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Cancer
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High-dose vitamin D did not slow advanced bowel cancer
A 455-patient phase 3 trial run through the US National Clinical Trials Network added high-dose vitamin D3 to standard chemotherapy for metastatic colorectal cancer. It did not delay progression.
Aug 6, 2026
Selenium: uses, evidence, dosing and safety
Selenium is essential, and supplementing it when you are not short of it is the clearest honest-no in the supplement aisle. Cochrane found no cancer benefit at high certainty, plus signals of harm.
Aug 5, 2026
Anti-inflammatory diet linked to longer life after cancer
In 7,686 Swedish patients with cancer of the prostate, bladder or kidney, those eating a more anti-inflammatory diet beforehand were less likely to die of anything. The link to dying of the cancer itself was weak.
Aug 4, 2026
Younger generations are aging faster, and cancer tracks it
Across 154,169 UK Biobank adults, a blood-based measure of biological age was higher in each successive birth cohort, and people who were biologically older for their years had more early-onset cancer.
Aug 4, 2026