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Articles in Jan, 2009 issue of Life Extension

• Drinking red wine associated with reduced lung cancer risk in male smokers
  by Dayna Dye
• Millions of needless deaths
  by William Faloon
• Greater soy consumption associated with lower breast cancer risk in women
  by Dayna Dye
• Resveratrol may protect against alcoholic fatty liver disease
  by Dayna Dye
• Lutein, zeaxanthin may protect against colon cancer
  by Dale Kiefer
• Sunlight exposure, lack of antioxidants increase macular degeneration risk
  by Dale Kiefer
• Breastfed infants may require extra vitamin D
  by Laura J. Ninger
• DHEA protects the heart
  by Dale Kiefer
• Arthroscopic surgery not better than conservative treatment for knee pain
  by Laura J. Ninger
• Zinc blunts symptoms, stunts duration of common cold
  by Dale Kiefer
• Vitamin E and dietary carotenoids linked to reduced gastric cancer risk
  by Dale Kiefer
• Hemoglobin A1c and the risk of death from heart failure
  by Dale Kiefer
• Higher vitamin C intake may prevent bone loss among elderly men
  by Dale Kiefer
• Vitamins C and E reduce post-heart attack deaths in diabetics
  by Dayna Dye
• Optimizing digestive health:
  by Lane Lenard
• Melanie Roach Olympic weightlifter
  by Sue Kovach
• Mechanisms of cancer prevention by green and black tea polyphenols
• Black tea polyphenols mimic insulin/insulin-like growth factor-1 signalling to the longevity factor FOXO1A
• Cholesterol-lowering effect of a theaflavin-enriched green tea extract: a randomized controlled trial
• Effects of astaxanthin on human blood rheology
• Astaxanthin, a carotenoid with potential in human health and nutrition
• Astaxanthin: a novel potential treatment for oxidative stress and inflammation in cardiovascular disease
• Inhibition of choroidal neovascularization with an anti-inflammatory carotenoid astaxanthin
• Suppressive effects of astaxanthin against rat endotoxin-induced uveitis by inhibiting the NF-kappaB signaling pathway
• Effects of astaxanthin on lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation in vitro and in vivo
• Antihypertensive potential and mechanism of action of astaxanthin: II. vascular reactivity and hemorheology in spontaneously hypertensive rats
• Antihypertensive potential and mechanism of action of astaxanthin: III. antioxidant and histopathological effects in spontaneously hypertensive rats
• Antihypertensive and neuroprotective effects of astaxanthin in experimental animals
• Astaxanthin limits exercise-induced skeletal and cardiac muscle damage in mice
• Effects of astaxanthin supplementation on exercise-induced fatigue in mice
• Menatetrenone, a vitamin K2 analogue, inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma cell growth by suppressing cyclin D1 expression through inhibition of nuclear factor kappaB activation
• The effect of menatetrenone, a vitamin K2 analog, on disease recurrence and survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after curative treatment: a pilot study
• Dietary intake of vitamin K and risk of prostate cancer in the Heidelberg cohort of the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition
• Tumor-specificity and type of cell death induced by vitamin K2 derivatives and prenylalcohols
• The utility of vitamin K3 against pancreatic cancer
• Vitamin K2 induces autophagy and apoptosis simultaneously in leukemia cells
• Vitamin K2-mediated apoptosis in cancer cells: role of mitochondrial transmembrane potential
• Vitamin K-dependent actions of GAS6
• Vitamin K2 suppresses malignancy of HuH7 hepatoma cells via inhibition of connexin 43
• Japanese fermented soybean food as the major determinant of the large geographic difference in circulating levels of vitamin K2: possible implications for hip-fracture risk
• Daily dose of Ginkgo biloba may prevent brain damage from stroke
  by Joanne Nicholas
• Lower vitamin D levels predict increased blood sugar and insulin resistance
  by Dayna Dye
• Fish oil protective against dementia, depression
  by Laura J. Ninger
• Novel method combats chronic inflammation
  by Julius G. Goepp
• Relieve your tired eyes: while guarding against common eye diseases
  by Laurie Barclay
• Protection against arterial calcification, bone loss, cancer, and aging!
  by William Faloon
• Nanotechnology and radically extended life span
  by Robert A. Freitas, Jr.
• Tea polyphenols benefit vascular function
• Anti-invasive effects of green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate , a natural inhibitor of metallo and serine proteases
• Theaflavin, a black tea extract, is a novel anti-inflammatory compound
• Theaflavin ameliorates cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats through its anti-inflammatory effect and modulation of STAT-1
• Modulation of the oxidative stress and nuclear factor kappaB activation by theaflavin 3,3'-gallate in the rats exposed to cerebral ischemia-reperfusion
• Theaflavins induced apoptosis of LNCaP cells is mediated through induction of P53, down-regulation of NF-kappa B and mitogen-activated protein kinases pathways
• Theaflavins attenuate hepatic lipid accumulation through activating AMPK in human HEPG2 cells