HOW TO PREVENT CANCERS

Most of the CNiC team is pretty good about practicing the cancer prevention tips we offer up, but last week’s "weekday vegetarian" post (link) got me thinking, and this week, I implemented the weekday vegetarian program in my house (well for dinners at least, and my own...

Related post: Putting "weekday veg" into practiceA lot of us tend to have an all or nothing approach to life, but oftentimes charting a course down the middle can have a lot to offer as well.  In fact, the goal of most public health efforts are modest changes that when spread out over the entire population can actually have huge health benefits...

Much media attention has focused lately on the links between environmental exposures and cancer risk (see related post), and a new study out this month further confirms the confined effects such exposures seem to have on the risk of cancer.In a new study published this month in the journal Cancer Causes and Control, researchers report on a very detailed...

I’ve had enough awkward cocktail party conversations by this point in my career to realize that once you say you work in cancer prevention, most people think those of us on this side of things live austerely and subsist on nothing but nuts, twigs and grass. I can’t speak for all...

Often on CNiC we highlight the power of data and how valuable it can be in providing key information about the causes of cancer and the success, or failure, at interventions designed to prevent or treat it. This week, New York State released the first set of maps that allow individuals...

Coverage of the President’s Cancer Panel report this week draws attention to environmental contaminants as a potential cause of cancer (report). While this is an area of much public interest and certainly an important part of comprehensive health policy, it is a strange focus...

Soy foods have been studied a great deal for their potential protection against a range of chronic conditions, including breast and prostate cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, and menopausal symptoms. It’s not known exactly how a diet rich in soy results in such benefits. It...

Numerous recent media reports highlight the historic progress in women's health with development and marketing of oral contraceptives. As Collins reported in the New York Times (column), we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the birth control pill. She notes the need for information on contraception and the challenges women had historically obtaining...

The New York Times this weekend (story) featured a fascinating article on the role that data and monitoring are increasingly playing in our lives. Among other things, people routinely harness technology to monitor their own physical activity, daily schedules, and diets as well as...

While the rates of many cancers have remained stable over the past decade, the rate of some esophageal cancers has been rising, and the main culprit is likely the epidemic of overweight and obesity. Squamous cell cancers of the esophogous , a cancer type largely caused by smoking,...

As reported in the New York Times, San Francisco has launched an important public health campaign to promote vaccination against the hepatitis B virus which causes liver disease and liver cancer (story). This campaign is important for several reasons. Infection is usually silent and the impact on disease is many years after initial infection.Prevention...

On his recent trip to Syndney, CNiC's Graham Colditz, MD, Dr PH, spent some time at the Cancer Council discussing the benefits of workplace wellness and some strategies that can make such programs successful (vide...