Vegetable Compound May Reduce Mesothelioma Treatment Side Effects
For a cancer as rare and difficult to treat as mesothelioma, innovative thinking is vital to making progress that helps survivors live longer and feel healthier. While experimental therapies for this disease have harnessed genetically modified viruses, leopard frog eggs and laser-activated drugs, innovation doesn’t always come from exotic sources. Sometimes treatment breakthroughs are hiding in plain sight. Take the veggies on your dinner plate, for example. A research team has reported an anti-cancer vegetable compound called PEITC could have interesting therapeutic benefits for pleural mesothelioma patients. The Nat...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - December 9, 2014 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Joey Rosenberg Tags: Treatment & Doctors Source Type: news

Would you feed your baby a strict alkaline diet?
As she does every morning, India is tucking into a green smoothie, made by blitzing ingredients including apple, kale, watercress and broccoli with coconut water in a blender. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 2, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Watercress, spinach and chicory most nutritious vegetables you can eat
A new league table, showing the nutrient density of different fruits and vegetables, has been drawn up by researchers from the William Paterson University of New Jersey. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Watercress, Chinese cabbage, chard top list of 'powerhouse fruits and vegetables'
Alex CukanWAYNE, N.J., June 6 (UPI) -- National nutrition guidelines emphasize consumption of "powerhouse fruits and vegetables" known as PFV -- or foods associated with reduced chronic disease risk. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - June 6, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Whitefly confused by cacophony of smells
Bombarding pests with smells from many different plants temporarily confuses them and hinders their ability to feed, new research has shown. Exposing the whitefly to a heady aroma of cucumber, courgette, watercress, watermelon, cabbage and bean, the team found the insects became temporarily disorientated. Weaving their way between the plant cells to reach the sap is technically challenging and the team found the whiteflies failed to feed while they were being bombarded with the different plant chemicals. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - April 28, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news

The Use of Seahorse Extracellular Flux Analyzer in Mechanistic Studies of Naturally Occurring Cancer Chemopreventive Agents
Metabolic pathways and bioenergetics were described in great detail over half a century ago, and during the past decade a resurgence in integrating these cellular processes with other biological properties of the cell, including growth control, protein kinase cascade signaling, cell cycle division, and autophagy, has occurred. Because many chronic pathological conditions, including cancer, are associated with altered metabolism and production of energy, developing new approaches to measure these cellular parameters is important. Recent studies also indicate that many naturally occurring cancer chemopreventive agents, such ...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Pharmacology/Toxicology - November 27, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Sainsbury's recalls watercress products on E. Coli concerns
(Reuters) - Britain's Food Standards Agency (FSA) said on Thursday that J Sainsbury is recalling all of its own brand bagged watercress and salads containing watercress, fearing a possible link to a national E. Coli outbreak that has made 15 people ill. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Sainsbury's watercress recalled
Sainsbury's is recalling all of its bagged watercress as well as salads containing watercress in response to an outbreak of E. coli. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 12, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news