The group who had reported skin cancer in 1982 had about a 25 to 30 percent higher death rate from cancers generally during the next 12 years than people who did not report skin cancer. |
The question here is why is there an association between these more minor cancers and potentially more dangerous cancers? |
The risk of dying of breast cancer increases as BMI increases, ... The risk of dying of colon cancer increases in the overweight as well as the obese. |
There was not a shred of evidence of reduced risk. The ultra light haven't been used as long as the light and it is possible that some difference in risk might emerge with longer term use of the ultra light, but this is very, very solid for the low tar. |
We estimate that 90,000 deaths due to cancer could be prevented each year in the United States if men and women could maintain normal weight, |
What's interesting is that even without the potential benefits of early detection and treatment, at least one-third of cancer deaths are preventable. |
Women started smoking seriously 25 years ago, and the lag time for this epidemic has kicked in. |
[Researchers at the American Cancer Society compared the risk of dying among overweight people in two of its studies-one done from 1982 to 1991 and another from 1998 to 2002.] Instead of decreasing, ... the relative risk of dying among the overweight actually increased over time. |
[What's more, many people are still walking around with untreated risk factors.] Vast numbers of people are under- or uninsured, ... It's not like everyone is getting state-of-the-art medical care in this country. |