tune of an estimated 9 million overweight children. What can you do about this junior obesity crisis? Here's a countdown of the top 10 tips from experts on how to prevent your child from putting on too many pounds. 10. A Healthy Beginning The key to getting through the day is to start off on the...

Recent rain may help prevent potentially deadly disease spread By James Irby ABC13 Eyewitness News (6/06/03 - HOUSTON) — While our recent rain may create problems from some, it's actually preventing a potentially fatal disease from spreading in Harris County. The heavy rain we've gotten the past couple of days has given us an edge over the culex mosquito - the main carrier of the potentially deadly West Nile virus. But it's only a slight advantage in our battle with the disease. "We expect the rain to temporarily flush out the culex and the numbers should go down for about...

<p>Accelerated logging in the Sierra Nevada is the best way to ease fire threats, protect wildlife, create jobs and ultimately have more old-growth forests a century from now, the Forest Service said Thursday.</p> <p>Without a sharp increase in logging aimed at thinning overstocked forests across 11.5 million acres of the Sierra, fish and wildlife habitat will face far greater risk from wildfires, the agency said in an environmental study.</p>

Sunday, 9 February, 2003, 00:34 GMT Vitamin 'could help prevent lung cancer' A drug derived from vitamin A could help prevent former smokers from developing lung cancer, it has been claimed. It may help restore the production of a protein which is believed to protect against the disease. Researchers from the University of Texas say their findings are not conclusive, but could point the way to the development of "chemoprevention" drugs. Stopping smoking reduces the risk of someone developing lung cancer, but the genetic damage it causes takes time to disappear - and half of all newly-diagnosed lung cancers occur...

Glowing specs beat jetlag Australian scientists have developed a set of glowing glasses which cure jetlag. They emit blue and green light which fools the brain's body clock into resetting itself. A gland at the base of the brain is sensitive to light and fooling it can reduce tiredness at touchdown after a long haul flight. The lights are fitted inside ordinary sunglasses and powered by a small pocket battery. Its developers say they should be worn for three hours a day, two days before flying, and for three hours during the flight. Researchers at Flinders University in Adelaide focussed...