Obesity boosts cancer risk, says health review
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Being obese boosts the risk of half a dozen types of cancer, and the odds strengthen as one's waistline thickens, according to a major review published on Saturday by The Lancet.
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ONE of the most comprehensive studies ever undertaken into health in Scotland has revealed devastating evidence of a link between childhood obesity and an increased risk of cancer.
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MINNEAPOLIS There&#39;s more evidence suggesting older women who are overweight are at a higher risk of getting cancer. University of Minnesota researchers conclude that being overweight can more than double an
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NEW YORK  - An Australian study hints that diets with high amounts of meat and fat compared with those rich in vegetables and fruit appear to increase the risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the skin -- one of the most common forms of skin cancer.
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Findings from a new study  suggest that obesity per se is not a risk factor for organ  failure or death. However, the risk is increased with diabetes,  which often develops in people with a high body mass index  (BMI).
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Long-term insulin use by patients with type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk of colon cancer, according to research reported in the medical journal Gastroenterology.
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Louis Aronne, president of the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, says whether obesity surpasses tobacco as the leading cause of preventable deaths &quot;this year or next year
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NEW YORK  - New research does not support the general belief that obesity increases bone mass and is therefore good for bone health. A study, in which investigators corrected for the mechanical loading effect of increasing body weight, suggests the opposite.
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Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but expanding waistlines also increase the risk for at least nine types of cancer, US research suggests.
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Rising levels of obesity in Britain could lead to as many as 12,000 new cases of weight-related cancer each year by the end of the decade, a leading charity warned on Tuesday.
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Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but expanding waistlines increase the risk for at least nine types of cancer, too. And with the obesity epidemic showing no signs of waning, specialists say they need to better understand how fat cells fuels cancer growth so they might fight back...
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NEW YORK  - People who are just moderately overweight have an increased risk developing heart disease, even if they are otherwise healthy, according to pooled data from published studies.
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Extremely obese people who have weight-loss surgeries experience dramatic improvements in their health, according to a study in Wednesday&#39;s Journal of the American Medical Association.
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A new study suggests a man's weight may affect the accuracy of a common test to detect prostate cancer, leading researchers to warn that doctors could be missing the dangerous cancer in obese men.
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Obese people may be less likely to develop prostate cancer but more likely to die  of it, a study suggests.
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NEW YORK  - Although obesity increases the risk of developing kidney cancer, patients with greater body mass index (BMI) seem to have less aggressive disease, according to researchers. BMI, the ratio of weight to height, is a common means of estimating whether someone is overweight or underweight.
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If you thought eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables would lower your risk of developing cancer, think again. Researchers from Harvard have released data from what can only be described as a very controversial study.