Not all processed meats carry the same cancer risk
A bit of prosciutto as part of a well-balanced diet is not going to do you much harm.
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The longer a woman has been overweight or obese, the higher her cancer risk: study
A longitudinal study featuring nearly 74,000 US women has found that the longer a woman has been overweight or obese during her adult life, the higher her risk of developing cancer.
Do mobile phones give you brain cancer?
The evidence appears contradictory – but there may be a good reason for this.
Coffee won’t give you cancer, unless it’s very very hot, then it might
Scalding injury to body tissue is not known to cause cancer. But experimental data suggest cancer may arise when injured tissue then comes into contact with carcinogens.
Council workers spraying the weed-killer glyphosate in playgrounds won’t hurt your children
The World Health Organization classifies the common herbicide glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans". But this doesn't mean using it to kill weeds in playgrounds will hurt children.
Cancer and meat – too much hype?
The World Health Organisation's report on the increased cancer risk with eating processed and red meat has been met with mixed reactions.
Air pollution causes cancer, so let’s do something about it
Late last week, the world’s leading experts on cancer, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic to humans. The agency’s report, Air Pollution…
Asbestos still haunts those exposed as kids in mining towns
The relationship between asbestos exposure and diseases such as malignant mesothelioma and lung cancer is well established. But now other diseases not typically associated with asbestos may possibly be…
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