Alcohol, Diabetes, Hepatitis Up Liver Cancer Risk
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NEW YORK  - Heavy alcohol use, diabetes,  and viral hepatitis combine synergistically to raise the risk  of developing liver cancer, according to a new report.
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All types of alcohol &#151; wine, beer or liquor &#151; add equally to the risk of developing breast cancer in women, American researchers said Thursday.
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Life & style: Serious liver disease is rising fast in young people. All it takes is a few pints of lager and glasses of wine a week. Lucy Atkins reports.
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Drinking red wine every day can cut the chances of getting lung cancer by 13 per cent, researchers claim. But rosÃ and white wine make no difference in warding off the disease, the most common cancer in Britain.
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New research has found a higher risk of leukemia among older overweight women, offering another piece of evidence that carrying extra pounds can increase your chance of getting cancer.
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levated blood sugar increases the risk of heart disease, not only in people with diabetes but also in those with high-normal readings not considered diabetic.
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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  - The risk of developing a type  of kidney cancer, renal cell carcinoma, is directly related to  body mass index (BMI) and to the increase in BMI since age 20,  according to the findings from two new European studies.
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TUESDAY, Feb. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Coffee drinkers may have reason to smile: Daily coffee consumption seems to reduce the risk of liver cancer, a new study finds.
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Men with type 2 diabetes seem to be less likely to develop prostate cancer, overall, a new study indicates.
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NEW YORK  - A review of published studies shows a clear and consistent relationship between drinking sugary (non-diet) soft drinks and poor nutrition, increased risk for obesity -- and increased risk for diabetes.
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Drinking does not appear to be  associated with the overall incidence of prostate cancer,  according to findings published in the International Journal of  Cancer. However, men who drink alcohol may have a lower risk of  having an aggressive prostate cancer and dying from this  cancer.
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Eating lots of sugar and  sugar-sweetened foods could increase a person's likelihood of  developing cancer of the pancreas, by far one of the deadliest  types of cancer, Swedish researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - Older women who drink two or more alcoholic beverages a day may have an elevated risk of endometrial cancer, a new study suggests.
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Metabolic syndrome -- the cluster of symptoms such as obesity and high blood pressure that can lead to diabetes and heart disease -- seems to be less frequent among people who consume moderate amounts of alcohol, a new study suggests.
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That hot cup of coffee may do more than just provide a tasty energy boost. It also may help prevent the most common type of liver cancer. A study of more than 90,000 Japanese found that people who drank coffee daily or nearly every day had half the liver cancer risk of those who never drank coffee.
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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.