Is there a connection between alcohol and cancer? Isn’t a little red wine good for our health? Denmarks Kræftens Bekæmpelse states clearly that alcohol causes cancer. The Swedish Cancerfonden states that every year alcohol causes cancer in thousands of Swedes. And the Norwegian Kreft registeret says that 83.000 cancer cases could be prevented by 2030…
Category: Cancer
Exercise and Cancer
More and more research is showing that physical activity can reduce the risk for many common cancers like colon, breast and cervical. But what about when cancer has already made it’s inroads into the body? The Exercise Medicine Research Institute in Perth, Western Australia has been been looking into this. They began prescribing exercise to…
Breast cancer, when does it start?
That is a good question. Researchers are finding that it could be quite early, even during adolescence. While other studies looking at adults didn’t find any connection between dietary fiber intake and cancer, a recent study found that youth who ate foods high in fiber had a lower risk of breast cancer later in life,…
Processed Meats and Cancer
Each 50 grams of processed meat increases risk of colorectal cancer by 18%. The International Agency for Research on Cancer released an evaluation of red and processed meat consumption that has created a small media frenzy. An international group of scientists, after a careful review of the accumulated data, has classified processed meat as carcinogenic…