Women's cancer risk may increase the longer they're obese
Conclusion
This study adds to evidence that being overweight or obese for long periods of time may increase the risk of certain cancers, just as it increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
The study's size and use of BMI measurements over time mean it is likely to be more reliable than smaller studies, or those that look at BMI only at one time point. The design allows researchers to look at how weight during a lifetime, rather than at one single point in life, may affect cancer risk.
However, there are limitations. It's an observational study, so while researchers took account of known confounding facto...
Source: NHS News Feed - August 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Obesity Source Type: news
Soda and Other Sweet Drinks Tied to Risk for Some Rare Cancers Soda and Other Sweet Drinks Tied to Risk for Some Rare Cancers
People who drink lots of soda or other sugary beverages may have a higher risk of developing biliary tract cancer, particularly gallbladder cancer, a Swedish study suggests. < br / > < i > Reuters Health Information < /i > (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - July 15, 2016 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Soda and Other Sweet Drinks Tied to Risk for Some Rare CancersSoda and Other Sweet Drinks Tied to Risk for Some Rare Cancers
People who drink lots of soda or other sugary beverages may have a higher risk of developing biliary tract cancer, particularly gallbladder cancer, a Swedish study suggests. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Gastroenterology Headlines - July 15, 2016 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Cancer and Sugar: Study Suggests a Link
(MedPage Today) -- Large prospective study finds higher risk of gallbladder cancer (Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology)
Source: MedPage Today Endocrinology - June 8, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
Do These Four Things to Cut Your Cancer Risk
This study found that overall, 20% to 40% of carcinoma cases and about half of carcinoma deaths could potentially be prevented through certain lifestyle modifications.
Here are the 4 lifestyle behaviors that if practiced throughout a lifetime, were found to be linked to a lower rate of cancer incidence and death:
1. Don't smoke
The study revealed that smoking contributed to 48.5% of deaths from the 12 smoking-related cancers in the United States including lung, pancreas, bladder, stomach, colon/rectal and esophagus.
The message here is plain and simple -- don't ever start smoking and if you already are, quit. Smokin...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Duke cancer care in Wake County
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Cancer
Anal cancer
Bile duct cancer
Bladder cancer
Breast cancer
Colon cancer
Esophageal cancer
Gallbladder cancer
Kidney cancer
Liver cancer
Lung cancer
Oral cancer
Ovarian cancer
Pancreatic cancer
Prostate cancer
Rectal cancer
Skin cancers
Skull base tumor
Spine cancer
Stomach cancer
Testicular cancer
Throat and voice box cancer
Thyroid cancer
Tracheal cancer
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Source: dukehealth.org: Duke Health News - May 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dg62 Source Type: news
Off-label use could broaden contrast ultrasound in U.S.
Tired of waiting for U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance of ultrasound...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
AIUM: Contrast US biopsy combo finds high-grade prostate cancer
CEUS shines for indeterminate small renal masses
CEUS can monitor antiangiogenic therapy in children
ICUS: Ultrasound contrast backers urge new approach
Contrast US flexes muscle against gallbladder disease (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 1, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Minority Cancer Awareness: What Everyone Should Know
Every April the American Cancer Society and other organizations work together to raise awareness about cancer among minorities in honor of National Minority Health Month and National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, celebrated this year April 10-16. Cancer affects different populations differently, and minority groups in the United States continue to bear a greater cancer burden than whites. Much of this difference is due to factors like poverty and lack of access to prevention/detection services and high-quality treatment, according to reports produced by the American Cancer Society. For instance, African Americans and His...
Source: American Cancer Society :: News and Features - March 22, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Disparities Source Type: news
How India’s Nuclear Industry Created A River Of Death, According to Court Case Claims
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Genomics Moves From the Lab to the Doctor's Office
By Diana Brazzell, Co-Founder & Executive Editor, Footnote
This post was originally published on Footnote, a website that brings academic research and ideas to a broader audience.
Since the discovery of DNA, people have anticipated how deciphering the secrets in our genes might one day transform medicine. The first commonly used genetic tests appeared in the 1970s and the full human genome was sequenced in 2003. But it is only in the past decade, as sequencing technology advanced rapidly and the price tag plummeted, that genomic medicine has started to become a reality.(a) We're finally gaining access to a huge piece of ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 15, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
The effects of sleep deprivation on surgeons — and their patients
If your surgeon was working the night before, would you want him or her to perform your surgery the next day? The answer to whether a sleep-deprived surgeon is a safe surgeon may surprise you, according to a recent study published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Over the past decade, concerns regarding trainee doctors’ lack of sleep and the potential for medical errors have brought changes in the number of consecutive hours a trainee can remain in the hospital. Although this is safer in theory, it also brings up a concern that limiting hours in the hospital may also limit a trainee’s experience and produce ...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - September 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Anant Mandawat, MD Tags: Sleep sleep deprivation sleep deprived surgeons Source Type: news
SWOG Trial Defines a Regimen for Biliary CancerSWOG Trial Defines a Regimen for Biliary Cancer
Adjuvant capecitabine and gemcitabine followed by radiotherapy and capecitabine was well tolerated and effective in the treatment of extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder carcinoma. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - July 27, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Catching Dick: Not Why We Care About Weight
Amy Schumer said in her humorous acceptance speech at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards: "I'm like 160 pounds right now, and I can catch a dick whenever I want, and that's the truth."
The line, like many in her speech, is obviously very funny. But the humor is directed at a misperception that is not so funny. With our society's superficial focus on youth and appearance, we have emphasized all the wrong reasons for maintaining a healthy body weight, which has nothing to do with "catching dick." We are sold the idea that remaining slim is primarily important as a means of attracting the opposite sex, rather than as a p...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 4, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins (with audio)
(MedPage Today) -- This week's topics include dangers of newer oral contraceptives, elevated thyroid hormone and fractures, aflatoxin and gallbladder cancer, and HDL cholesterol efflux and heart disease (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - May 30, 2015 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Typhoid control key to prevent gallbladder cancer in India
The findings establish for the first time the causal link between bacterial infection and gallbladder cancer. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - May 29, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
