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December 5, 2005

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HSI e-Alert - Five Guardians Health Sciences Institute e-Alert

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December 05, 2005

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FIVE HIDDEN DANGERS OF YOUR MORNING SHOWER

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Willingly increase your risk of cancer... would you?

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Dear Reader,

What are your chances of developing colorectal cancer? Take this quick quiz to find out:

Do you have a close relative (sibling or parent) who has had colon polyps or has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer? Are you over age 65? Do you smoke? Do you drink alcohol? Do you exercise infrequently or not at all? Is your diet high in processed foods and low in fruits and vegetables? Do you live in an industrialized, western society?

As you've probably already guessed, colorectal cancer risk rises for every "yes" answer and lowers for every "no" answer. And those who smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day can add a couple more points to their risk score.

Some of the risk factors can't be altered, of course. If you're over 65, there's no way to unring that bell. And while we may fantasize about living in an unspoiled tropical paradise, most of us will remain in our industrialized home sweet home. But when it comes to diet modification, there's something we can do beyond eating more fruits and vegetables.

A new study from France confirms previous research about five key nutrients that may offer significant protection against the development of colorectal polyps; a precursor of cancer.

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Researchers at a digestive cancer center in Dijon, France, recently reported on a study in which colorectal polyp risk was compared to intake of dietary vitamins and beta-carotene. (Beta-carotene is a plant chemical that the body converts into vitamin A.)

Nutrient intakes were assessed in two groups: more than 360 subjects with polyps, and about 425 polyp-free subjects. The Dijon team found five nutrients that were associated with a lower risk of colorectal polyps: folate, beta-carotene, and vitamins B-6, C and D.

But beta-carotene received a special note.

Scientists are not yet sure why beta-carotene intake produces adverse effects among smokers. In the e-Alert "Live Long" (10/26/05), I told you about recent studies that show smokers are at higher risk of developing lung cancer when they have a large intake of beta-carotene and a low intake of other antioxidants.

In the Dijon study, data indicated that beta-carotene intake might increase colorectal polyp risk among smokers, while lowering risk among non-smokers. The researchers suggest that smokers avoid high doses of beta-carotene.

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In previous e-Alerts I've noted how calcium intake has also been shown to help reduce the risk of developing colon polyps.

Last year, researchers from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, published an analysis of data collected from 930 patients enrolled in the Calcium Polyp Prevention Study.

All of the study subjects had been diagnosed with colorectal polyps. Divided into two groups, participants received either a 1,200 mg daily supplement of calcium carbonate, or a placebo. Two colonoscopies were conducted approximately one year and four years after each subject's initial exams.

The researchers found that while calcium supplements may provide some protection against the development of polyps, the supplements proved most effective against advanced polyps. Subjects who received calcium supplements had generally fewer polyps compared to the placebo group. But as the lead author of the study, Dr. John A. Baron told Health Day News, calcium may help lower the risk of advanced polyps by as much as 45 percent.

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....and another thing

Two, Four, Six, Eight!

Our drug will make you feel just great!

Guess who has an inside track when it comes to landing jobs as pharmaceutical sales reps? Cheerleaders.

According to a recent New York Times article, "wholesomely sexy" college cheerleaders are being recruited nationwide to rechannel their powers of persuasion and join the ranks of those invariably good looking young salespeople who spend their days encouraging doctors to prescribe high profile drugs.

Under pressure from consumer groups and federal regulators, drug companies have supposedly scaled back from the practice of treating doctors to gifts, meals, golf rounds and vacations (see the e-Alert "The Drug Salesman the PhRMA's Daughter" 9/23/02). So if they can't win over doctors by sharing elaborate perks, what does a drug sales rep have to offer instead? You might be tempted to answer "sex appeal," but T. Lynn Williamson (a cheerleader advisor at the University of Kentucky) believes it's more than that.

Ms. Williamson told the Times that cheerleaders learn to exaggerate enthusiasm. And she adds: "They can get people to do what they want." Of course, a pretty face with a 200-watt smile doesn't hurt either.

An old sales adage goes: You don't sell the steak; you sell the sizzle. In that respect, the drug industry and cheerleaders are a perfect match. Most people don't really want to take powerful, expensive drugs unless they have to. So when drug companies set out to convince doctors that they should encourage patients to take more and more of these drugs, it helps to have aggressively enthusiastic salespeople who can deliver plenty of sizzle.

To Your Good Health,

Jenny Thompson

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Sources:

"Tobacco Use and Associations of Beta-Carotene and Vitamin Intakes with Colorectal Adenoma Risk" Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 135, No. 10, October 2005, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov "Gimme an Rx! Cheerleaders Pep Up Drug Sales" Stephanie Saul, The New York Times, 11/28/05, nytimes.com

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