THE AIM OF THIS REVIEW is to provide an updated overview of experimental in vitro and in vivo investigations focusing on the anticancer activity of few herbs specially phytochemicals from daily kitchen ingredients. Potential use of these natural agents in cancer therapy and chemoprevention is also discussed. Studies using animal models and cultured human malignant cell lines have demonstrated a...

By virtue of their variability, mass and speed have important roles in transferring energies during a crash incidence (kinetic energy). The sum of kinetic energy is important in determining an injury severity and that is equal to one half of the vehicle mass multiplied by the square of the vehicle speed. To meet the Vision Zero policy (a traffic safety policy) prevention activities should be fo...

Age is a significant factor in modifying specific needs when it comes to medical aesthetic procedures. In this review we will focus on young adults in their third decade of life and review minimally invasive aesthetic procedures other than cosmetics and cosmeceuticals. Correction of asymmetries, correction after body modifying procedures, and facial sculpturing are important issues for young ad...

TCIF recognizes that its efforts are largely aimed at heterosexual behavior of truckers and do not adequately address MSM activities and related HIV risk. To design appropriate HIV/STI preventive strategies, TCIF requested the Population Council to undertake an exploratory study to fill in the gaps in the existing knowledge about the sexual behavior of truckers. Some of the key questions to be ...

In stressing the opportunities for preventive mental health work which the public health services provide, it is noted that these are appreciated by only a comparatively few psychiatrists, although Psychiatric support is needed by the public health worker in integrating the principles of mental hygiene into his activities as well as in dealing with individual mental health problems. The Report ...

The major constituent of green tea, (-)-epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG), has been shown to have cancer-preventive and therapeutic activities. Numerous molecular targets for EGCG have been proposed, but the mechanisms of its anticancer activities are not clearly understood. In this issue of the JCI, Kumazoe et al. report that EGCG activates 67-kDa laminin receptor (67LR), elevates cGMP level...

A study of practices using an age-sex register suggested that more use could be made of registers, especially in preventive medicine. Difficulties in creating and maintaining the register, as well as analysing it, discourage many practices. Those who make full use of their register obtain great benefit from it.

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1 Sustainability Science Program, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, 2 Harvard Initiative for Global Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, 3 Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, 4 Global Health Initiative, Boston Un...