Ally
Wed, Dec-14-05, 17:16
Drinking tea lowers a woman's risk of developing ovarian
cancer, say researchers from the National Institute of
Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. You can
read about this new study in the December 12/26 issue of
Archives of Internal Medicine (JAMA).
According to background information in the article, few
epidemiological studies have looked at the relationship
specifically between the consumption of tea and ovarian
cancer - although there has been evidence in the past
indicating some benefits.
Lead researchers, Susanna C. Larsson, M.Sc., and Alicja Wolk,
studied the association between tea drinking and ovarian
cancer risk in 61, 057 women - all aged 40-76. All the women
were part of a population based Mammography cohort (that had
been carried out in Sweden).
The women had filled in a questionnaire which included 67
questions regarding their dietary habits between 1987-1990.
68% drank tea once a month or more. The women were followed up
until 2004. During this period 301 women developed invasive
epithelial ovarian cancer.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=34893
cancer, say researchers from the National Institute of
Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. You can
read about this new study in the December 12/26 issue of
Archives of Internal Medicine (JAMA).
According to background information in the article, few
epidemiological studies have looked at the relationship
specifically between the consumption of tea and ovarian
cancer - although there has been evidence in the past
indicating some benefits.
Lead researchers, Susanna C. Larsson, M.Sc., and Alicja Wolk,
studied the association between tea drinking and ovarian
cancer risk in 61, 057 women - all aged 40-76. All the women
were part of a population based Mammography cohort (that had
been carried out in Sweden).
The women had filled in a questionnaire which included 67
questions regarding their dietary habits between 1987-1990.
68% drank tea once a month or more. The women were followed up
until 2004. During this period 301 women developed invasive
epithelial ovarian cancer.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/healthnews.php?newsid=34893