A large body of research demonstrates alcohol consumption of greater than 2 standard drinks per day can increase the risk of cancer such as breast, prostate, bowel, stomach, oesophageal, liver and mouth cancer. So the message is avoid drinking daily alcohol and if you do, no more than 2 standard drinks per day. A standard […]
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Eating more nuts and peanut butter can help protect against the development of gastric cancer. Maryam Hashemian, Gwen Murphy, Arash Etemadi, Sanford M Dawsey, Linda M Liao, and Christian C Abnet. Nut and peanut butter consumption and the risk of esophageal and gastric cancer subtypes. First published August 2, 2017, doi: 10.3945/ajcn.117.159467 Am J Clin […]
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Active surveillance & a healthy lifestyle compared to surgery may play a role in older men with slow growing localised prostate cancer. Timothy J. Wilt, M.D., M.P.H., Karen M. Jones, M.S., Michael J. Barry, M.D., Gerald L. Andriole, M.D., Daniel Culkin, M.D., Thomas Wheeler, M.D., William J. Aronson, M.D., and Michael K. Brawer, M.D. Follow-up […]
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Rural versus city living. Living in the country has a lower risk of developing cancer but higher death rates possibly due to lack of access to treatment according to USA statistics. S. Jane Henley, MSPH; Robert N. Anderson, PhD; Cheryll C. Thomas, MSPH; Greta M. Massetti, PhD; Brandy Peaker, MD; Lisa C. Richardson, MD. Invasive […]
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