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Obesity, dietary fats affect prostate cancer risk

A new study published in the Jul-Aug 2009 issue of Actas Urologicas Españolas suggests that being obese and eating too much of fats may raise

Obesity related to more than 100,000 cancer cases a year

By Sheilah Downey In addition to being a risk factor for many diseases including diabetes and H1N1 swine flu, obesity is said to be the cause ...
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Foods That Fight Cancer

Foods That Fight Cancer?No single food or food component can protect you against cancer by itself. But scientists believe that the combination of foods in ...
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Vitamin D prevents breast cancer - study

Editor's note: October is the Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In this month, we'd encourage women to learn something that they can use to prevent the ...
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NUTRITION NOTES: Changing the Picture for Senior Cancer Survivors

  August 17, 2009 Contact: Mya R. Nelson, (202) 328-7744   Changing the Picture for Senior Cancer Survivors   Karen Collins, MS, RD, CDN American Institute for Cancer Research   Plans to control ...
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Einstein scientists link elevated insulin to increased breast cancer risk (press release)

Contact: Deirdre Branleysciencenews@aecom.yu.edu718-430-2923Albert Einstein College of Medicine Einstein scientists link elevated insulin to increased breast cancer riskFindings on older women based on women's health initiative studyJuly ...
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Folic acid may boost colorectal cancer risk

Thursday April 9, 2009 (foodconsumer.org) -- Several decades ago, studies showed a direct correlation between a lack of folic acid in early pregnancy and Neural ...
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Drinking Hot Tea May Cause Throat Cancer

Drinking hot tea may increase the risk of developing throat cancer, a study published in the March 26, 2009, issue of the British Medical Journal ...
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Breast cancer: What you need to know

Tuesday August 5, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) – Actress Christina Applegate, known for playing Kelly Bundy on the TV comedy "Married with Children," has been diagnosed with ...
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Sodium raises gastric cancer risk, vitamin E reduces it

SATURDAY August 2, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) -- Published in the July 31, 2008, issue of the Annals of Oncology, a study suggests that a high intake ...
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