Cancer Prevention
The Lies We’ve Been Told About Alcohol
And the facts everyone should know. It took only seven years for cigarette sales to dip after the U.S. Public Health Service’s first public acknowledgment that smoking causes cancer. Drinking ...
60% of American Baby Foods Fall Short of Global Nutritional Guidelines, Study Finds
"Work is needed to improve the nutritional quality of commercially produced infant and toddler foods" Feeling confident with the baby food you're purchasing? You may want to re-check those nutrition labels. A ...
More Men Are Dying From Cancer. A New Study Helps Explain Why
Information about the global cancer incidence in males is currently limited. A new study investigates 30 cancer types in males and makes projected prevalence and mortality estimates for 2050. The ...
GLP-1 Drugs like Wegovy May Help Stave Off Some Cancers
Drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound have transformed treatment for obesity and diabetes. Now researchers are excited about their potential impact on other conditions, including addiction and sleep apnea — ...
Hormone-Disrupting Fungicides Found on Most Citrus Fruit Samples
Tests commissioned by EWG in 2020 found the two hormone-disrupting fungicides, imazalil and thiabendazole, on nearly 90 percent of non-organic citrus fruit samples. More than half the samples contained both ...
Gen X, Millennials Face Higher Risk of Certain Cancers than Older Generations
Researchers aren’t sure why but say a combination of factors, including obesity, more sedentary behavior, common medications or chemical exposures, is possible. Younger generations have a heightened risk of some ...
Making One Diet Change For 8 Weeks Could Turn Back The Clock on Aging
A new study suggests it doesn't take long for a diet free of animal products to slow biological aging rates, with the heart, liver, and hormonal and inflammatory systems all benefitting from ...
Why Does Cancer Risk Skyrocket As We Age? How ‘Inflammaging’ is the New Tool to End the Disease
One of the biggest mysteries of cancer is why it predominantly and almost exclusively targets people in middle age or older. During the first five decades of life, you’re twice ...
100% of Toxic “Forever Chemicals” Break Down Overnight in New Reaction
Scientists in Japan have developed a new method for breaking down toxic “forever chemicals” quickly and at room temperature. The technique broke down 100% of certain types of these pollutants ...
4 in 10 U.S. Cancer Cases Linked to Smoking, Other Modifiable Risks
Risk factors identified included smoking cigarettes, secondhand smoke, excess body weight, alcohol consumption, and consumption of red and processed meat. Modifiable risk factors such as smoking were linked to about ...
Scientists Investigating Explosion of Colon Cancers in Young People Make ‘Profound’ Discoveries About Diet
A group of researchers currently working to determine why young people are getting diagnosed with colon cancer at alarming rates wound up making some "profound" discoveries about our diets. People ...
It’s Not Just Smoking — Here’s What Causes Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer among men (behind prostate cancer) and women (behind breast cancer) in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. Nearly a quarter of a million ...