News tagged with etiologic factors

Fruit and vegetable intake is associated with lower risk of ER- breast cancer

There is no association between total fruit and vegetable intake and risk of overall breast cancer, but vegetable consumption is associated with a lower risk of estrogen receptor-negative (ER-) breast cancer, according to ...

Cancer Jan 24, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Investigators identify gene linking cataracts and Alzheimer's disease

In a recent study, investigators at Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health (BUSPH) identified a gene linking age-related cataracts and Alzheimer's disease. The findings, published online in PLoS ON ...

Genetics Sep 11, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0