Article: FOLIC ACID HITS GENE-BASED COLON CANCER

Article: Folic acid - colon cancer's foe. ...
Medical Update;  December 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... still have a risk of colon cancer greater than someone ... foregoing is proof that folic acid prevents colon cancer, scientists are ... very high doses, folic acid is well tolerated ... reducing risk of colon cancer. For an in-depth ...

Article: Study says people at risk for colon cancer should ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  March 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... of the nutrient folic acid, a new study suggests ... or parent with colon cancer is thought to double ... predicted this year. "Folic acid is one of the more ... particularly colon cancer," Thun said ... people with low folic acid intake and a sibling or parent ...

Article: Folic Acid Reduces Women's Risk of Colon ...
AORN Journal;  April 1, 1999 ;     436 words ... ... women could avoid colon cancer if they make getting plenty of folic acid a life-long habit ... highest intake of folic acid (ie, at least 400 ... least likely to have colon cancer. According to the article, folic acid is available in green ...

Article: Folic acid hits gene-based colon ...
United Press International;  March 13, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... 400 micrograms of folic acid can eliminate the ... risk of developing colon cancer, researchers reported ... family history of colon cancer regularly got high levels of folic acid, or folate, in ... the excess risk of colon cancer stemming from family ...

Article: Folic acid linked to colon cancer
Chicago Sun-Times;  June 6, 2007 ;     332 words ...High doses of folic acid do not prevent precancerous ... studies showed diets low in folic acid led to a higher risk of colon cancer. Now researchers speculate that some folic acid helps -- as long as the colon ...

Article: Multivitamins May Prevent Colon Cancer; Study ...
The Washington Post;  October 20, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... s not clear how folic acid, also known as ... people against colon cancer, but researchers ... to think that {folic acid}, which prevents ... could also prevent colon cancer." "The bottom ... also have linked folic acid consumption with a lower risk of ...

Article: Does the vitamin folic acid cause colon ...
Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.;  June 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... micrograms (1 mg) of folic acid for 10 years. Both my parents died of colon cancer. I am concerned ... and cereals with folic acid in 1998. Since ... in the number of colon cancer cases, but there ... fortification with folic acid to this blip ...