Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) is the term for medical products and practices that are not part of standard care. Standard care is what medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy and allied health professionals, such as registered nurses and physical therapists, practice. Alternative medicine means treatments that you use instead of standard ones. Complementary medicine means nonstandard treatments that you use along with standard ones.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Acids From Alcohol and Protein Causes Cancer
"It's the first definitive study to quantify the role of lifestyle . . . on the risk of developing colorectal cancer," associate professor Rachel Huxley told AAP.
"People who eat the highest amount of red and processed meat have about 20 percent greater risk of developing the cancer than those who don't eat meat," Huxley said. The risk was similar for those who are obese, smoke, or have diabetes.
But those who drink the acid alcohol face a much higher risk. "We found the risk was 60 percent, and what's classified as the highest intake isn't very much," she said. Just more than one acid drink daily -- or more than seven acid drinks during a week -- significantly increased the risk when compared to those who didn't drink alcohol at all. Read more...
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