http://healthhubs.net/cancer A regularly updated blog with comprehensive news and information on all forms of cancer. Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:18:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A recent Japanese study, published by the British Journal of Cancer in September this year, has found that women who get six or less hours sleep a night are much more likely to develop breast cancer than the rest of the population. The study involved 23,995 Japanese women aged between 40 ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/lack-of-sleep-increases-breast-cancer-risk-by-inhibiting-melatonin-production/ A study, published in the peer reviewed medical journal Nutrition and Cancer, has found that walnuts can dramatically cut the growth rate of breast tumors in mice. The study, conducted by researchers at the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at the Marshall University School of Medicine in West Virginia, USA, involved ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/walnuts-slow-growth-of-breast-cancer-cells/ A study, published this month in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers, And Prevention, has suggested that smokers may be able to reduce their risk of developing lung cancer by as much as 60% by consuming at least one glass of red wine each day. The research was conducted by scientists at ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/red-wine-might-reduce-lung-cancer-risk-in-smokers/ A high intake of dairy products can increase the risk of prostate cancer by as much as 30% according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2001. The researchers, based at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, used data from the Physicians' Health Study which involved ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/dairy-products-linked-to-increased-risk-of-prostate-cancer/ A low intake of fruit and vegetables, and a high fat diet may be risk factors for bladder cancer according to the findings of a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology in April 2000. The study involved the analysis of 38 previous research studies on the impact of diet ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/diets-high-in-fat-low-in-fruit-vegetables-linked-to-bladder-cancer/ A form of Vitamin E known as alpha-tocopherol may reduce both the risk of developing and dying from prostate cancer according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The study, which was published back in 1998 by researchers at the Department of Public Health in Helsinki, ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/vitamin-e-supplementation-decreases-risk-of-prostate-cancer/ A new study has found that men who eat at least 400g of broccoli a week (around three servings) may be at a decreased risk of developing prostate cancer due to broccoli's ability to modify the expression of certain genes involved in the development of prostate cancer. The study was carried ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/broccoli-rich-diets-ward-off-prostate-cancer/ Women with large waist sizes may be up to 70% more likely to develop pancreatic cancer according to a new study published this month in the British Journal of Cancer. The study, which was headed by Dr Juhua Luo of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, involved the study of almost 140,000 ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/abdominal-fat-may-be-linked-to-pancreatic-cancer/ A new study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has found that Vitamin D is not effective in reducing the risk of developing prostate cancer. Recent studies have found a link between vitamin D levels and a reduction in the risk of many forms of cancer such as ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/vitamin-d-not-effective-in-reducing-prostate-cancer-risk/ A new study, conducted by Swedish researchers at the Karolinska Institute, has suggested that men who engage in moderate physical exercise in a regular basis have a reduced risk of developing and subsequently dying from cancer. The study was published this month in the British Journal of Cancer and involved the ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/regular-exercise-may-cut-cancer-risk-in-men/ Regular consumption of fish may reduce the risk of developing many forms of cancer including cancers of the esophagus, mouth, stomach, colon, and pancreas according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in July 1999. The study, conducted by Italian researchers, involved the comparison of over 8,000 ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/eating-fish-may-reduce-cancer-risk/ A report, published by the Cancer Institute NSW in Australia has found that alcohol might be more strongly linked to cancer than previous thought. The authors of the report reviewed the findings of 634 previous studies to determine the link between alcohol consumption and the risk of various cancers. In total, ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/eight-drinks-a-day-raises-total-cancer-risk-by-90/ Diets high in folate, also known as folic acid or vitamin B9, have been implicated with a reduced risk of many cancers including colo-rectal, lung, and esophageal cancer. Recent evidence also suggests a link between folate and a reduction in pancreatic cancer risk of up to 75% in some cases. The ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/folate-or-vitamin-b9-may-reduce-pancreatic-cancer-risk/ A new study, published in the journal Breast Cancer Research in April this year has found that daily aspirin use leads to a modest reduction in the risk of breast cancer. The study, conducted by researchers at the US National Cancer Institute in Rockville, USA, focused on 136,408 women aged between ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/regular-aspirin-use-leads-to-a-small-reduction-in-breast-cancer-risk/ Those who have diabetes are less likely to develop prostate cancer, particularly advanced prostate cancer according to a recent study. Diabetics tend to have lower testosterone levels than non-diabetics which is thought to be responsible for the lower incidence of prostate cancer observed in diabetic individuals. The study, published in the ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/diabetics-are-less-likely-to-develop-advanced-prostate-cancer/ A recent analysis of 156 research studies has found that moderate alcohol consumption can increase the risk of developing several forms of cancer including cancers of the mouth, larynx, esophagus, breast, colon, and liver. The study, published in the journal Preventive Medicine in 2004, involved the analysis of data from 156 ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/heavy-drinking-ups-risk-of-cancer-in-mouth-esophagus-breast-liver/ According to recent evidence, not only does heavy drinking increase the risk of developing cirrhosis of the liver, but it also increases the likelihood of an individual developing hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common form of liver cancer. A recent study, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology in 2002, compared the ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/heavy-drinking-raises-liver-cancer-risk/ Even relatively low levels of alcohol consumption may increase a womens risk of developing one form of breast cancer by a significant amount according to a recent American study of almost 200,000 women. The research, conducted by the National Cancer Institute looked at data from 184,418 women in order to explore ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/two-drinks-a-day-increases-breast-cancer-risk-by-32/ Many smokers want to know exactly how much higher their risk of dying from various forms of cancer is compared to non-smokers. Unfortunately the answer is a lot higher, more than 10 times higher for cancers such as lung, larynx, and mouth cancers. Interestingly some forms of cancer that one ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/cancer-death-rates-for-smokers-compared-to-non-smokers/ Fruit and vegetable consumption may reduce the probability of developing pancreatic cancer according to several recent scientific studies. One of the largest studies on the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and pancreatic cancer risk was published in September 2005 in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. The study involved ... http://healthhubs.net/cancer/vegetable-fruit-consumption-lowers-pancreatic-cancer-risk/