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A new study in the UK revealed that gum disease may increase the risk of cancer.
Though the link is still unclear, people with gum infections have increased amount of inflammatory markers in the blood — inflammation has previously been linked to cancer.
According to lead researcher Dominique Michaud, a cancer epidemiologist at Imperial College London (UK):
“Men […]
Obesity has always been linked by experts to high risk of developing metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes and most especially cardiovascular diseases . In fact, all these conditions are closely linked to one another.
Now, as reported by European researchers, being obese or even overweight may increase a person’s risk of developing up to a dozen […]
For the first time, doctors have shown that although endometriosis is associated with an increased risk of various cancers, this risk does not depend on the number of times women with the condition have given birth.
Dr Anna-Sofia Melin, a specialist doctor in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology at the Karolinska University Hospital (Stockholm, Sweden) […]
In populations with high rates of colorectal, prostate, and breast cancer, cancer risk can be moderately reduced with a daily dose of adult-strength aspirin (at least 325mg/day) if taken for at least five years.
Eric Jacobs, Ph.D., of the American Cancer Society, together with colleagues looked for associations between long-term daily aspirin use (at […]
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