High-Fat Diet May Slow Cancer

Eating sausage or bacon daily might not be the smartest idea: study

(NEWSER) - Ease up on that bacon. A new study in the British Journal of Cancer suggests a connection between eating processed meats and pancreatic cancer, reports the BBC . Specifically, eating an extra 50 grams of processed meat every day—about the size of a sausage—will increase your risk of getting pancreatic cancer by 19%, while an extra 100 grams will raise the risk by 38%. More»

What you eat—and just as importantly what you don't—may affect your risk of getting cancer

(NEWSER) - Genes may be a bigger factor than diet, but what you eat can still affect your chances of developing cancer. MSNBC tells you what to pile on your plate, and what to avoid. Eat up:

1. Cruciferous veggies like broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and kale
2. High-fiber anything
3. Foods rich in vitamin D and calcium

Radiologist takes 'if you can't beat them, join them' approach

(NEWSER) - The standard care for cancer patients is to kill tumors by blasting them with chemotherapy. Radiologist Roger Gatenby proposes a different approach in Nature: Forget about curing cancer and eliminating the tumors. Just keep them at a manageable size through drugs instead of chemo. "It just makes common sense," he tells Scientific American. More»

(NEWSER) - Researchers have discovered every health nut's dream in the North Aegean Sea: an island with the highest percentage of nonagenarians on the planet, NPR reports. On the Greek isle of Icaria, nearly one in three make it to age 90, and residents have far lower rates of cancer, heart disease, and dementia. Their secret should come as no surprise: healthy, active lifestyles. More»

(NEWSER) - Scientists have found a potential new tool to help people lose weight—an unusual form of fat found inside the body. A new batch of studies shows that adults have stores of so-called brown fat, which actually burns calories and generates heat, the New York Times reports. Scientists have long known that babies—and rodents—have brown fat, which kicks in during cold weather to keep them warm. But until now, they thought it was lost after infancy. More»