Research Paper Title Consumption of Spicy Foods and Total and Cause Specific Mortality: Population Based Cohort Study Study Question How does regular consumption of spicy foods influence mortality? Summary Answer Regular consumption of spicy foods was inversely associated with total and certain cause specific mortality (cancer, ischaemic heart diseases and respiratory diseases), independent of other… Read More
Postmenopausal women who are overweight of obese have a raised risk of invasive breast cancer, follow-up data from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) trials have shown (BMJ, 2015). Research published in JAMA Oncology highlighted a dose-response relation where a higher BMI (body mass index) was associated with greater relative risk (Neuhouser et al., 2015). The… Read More
The optimal daily intake of vitamin D is not known, although many believe it should be higher than it is for most people living in sun deprived countries. However, data analysis of nine case-control studies from the International Pancreatic Cancer Case-Control Consortium seem to show a small association between pancreatic cancer risk and increasing dietary… Read More
Vegetarian diets are associated with an overall lower incidence of colorectal cancers, a large prospective cohort trial of Seventh Day Adventist men and women has found (Orlich et al., 2015). The US study, published online by JAMA Internal Medicine, included 77,659 men and women who were assessed by a food frequency questionnaire and categorised into… Read More
Research Paper Title Blood Glucose Concentration and Risk of Pancreatic Cancer: Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis. Study Question Does pre-diabetes, the precursor of type 2 diabetes, increase the risk of pancreatic cancer? Summary Answer There is a linear doe-response relation between fasting blood glucose concentration and the rate of pancreatic cancer for both pre-diabetes and… Read More
Research Paper Title Coffee Consumption and Mortality From All Causes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer: A Dose-Response Meta-Analysis. Background Several studies have analysed the relationship between coffee consumption and mortality, but the shape of the association remains unclear. Methods The researchers conducted a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies to examine the dose-response associations between coffee consumption… Read More
Research Paper Title Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Mortality from All Causes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer: Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies. Study Question What is the association between consumption of fruit and vegetables and risk of all cause, cardiovascular, and cancer morality? Summary Answer Evidence from prospective cohort studies shows that… Read More
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