As we’ve written about before on Cancer News in Context, good evidence points to the important role that behaviors in youth and young adulthood can have on cancer risk later in life. Health habits started in youth not only have a longer time to impact risk, but they can also have unique and important interactions with the […]
Category: chronic disease
Doubling Down on Prevention: Heart Disease & Cancer’s Shared Risk Factors
Even in parts of the country experiencing an early thaw, winter starts to feel a bit long by the end of February. The days are still short. The temps are still low. And the trees are still mostly bare. Yet, even amidst all that, we can still take heart. Not just because we’re about to […]
Large Study Finds Inequality Increases Risk of Premature Death on Par with Unhealthy Behaviors
Suggests focus on inequality should be similar to that on lifestyle risk factors by Hank DartA large, new study has found that income inequality contributes to premature death on a level similar to important lifestyle factors like smoking, physical inactivity, and diabetes. The study, appearing in The Lancet, combined findings from 48 cohort studies in […]
Large-Scale Problem: Obesity Rates Still Increasing in Certain Groups
by Hank Dart The course of the obesity epidemic in the United States has been so bad for so many years that even minor victories have been cause for celebration. But despite some bright spots in the most recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports on national rates of obesity (on adults, on youth), […]
Still Important To Be a Quitter – Looking at Cessation and Lung Cancer Screening
In 2008, scandal struck the world of cancer screening. A rare occurrence, to be sure. About two years after the release of a groundbreaking study showing that low-dose CT scans could catch lung cancer early and save lives in smokers, it was revealed that the study’s principal investigator had close ties to the tobacco industry. […]