http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The benefits of tea drinking have been shown again in a study that has found the risk of ovarian cancer is reduced in tea drinkers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-higher-regular-tea-consumption-benefits.html Health Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:02:24 EST news274525336 The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is low in countries where consumption of black tea is high, suggests a mathematical analysis of data from 50 countries, published in the online journal BMJ Open. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-prevalence-diabetes-regular-black-tea.html Diabetes Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:30:01 EST news271524624 Women who drink green tea may lower their risk of developing some digestive system cancers, especially cancers of the stomach/esophagus and colorectum, according to a study led by researchers from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-green-tea-gi-cancers.html Cancer Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:00:05 EST news270914380 Men with prostate cancer who consumed green tea prior to undergoing prostatectomy had reductions in markers of inflammation, according to data presented at the 11th Annual AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research, held here Oct. 16-19, 2012. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-green-tea-inflammation-inhibit-prostate.html Cancer Fri, 19 Oct 2012 07:50:01 EST news269850962 (Medical Xpress) -- This is the peak season for drinking iced tea, but a Loyola University Medical Center urologist is warning the popular drink can contribute to painful kidney stones. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-urologist-iced-tea-contribute-painful.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:41:50 EST news263205674 Heavy alcohol consumption may be linked to a greater risk of developing lung cancer, while higher BMI and increased consumption of black tea and fruit are associated with lower risk of the deadly disease. In three separate studies presented at CHEST 2011, the 77th annual meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), heavy alcohol consumption was related to increased risk of lung cancer, while specific ethnic groups, including African American men and Asian women, had slightly higher risks for lung cancer. Conversely, black tea consumption was shown to reduce lung cancer risk in nonsmoking women, while higher BMI and increased fruit consumption were associated with a lower risk of lung cancer in both men and women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-heavy-alcohol-consumption-linked-lung.html Cancer Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:20:49 EST news238648837 While an apple a day may keep the doctor away, new research published in the Annals of Family Medicine say that hot tea or coffee may keep the methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus, or MRSA, bug away, or at least out of your nose. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-coffee-tea-consumption-mrsa.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 15 Jul 2011 06:00:01 EST news229923558