Study: Obesity Independently Impacts Prostate Cancer Screening
When interpreting prostate cancer screening test results, physicians should consider the impact of a patient's body mass index, regardless of race.
New Diet-Cancer Research Shows Variety to be Key to Cancer Prevention
Researchers studying the diet-cancer link are devoting a new level of scientific attention to a dietary factor that many people take for granted - variety.
Diabetes Increases Risk of Developing and Dying from Breast and Colon Cancer
Researchers have found that diabetic patients not only have an increased risk of developing breast and colon cancer but an even higher risk of dying from them.
Diabetes Doubles Risk of Liver Disease and Liver Cancer
Researchers have shown that diabetes can cause chronic liver disease and cancer of the liver.
Insulin Levels and Resistance Linked to Risk of Pancreatic Cancer
Higher insulin concentrations and insulin resistance are associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer in men.
Easy Way to Cut Disease Risk: Assess Physical Activity
A new study looked at the benefits when clinicians counsel patients on their physical activity - and how routine assessments lower the risk of...
Cancer Drug Use Leads to Diabetes
A drug widely used by cancer and transplant patients also comes with a downside: it leads to diabetes in as many as 15 percent of the people who take it.
Study Links High Carbohydrate Diet To Increased Breast Cancer Risk
Researchers find the risk of developing breast cancer twice as great in Mexican women, for whom carbs represent more than half the daily diet.
