Breathing space

Researchers in Hong Kong conducted a study to observe the effects of green tea polyphenols on lungs exposed to cigarette smoke.
Rats were separated into four groups: One group was exposed to normal air, one to air with 4 per cent cigarette smoke, one to normal air and fed green tea, and one to cigarette [...]

New project will enlist 150,000 women to improve breast cancer care

Tagged the Athena Breast Health Network, researchers from five schools including University of California San Diego will enroll and track 150,000 women for more than a decade, compiling data that will lead to more comprehensive understanding, prevention and treatment of breast cancer.
Researchers designed the project based on the 1948 Framingham Heart Study, which changed heart [...]

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Back in 1997, the scientists at Johns Hopkins studied the effects of sulforaphane on animal breast tissue. Since then, the studies keep coming.
BroccoSprouts is a proud sponsor of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. We will be attending the Baltimore Race on October 18th.
Please consider donating to the [...]

They have a winner!

The Tea Council USA has chosen the winning video of their 2009 Calm-a-Sutra $15,000 scholarship competition. Entitled “A Cuple of Tea,” the actors portray a tea couple with marital problems.
All submissions had to be original one-to-two minute Internet videos that contained at least one valid message regarding tea’s health benefits. Judging was [...]