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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER
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Drinking milk may reduce the risk of breast cancer
Special to The Recorder A new study published in the Sept. 15 issue of the International Journal of Cancer found that women who drink milk on a daily basis are less likely to develop breast cancer than those who drink little or no milk. Co-funded by the National Cancer Institute, the study found that women who drank milk as a child and who currently drink at least three glasses of milk had half the rate of breast cancer compared to women not drinking milk. In the six-year study, researchers followed 48,844 pre-meno-pausal women in Norway to examine the relationship between childhood and adult milk consumption and breast cancer incidence. After adjusting for age, reproductive and hormonal factors, body mass index, education, physical activity and alcohol consumption, milk consumption was shown to be a factor in reducing the incidence of breast cancer among the women aged 34 to 39. “The results suggest that dietary components, including milk, may provide protection against breast cancer,” said John Milner, Ph.D., chief of the Nutritional Science Research Group in the Division of Cancer Prevention at the National Cancer Institute. “This is very intriguing information because breast cancer is the most common cancer among females in the world and affects one in eight American women.” The researchers gathered data on childhood and adult milk consumption by mailing food frequency questionnaires to the participants. The information provided in the questionnaires was then linked to the Cancer Registry of Norway to identify the incidence of breast cancer cases. “The results are consistent with other scientific evidence that has shown animal products.
including milk, contain factors that may inhibit the cancer process,” Milner explained. , “Some of the possible anti-cancer factors found in milk and other animal products include calcium, vitamin D and CLA." CLA or conjugated linoleic acid — which is found in milk fat — has been gaining a lot of attention lately as a potential cancer prevention agent. A recent Finnish study found that women with breast cancer had significantly lower levels of CLA in their diets and blood compared to women without cancer. CLA has also been shown in previous studies to block the local growth and spread of breast cancer in animal studies. The results of the Norwegian Women and Cancer Study are in line with earlier research results showing the protective effect of milk on breast cancer. A study published in the British Journal of Cancer in 1996 showed that the women who consumed the most milk had less than half the risk of breast cancer compared to women consuming the least milk. “Good health starts with dairy,” said Greg Miller, Ph.D., F.A.C.N., executive vice president of nutrition and scientific affairs for the National Dairy Council. “Eat more lowfat dairy foods to better manage your weight and help reduce your risk for high blood pressure, osteoporosis and certain cancers. The list keeps growing with each new study demonstrating the potential disease-fighting properties of milk and Milk Group foods.” Researchers at the National Cancer Institute note that more research is needed to determine how miik may^wofk to jgduce the risk of developing breast cancer or other cancers. But for now, it appears as if milk may be one part of a well-balanced diet that is a force in the battle against breast cancer.
RILEY Continued from D8 umeofvery ill newborn infants and children, and coordinating the efforts of a large number of doctors and nurses who help care for them.” Motivation factors: “The desire to make children healthy and happy, capable of doing normal activities.” Best aspect of your job: “Dealing with children and working with other health care providers and training young doctors and nurses.” Future Goals: “To keep Riley Hospital and the cardiovascular service at Riley and IU at the top of our specialty in the U.S. and world.” $ Dr. Richard L. Schreiner, physician in chief. How long at Riley Hospital? 28 years Specialty: Pediatrics Daily Schedule: “I spend most of the day meeting with people to recruit new staff; develop new clinical educational or research programs; help solve problems of any type that arise.” Why did you choose a medical career? “I wanted to be a doctor and a pediatrician since 8th grade when I decided I wasn’t going to be a priest, like I had earlier planned. 1 havealwaysenjoyed working with kids so pediatrics was an easy choice." Challenges: “My biggest challenge is finding resources (space and money) to expand our clinical programs and develop new programs to meet the needs of Hoosier children, especially in clinical areas that don't provide adequate reimbursement from insurance companies and Medicaid.” Motivation factors: “I love developing programs that meet previously unmet needs of kids.” Best aspect of your job: “The best part of the job is when a child or family thanks us for what we have done for them, whether we cared for them yesterday or 25 years or more ago." Future goals: “My overwhelming goal is to be able to meet the medical and.surgical needs or every Hoosier child.” Dr. Jerry Bergstein How long at Riley Hospital? 24 years Specialty: Pediatric nephrology Daily Schedule: 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. - Inpatient rounds; resident and stu-
dent lecture; clinic, conferences, consultations; telephone calls, diction Why did you choose a medical career? “Interesting and challenging field. Desire to help people.” Challenges: “Many patients (and) heavy work schedule.” Motivation factors: “I like children and want to see them healthy.” Best aspect of your job: “Care of the children and teaching residents and students^ Future goals: “Continue tocare for children with kidney disease and related disorders, and continue to teach this care to the medical students and residents.”
Discrepancies between Black and white flu vaccination rates
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Dr. Howard Eigen How long at Riley Hospital? 25 years Daily schedule: “Most days start at 7 a.m. usually with meetings regarding hospital operation and planning for our new initiatives. I see patients with pulmonary diseases such as asthma and cystic fibrosis about three days a week. The end of the day is taken up with meetings that last until 5 or 6 p.m.” Why did you choose a medical career? “I enjoy the opportunity to combine the scientific portion of medicine with the personal relationships that you build with your patients.” Challenges: “Trying to maintain the high quality care that I and my colleagues are committed to. There are so many barriers put between the physician and the delivery of good care. The unnecessary barriers that come from insurance companies and government that we all spend too much time on. Spending time with our patients, time that they need and deserve, is more difficult.” Best aspect of your job: "Seeing new patients and being able to improve their lives by making the right diagnosis and prescribing the medications they need to feel better and return to normal lives.” Goals and future aspirations: “I want to see Riley expand and reach its full potential so tfiat I can continue to serve and help all of the children in Indiana and the region. This means building new and innovative programs of care and developing more effective ways of delivering that care to all children and their families”
By ELECTRONIC URBAN REPORT Although managed care has increased rates of influenza vaccination among Americans overall, it has not significantly reduced the substantial gap that exists in vaccination rates between whites and African Americans. This new finding, reported in the Sept. 26 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggests that doctors "may want to be especially vigilant about offering vaccination to any eligible patient who has not received it before,” according to Dr. Eric C. Schneider of the Harvard School of
Public Health in Boston. In fact, physicians may want to target such \ accination “catch-up'' efforts specifically at AfricanAmerican patients, he says. Annual vaccination remains the best wa\ to protect against influenza, w Inch can be fatal in the very elderly or those w ith compromised immune systems. Overall, "whites were substantially more likely to be vaccinated than African Americans." the researchers say. with vaccination rates of about 68 percent and 46 percent, respectively — a 22 percent gap.
More people are cutting back on use of meat in their diets (N APS A)—It appears mom was right. Eating more plant-based foods is a delicious way to achieve good health. To the delight of animals everywhere, more Americans are cutting back on meat, fish and poultry. Some people also exclude dairy products and eggs. Not crazy about brussels sprouts or broccoli? There’s hope. The options for people eager to explore a more plant-centered diet are more varied now then ever before. The sale of meat substitutes totaled $250 million in 1998, and is projected to surpass $1 billion by next year. The whopping 48 percent growth rate of meat analogs has made it among the top 10 fastest growing categories in U.S. supermarkets. Who buys meat substitutes? The answer might surprise you. Eighty percent of shoppers polled did not consider themselves suict vegetarians. Still, the value of eating a more plant-centered diet is difficult to dispute. The American Dietetic Association’s position paper on vegetarian diets reports that “scientific data suggest positive relationships between diets containing vegetables and reduced risk for several chronic, degenerative diseases and condi- v tions, including obesity, coronary k artery disease, hypertension, diabe- v tes mellitus, and some types of can-
To receive a free vegetarian starter kit, or for more information, write the Animal Protection Institute, P.O. Box 22505, CA 95822, call 1-800-348-7387 or visit www.api4animals.org.
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