Japanese iodine intake from edible seaweeds is amongst the highest in the world. Predicting
the type and amount of seaweed the Japanese consume is difficult due to day-to-day meal …

Experimental and epidemiologic studies support the view that soyfoods prevent cancer as
well as diseases and symptoms associated with estrogen deficiency. Recent research …

In this study we report on the content and bioactivity of plant (phyto) estrogens and progestins
in various foods, herbs, and spices, before and after human consumption. Over 150 herbs …

As first responders who are frequently exposed to job-related trauma, police officers are at
an elevated risk of adverse mental and physical health outcomes. Evidence-based …

There have been few studies of whether vitamin D insufficiency is linked with depression in
healthy young women despite women׳s high rates of both problems. Female undergraduates …

Nine human breast cancer cell lines in permanent tissue culture and currently available to
researchers have been assayed for their content of cytoplasmic estrogen receptors, …

We investigated the estrogenic activity of various environmental pollutants (xenobiotics), in
particular the xenoestrogen o,p-DDT, and compared their effects with those of endogenous …

Background: Now emerging as an important risk factor for type 1 diabetes, vitamin D deficiency
is also associated with obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes and has been …

In nonhumans, the sex steroid testosterone regulates reproductive behaviors such as fighting
between males and mating. In humans, correlational studies have linked testosterone with …

The role of cytoplasmic estrogen receptor (ER) assays in determining therapeutic strategies
for advanced breast cancer is certainly well established. The use of ER assays in the …