Dietary factors are recognized as contributing to the development of stomach and esophagus cancers.
A drug widely used to treat Type II diabetes, may help to prevent primary liver cancer, researchers at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center report in the April 2012 issue of Cancer Prevention Research.
New research involving more than one million people indicates that having high fasting serum glucose levels and diabetes are risk factors for several major cancers.
Heart disease and diabetes are among the most common conditions plaguing Americans today, and they are related to a host of other diseases. Research now also demonstrates that these conditions can be warning signs for some types of digestive cancers.
Higher insulin concentrations and insulin resistance are associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer in men.
In a large U.S. population-based study, metabolic syndrome patients had a 75 percent higher risk of colorectal cancer compared to those without metabolic syndrome.
According to a study published in Canadian Medical Association Journal, a shift to family health teams results in improved diabetes care. It also helps...
There are a number of risk factors shared between diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and several different types of cancer.In a major symposium at the...
Women who took statins do not face an increased breast cancer risk as had been suggested by some previous studies.
Getting regular, moderate-intensity exercise may be critically important for postmenopausal women who want to reduce their risk of cancer, heart disease and other chronic diseases.
When interpreting prostate cancer screening test results, physicians should consider the impact of a patient's body mass index, regardless of race.
Preliminary findings suggest that eating less protein may help protect against certain cancers that are not directly associated with obesity.
Mayo Clinic researchers have found that women with diabetes were significantly less likely to undergo screening for breast cancer by mammography than patients in a control group.
Researchers studying the diet-cancer link are devoting a new level of scientific attention to a dietary factor that many people take for granted - variety.
Diabetics with ovarian cancer who took the drug metformin for their diabetes had a better survival rate than patients who did not take the drug, a Mayo Clinic study shows.
Blocking dietary sugar and its activity in tumor cells may reduce cancer risk and progression, according to researchers.