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Calcium fights Cancer
Reduces risk of Digestive-system Cancers
Monday, March 02, 2009
New Hope For Calcium
as Cancer Fighter
Calcium might help prevent some cancers, after all. Three years after the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) dashed hopes that calcium and vitamin D supplements might offer a benefit against colorectal cancer, another big study finds an association between calcium intake and reduced risk of colorectal and other digestive-system cancers. One difference: This seven-year study of nearly a half-million participants in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study focused on calcium from food, such as low-fat dairy, as well as pills. Women with highest calcium intake were at 23% less risk for digestive-system cancers than those with the lowest intake; for men, the risk-reduction was 16%. Women, but not men, also showed a lower risk of cancer overall with greater calcium consumption.-Archives of Internal Medicine
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