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Sunday, May 18, 2008
Vitamin D may lower breast cancer risk
WASHINGTON: Breast cancer patients with lower levels of vitamin D were far more likely to die and far more likely to have their cancer spread than women with normal levels, Canadian researchers reported late on Friday. Women deficient in the “sunshine vitamin” when they were diagnosed with breast cancer were 94 per cent more likely to have their cancer spread and were 73 per cent more likely to die than women with adequate vitamin D levels, the researchers said. More than three-quarters of women with breast cancer had a vitamin D deficiency, the researchers reported to an upcoming meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology. “The women with the lowest vitamin D levels had the highest risk of death from breast cancer,” Dr Richard Schilsky, of the University of Chicago and president-elect of ASCO, told Reuters in an interview. “We are seeing an association. It is possible that vitamin D is simply a marker for healthy lifestyle.
Gitmo war crimes trial delayed
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: A military judge on Saturday postponed the first war crimes tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, saying he wants to wait until the Supreme Court makes its highly anticipated ruling on the right of detainees to challenge their confinement in civil courts. Navy Capt. Keith Allred ruled the trial for Osama bin Laden’s former driver should be delayed seven weeks, until July 21, in case the Supreme Court ruling affects his case. He scheduled pre trial hearings to begin a week earlier. A Supreme Court ruling is expected by June 30. Defence lawyers for Salim Ahmed Hamdan, whose trial was scheduled to start June 2, had requested a postponement. Military prosecutors had said they were eager to go to trial. The military judge’s ruling is the latest in a series of delays for the government as it tries to prosecute Hamdan, a Yemeni, for acting as bin Laden’s personal driver in Afghanistan, helping him to evade US retribution following the Sept 11 attacks.
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