URO TODAY: Vitamin B(12) and (in cohort studies) folate are associated with increased prostate cancer risk, according to a new study. READ MORE>
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Folic acid – now in our bread – increases prostate cancer risk, new study finds
Posted in Folic acid, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RISKS, Vitamin B12, tagged bread, cancer research, catheter, folate, folic acid, increased prostate cancer risk, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, URO TODAY, Vitamin B(12) on June 20, 2010| 1 Comment »
NZ government abandons plans to make folate compulsory in bread
Posted in Folic acid, PROSTATE CANCER, tagged bread and folate, folate in breasd, folic acid in bread, folic cancer risk, NZ government, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, STRAIGHT FURROW on August 30, 2009| Leave a Comment »
STRAIGHT FURROW: Australia will go it alone next month when it begins the mandatory fortification of bread-making flour with synthetic folate, considered a possible prostate cancer risk by some researchers. READ MORE>
Folic acid delay angers those who support adding it to NZ bread
Posted in Folic acid, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RISKS, tagged counter-attack, folate campaigners, folic acid delay, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, TVNZ on July 19, 2009| Leave a Comment »
JULY 19: TVNZ: Campaigners against adding folic acid to bread in NZ have drawn a counter-attack from folate supporters, who say the dangers – including prostate cancer risk – have been exaggerated. READ MORE>
Prostate cancer suspect folic acid won’t be added to our bread after all
Posted in Folic acid, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RISKS, tagged bakers, bread, folate, folic acid, Key Government, NZ Cabinet, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, prostate cancer risk, Sunday Star-Times on July 19, 2009| Leave a Comment »
JULY 19: SUNDAY STAR-TIMES: The NZ government’s plan to put folic acid – a suspected prostate cancer risk – in the country’s bread will be abandoned at tomorrow’s meeting of Cabinet, the paper predicts. READ MORE>
“The Key government will announce this week that it is throwing out the former government’s policy.
“Cabinet is expected to formalise the government’s position when it meets tomorrow, effectively putting the controversial issue on the back burner for three years and, crucially, beyond the next election.”
Otago scientist challenged on conference report that folic acid will be cleared of cancer link
Posted in Folic acid, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RESEARCH, PROSTATE RISKS, tagged bread, cancer research, Dominion Post, folic acid, Foof Safety Minister, Homocysteine Metabolism, Kate Wilkinson, mandatory fortification of foods, Murray Skeaff, Norwegian study, Prague conference, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, risk of cancer on July 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »
JULY 16: DOMINION POST: A UK scientist and one from Norway have challenged Otago University professor Murray Skeaff’s report from a Prague conference that a study due out soon will clear folic acid of its potential links to prostate cancer.
They say he omitted to mention a Norwegian study presented to the meeting – which found an overall increased risk of cancer in two trials (including deaths) – and point out the Prague conference on Homocysteine Metabolism last month voted by majority to oppose mandatory fortification of foods with folic acid. READ MORE>
FOLIC ACID and PROSTATE CANCER: NZ government must tread carefully with mass medication, says newspaper
Posted in Folic acid, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RISKS, tagged bread, cancer research, Dominion Post editorial, excessive folate, folic acid, higher rates of prostate cancer, Kate Wilkinson, mass medication, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, Tom Scott cartoon on July 16, 2009| 1 Comment »
JULY 16: DOMINION POST: Any decision to mass-medicate a population cannot be taken lightly, says the paper in an editorial today. First, there are safety concerns: two peer-reviewed US studies have linked excessive folate to higher rates of prostate cancer in men and inflammatory bowel disease in children. There has also been concern that in elderly people, high levels of folic acid might mask low levels of B12, which can lead to neurological damage. READ MORE>
Australia lets NZ off the hook over joint rule to introduce folic acid to bread
Posted in Folic acid, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE RISKS, tagged Australian parliamentary secretary for health Mark Butler, bakers, bread, Dominion Post, folic acid, prostablog, prostate, prostate blog, PROSTATE CANCER, trans-Tasman standard on July 15, 2009| Leave a Comment »
JULY 15: DOMINION POST: New Zealand has effectively been given the green light to axe rules forcing bakers to add folic acid to bread from September. The office of Australian parliamentary secretary for health Mark Butler told Wellington’s Dominion Post newspaper it was New Zealand’s call whether to proceed with the trans-Tasman standard, agreed in 2007. READ MORE>
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