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Study finds vitamin D does not protect against most cancers
QIMR Berghofer researchers have found vitamin D levels do not influence a person’s risk of developing most common cancers, suggesting that widespread use of vitamin D supplements is unlikely to prevent cancer.
The study used genetic markers of vitamin D to examine the relationship between vitamin D and endometrial, ovarian, oesophageal, prostate, pancreatic and lung cancers, as well as neuroblastoma, melanoma, and basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the skin.
While they did not find a link between most of the cancers, the researchers did confirm previous research that found women who were genetically predisposed to having higher levels of vitamin D had a slightly lower risk of developing ovarian cancer.
My Weekly Latest Issue March 9
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Here at My Weekly we are always fond of a nice slice of cake. We also enjoy the odd chocolate bar too, so it’s perhaps surprising it’s taken us so long to come up with the idea for this week’s cookery – combining the two for an amazing treat! (p18) Even a sweet tooth as legendary as mine may struggle with the culinary delights inside, but I will certainly give them all a good try. We’re continuing the chocolate theme in our travel pages. (p42) A holiday of any kind may be the stuff of dreams for now, but hopefully not for too much longer! Have a great week.
Online DNA tests extremely unreliable at detecting rare disease-causing genetic variations abc.net.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from abc.net.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Globally 78 million people have glaucoma. That is every one in 200 people aged 40, which rises to one in eight by age 80.
Most people with glaucoma are not aware of it as most glaucoma patients have zero symptoms.
Catch the disease early and you have a great chance of preserving your vision for the years to come.
Ahead of World Glaucoma Week (7-13 March 2021, #glaucomaweek), Australian researchers published the largest genetic study of glaucoma identifying 44 new genetic variants that may lead to new treatment targets.
Ten Australian institutions involving some of the country’s most prominent glaucoma researchers – including Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor Jamie Craig and Flinders University colleagues with the Australian and New Zealand Registry of Advanced Glaucoma (ANZRAG) consortium – were involved in the international effort which analysed genes in more than 34,000 people with glaucoma across multiple ancestries for the first time.