NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Drinking green tea may lower your risk of developing certain blood cancers, but it will take about 5 cups a day, according to a study from Japan.
Drinking green tea has been associated with lower risk of dying and heart disease deaths, Dr. Toru Naganuma, at Tohoku University School of Medicine in Sendai, Japan told Reuters Health in an email correspondence.
The current study, Naganuma said, suggests drinking green tea may have a favorable effect "for particular cancers."
After gathering information on the diets and green tea drinking habits of a large group of Japanese adults aged 40 to 79 years old, Naganuma and colleagues followed the group for development of blood and "lymph system" cancers. The lymph system is a major component of the body's immune system.
The 19,749 men and 22,012 women who participated in the study had no previous history of cancer, Naganuma and colleagues note in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
During 9 years of follow up, 157 blood, bone marrow, and lymph system cancers developed in the study group.
Naganuma's team found that the overall risk for blood cancers was 42 percent lower among study participants who drank 5 or more, versus 1 or fewer, cups of green tea daily.
Drinking 5 or more cups of green tea daily was also associated with 48 percent lower risk for lymph system cancers.
These associations held up in analyses that allowed for age, gender, education, smoking status and history, alcohol use, and fish and soybean consumption.
The researchers also observed reduced risk for blood-related cancers among obese study participants, who are "considered to have higher risk of these cancers," Naganuma said.
The investigators say further studies are needed to confirm the health benefits of drinking green tea, and to determine whether daily consumption might prevent certain cancers.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Half man's recovery stuns surgeons
A Chinese man, who had half of his body amputated after being run over by a truck, has amazed surgeons with his recovery.Peng Shuilin, 37, spent nearly two years in hospital in Shenzhen, southern China, undergoing a series of operations to re-route nearly every major organ or system inside his body.
Now Peng - who opened his own cut-price supermarket called the Half Man-Half Price Store - has survived so well he's being used as a role model for other amputees.
At just 2ft 7ins tall, he gets around in a wheelchair and gives lectures on recovering from disability.
"We've just given him a check up and he is fitter than most men his age. He is amazing and the only person in the world to survive having so much of his body amputated," said Bujie Hospital vice president Lin Liu.
"He had good care but his secret is his cheerfulness - nothing ever gets him down," he added.
Ananova
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Couple choke on fake cake
A newly-wed couple cut into their wedding cake - to find it was made of polystyrene.
Tony and Aimee West had paid £270 for a three tier sponge decorated with white and dark chocolate icing and flowers.
Aimee, 27, said: "It was a terrible shock - I felt so embarrassed in front of all our family and friends.
"It was a lovely occasion and the ceremony was going to be the icing on the cake - only there was no cake."
Bank worker Aimee and Tony, 26, had tied the knot in Cyprus then flew home for their reception at a hotel in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire.
They had pre-ordered the cake from confectioners Creative Cakes in their hometown of Llanelli.
But just four hours before the evening reception was due to start Aimee discovered the cake company had forgotten to bake the cake.
Aimee said: "They admitted their mistake and said: 'Don't worry, we'll get you a cake'. They turned up that evening and the cake was put on a table for all to see."
The pair took Creative Cakes to the small claims court and were awarded £310 compensation.
Karen Williams, who runs Creative Cakes from her home in Llanelli, said: "I explained I would be delivering an artificial cake - they are quite common at weddings these days."
Ananova
Tony and Aimee West had paid £270 for a three tier sponge decorated with white and dark chocolate icing and flowers.
Aimee, 27, said: "It was a terrible shock - I felt so embarrassed in front of all our family and friends.
"It was a lovely occasion and the ceremony was going to be the icing on the cake - only there was no cake."
Bank worker Aimee and Tony, 26, had tied the knot in Cyprus then flew home for their reception at a hotel in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire.
They had pre-ordered the cake from confectioners Creative Cakes in their hometown of Llanelli.
But just four hours before the evening reception was due to start Aimee discovered the cake company had forgotten to bake the cake.
Aimee said: "They admitted their mistake and said: 'Don't worry, we'll get you a cake'. They turned up that evening and the cake was put on a table for all to see."
The pair took Creative Cakes to the small claims court and were awarded £310 compensation.
Karen Williams, who runs Creative Cakes from her home in Llanelli, said: "I explained I would be delivering an artificial cake - they are quite common at weddings these days."
Ananova
Boy lives in sheep shed for 8 years
BISHKEK, November 5 (RIA Novosti) -A 14- year-old boy has spent the last eight years living alone in a ramshackle sheep shed in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, the Vecherny Bishkek newspaper reported on Thursday.
According to the paper, the boy's parents left the former Soviet state for Russia in early 2000, leaving their young son with his ill grandmother. For reasons which are not yet clear, the boy began living in the sheep shed almost immediately.
In the beginning, he tried to mix with children from a nearby village, but they bullied and teased him. He then became a hermit. His story came to light after his grandmother died and locals found her body, the paper said.
He has almost completely forgotten how to speak, the paper said. There is as yet no information on his parents. The paper said he would be taken into the care of the state.
Ria Novosti
According to the paper, the boy's parents left the former Soviet state for Russia in early 2000, leaving their young son with his ill grandmother. For reasons which are not yet clear, the boy began living in the sheep shed almost immediately.
In the beginning, he tried to mix with children from a nearby village, but they bullied and teased him. He then became a hermit. His story came to light after his grandmother died and locals found her body, the paper said.
He has almost completely forgotten how to speak, the paper said. There is as yet no information on his parents. The paper said he would be taken into the care of the state.
Ria Novosti
Nanny drugs and rents out baby to beggars
NEW DELHI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - A nanny in India's IT hub of Bangalore was fired after she regularly drugged a seven-month-old baby in her care and rented him out for $2 a day to be used by street beggars, a newspaper reported on Friday.
The child's mother found her baby missing when one day she returned home early from work at a multi-national firm, the Times of India newspaper said.
The nanny confessed to have been renting out the baby for the past three weeks, it said.
Beggars with babies are a common sight at traffic signals and roads in cities and towns of India, where giving alms is traditionally considered a way of gaining spiritual merit.
Rising female employment and a preference for nuclear families in India means more children are being handed over to hired help for care when parents go off to work.
Source : Asia One News
The child's mother found her baby missing when one day she returned home early from work at a multi-national firm, the Times of India newspaper said.
The nanny confessed to have been renting out the baby for the past three weeks, it said.
Beggars with babies are a common sight at traffic signals and roads in cities and towns of India, where giving alms is traditionally considered a way of gaining spiritual merit.
Rising female employment and a preference for nuclear families in India means more children are being handed over to hired help for care when parents go off to work.
Source : Asia One News
Widower in drag uses dead wife's ID for gym
HONG KONG (AFP) – A man who wore women's clothing to use his dead wife's gym membership has appeared in a Hong Kong court, a report said Tuesday.
Lau Siu-wah, 51, was charged after he allegedly used his wife's identification card to exercise in the female-only section of the gym at the city's Sheraton hotel, The Standard daily reported.
But the man's looks aroused suspicion and police were called, the report said, adding that Lau was quickly arrested.
The paper said Lau admitted to police that he used the card to impersonate his wife, who died in 2007.
Lau, who appeared in court Monday in women's clothes and wearing red nail polish, was granted bail on a charge that he used an identity card relating to another person, the paper said.
The case was adjourned until later this month.
AP
Lau Siu-wah, 51, was charged after he allegedly used his wife's identification card to exercise in the female-only section of the gym at the city's Sheraton hotel, The Standard daily reported.
But the man's looks aroused suspicion and police were called, the report said, adding that Lau was quickly arrested.
The paper said Lau admitted to police that he used the card to impersonate his wife, who died in 2007.
Lau, who appeared in court Monday in women's clothes and wearing red nail polish, was granted bail on a charge that he used an identity card relating to another person, the paper said.
The case was adjourned until later this month.
AP
Hero dog saves heart attack victim
A special cattle dog in Maryborough in south-east Queensland will receive the RSPCA's animal achievement award.
Two years ago, Jim Touzeau suffered a heart attack and collapsed at his Tinana glass factory.
His cattle dog Teka jumped up and down on his chest with her two front paws and barked in his face, causing Mr Touzeau to wake up.
Teka also ran outside and jumped up and down on the kerb to attract attention.
The RSPCA's Michael Beatty says he is amazed at what the dog did to save Mr Touzeau's life.
"I'm sure, as Jim says, he doesn't know for certain and neither [do] the doctors - whether or not Teka jumping up and down on his chest actually kick-started his chest," he said.
"But if he had not woken up, he would have been dead.
"So that is one young cattle dog that's receiving the best of attention, as I'm sure you can imagine."
Mr Beatty says Teka will enjoy the award.
"A very large, very impressive bone will come with the award," Mr Beatty said.
ABC News
Two years ago, Jim Touzeau suffered a heart attack and collapsed at his Tinana glass factory.
His cattle dog Teka jumped up and down on his chest with her two front paws and barked in his face, causing Mr Touzeau to wake up.
Teka also ran outside and jumped up and down on the kerb to attract attention.
The RSPCA's Michael Beatty says he is amazed at what the dog did to save Mr Touzeau's life.
"I'm sure, as Jim says, he doesn't know for certain and neither [do] the doctors - whether or not Teka jumping up and down on his chest actually kick-started his chest," he said.
"But if he had not woken up, he would have been dead.
"So that is one young cattle dog that's receiving the best of attention, as I'm sure you can imagine."
Mr Beatty says Teka will enjoy the award.
"A very large, very impressive bone will come with the award," Mr Beatty said.
ABC News
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