http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Tomatoes and soy foods may be more effective in preventing prostate cancer when they are eaten together than when either is eaten alone, said a University of Illinois study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-soy-tomato-combo-effective-prostate.html Cancer Wed, 08 May 2013 13:09:17 EST news287237345 A recent University of Colorado Cancer Center review in the journal Advances in Nutrition shows that rice bran offers promising cancer prevention properties. Meanwhile, an ongoing clinical trial is testing the effectiveness of rice bran in preventing the recurrence of colon cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-clinical-trial-rice-bran-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 06 Dec 2012 05:34:05 EST news273994430 (Medical Xpress)—Results of new research from the University of Adelaide are a promising step forward in helping to improve the quality of life-saving blood transfusions for preterm babies, by reducing the likelihood of adverse inflammatory responses to the blood. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-efficacy-blood-transfusions-preterm-babies.html Pediatrics Thu, 22 Nov 2012 08:40:03 EST news272795237 An international team of researchers has found that certain bioactive components found in human milk are associated with a reduced risk of HIV transmission from an HIV infected mother to her breast-fed infant. Their study will be published in the August 15 online edition of American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-breastfeeding-infants-hiv-transmission.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:00:01 EST news264250298 Cancer cells and stem cells can now be cultivated in 3 dimensions to serve in various experiments to great advantage for researchers. This matrix, commercialized by the start-up QGel, which is based in the scientific park at Ecublens, offers the cells a similar environment to a living organism and is adaptable to the needs of the researcher. The new company received the Vigier Prize on Thursday, which comes with a cash sum of 100,000 francs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-dimension-cell-culture-video.html Medical research Mon, 25 Jun 2012 05:20:01 EST news259819642