Items Listed In The Cancer Category:Diabetes Drug May Help Prevent CancerA study of 6000 persons taking metformin, a drug used to treat type II diabetes since the late 1950s, found that the risk of cancerous tumours was reduced by 25% for those taking metformin, compared to those with diabetes taking other medications or no medication at all. MORE... Caloric Restriction Reduces Breast Cancer RiskOne of the biggest reasons people don\'t live into healthy old age is cancer, one of the biggest killers for people of all ages and both sexes. Breast cancer is a particularly common form of the disease, especially among women. One of the risk factors for breast cancer is excessive weight -- and this report shows that going to the other extreme, anorexia nevosa, while posing it\'s own health risks, actually reduces the risk for breast cancer dramatically. MORE... |
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