New research shows that people who eat a high-fat diet may be more likely to develop pancreatic cancer, especially if their dietary fat comes from animal foods, such as meat and dairy products. That finding appears in the July 15 edition of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. ‘Our study demonstrated a positive association between dietary intake of total fat, particularly fat from animal sources,’ researcher Rachael Stolzenberg-Solomon, PhD, RD, tells WebMD. ‘The strongest associations we observed were from meat and dairy products.’ Stolzenberg-Solomon, who is a nutritional epidemiologist at the National Cancer Institute, says previous studies have shown mixed results on whether dietary fat is associated with pancreatic cancer risk. The new study included more than half a million U.S. adults. When the study started, none of them had pancreatic cancer. Participants completed surveys about their diets over the previous year, which showed fat intake ranging from 20% to 40% of calories. People who ate a lot of fat were ‘regular eaters of fat from animals,’ Stolzenberg-Solomon said. Participants were followed for six years, on average. During that time, 865 of the men and 472 of the women were diagnosed with pancreatic […]

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ROME — The first-ever scientific tests on what are believed to be the remains of the Apostle Paul ‘seem to conclude’ that they do indeed belong to the Roman Catholic saint, Pope Benedict XVI said Sunday. Archaeologists recently unearthed and opened the white marble sarcophagus located under the Basilica of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls in Rome, which for some 2,000 years has been believed by the faithful to be the tomb of St. Paul. Benedict said scientists had conducted carbon dating tests on bone fragments found inside the sarcophagus and confirmed that they date from the first or second century. ‘This seems to confirm the unanimous and uncontested tradition that they are the mortal remains of the Apostle Paul,’ Benedict said, announcing the findings at a service in the basilica to mark the end of the Vatican’s Paoline year, in honor of the apostle. Paul, along with Peter, are the two main figures known for spreading the Christian faith after the death of Christ. According to tradition, St. Paul, also known as the apostle of the Gentiles, was beheaded in Rome in the 1st century during the persecution of early Christians by Roman emperors. […]

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2010 Honda Fit Hybrid The 2010 Honda Fit could surprise and melt down other hybrid car competitors because of its low price. Honda will release the Fit Hybrid in the Fall of 2010 with a lower target price. By: Rob Adams Published: Jun 28, 2009 The 2010 Honda Fit could surprise and melt down other hybrid car competitors bec The schedule release for the 2010 Honda Fit Hybrid has been pushed up a year and a half. The Fit Hybrid will release in the Fall of 2010 instead of the Spring of 2012. Honda didn’t say exactly why they made this change, but this is good news for consumers looking for a hybrid car with a target price of just $15,800. Honda Fit will be advertised as a ‘hybrid for everyone’ in a future marketing campaign. The automaker is wanting to add more Honda Hybrids in an effort to become more competitive in the market. Electric cars are also in hot demand right now in Japan and the United States. One other thing that’s interesting to note is that Honda has announced it will team up with Japanese firm GS Yuasa to develop […]

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Since the United States invaded Afghanistan, the country’s number one cash crop, opium, has repeatedly broken production records. By some estimates, the occupied territory now supplies some 90 percent of the world’s poppies. So far, eradication efforts have merely fueled the Taliban’s coffers and driven civilian farmers further outside of U.S. influence. Because of this, the United States has formed a new strategy in the fight against the crop: They are giving up. ‘The Western policies against the opium crop, the poppy crop, have been a failure, said Richard Holbrooke, America’s envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, speaking to a G8 conference on Afghanistan. ‘They did not result in any damage to the Taliban, but they put farmers out of work. We are not going to support crop eradication. We’re going to phase it out, he told Reuters. He said the new U.S. strategy will focus on intercepting chemicals used to refine opium into heroin. Troops will also attempt to target the country’s most powerful drug barons, although this has been a component of counter-narcotics in the country since the invasion. ‘The Taliban […] derives up to $100 million a year from the poppy harvest by […]

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EVANSTON, Ill. — To many, New York Gov. Eliott Spitzer’s fall from grace seemed to make no sense at all. But a new Northwestern University study offers provocative insights that possibly could relate to why the storm trooper of reform — formerly known as the Sheriff of Wall Street — seemingly went from saint to sinner overnight. The study suggests that people with ample moral self-worth in one aspect of their lives can slip into immorality or opposite behavior in other areas — their abundant self-esteem somehow pushing them to balance out all that goodness. Think, for example, of that sugar- and fat-laden concoction that you wolf down after an especially vigorous run, said Douglas Medin, professor of psychology in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern. ‘That pretty much eliminates the benefits of running an extra 20 minutes,’ he said. Northwestern’s Sonya Sachdeva, Rumen Iliev and Medin are co-authors of ‘Sinning Saints and Saintly Sinners: The Paradox of Moral Self-Regulation,’ published by the journal Psychological Science. Conversely, the study shows, people who engage in immoral behavior cleanse themselves with good work. Other studies have shown the moral-cleansing effect, but this new Northwestern […]

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