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New Study Confirms Diabetes Linked to Colon Cancer Risk

Posted: Sunday, October 02, 2011

A new research review confirms that people with diabetes have a somewhat increased risk of colon cancer -- but the reasons for the connection, and what should be done about it, remain unclear.

Low-Dose Aspirin Cuts Colon Cancer Risk

Posted: Wednesday, November 03, 2010

The use of long-term low-dose aspirin reduced both the incidence and the mortality associated with colorectal cancer, a 20-year follow-up of randomized trials showed.

EASD: Metformin Protects against Cancer in Type 2 Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Metformin was found to reduce risk in pancreatic and colon cancers in patients with Type 2 diabetes in an epidemiologic study.

Fifty Percent of African Americans Die from Causes that Can Be Prevented or Treated

Posted: Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Two-thirds of the difference between death rates among African Americans and Caucasians are now due to causes that could be prevented or cured, according to a new study.
"People should not be dying prematurely from stroke, hypertension, diabetes, colon cancer, appendicitis or the flu..."

Cancer More Deadly For People With Diabetes

Posted: Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Cancer, the world's No. 2 killer, is even more lethal for people with diabetes, U.S. researchers said last week. People with diabetes who get cancer are about 40 percent more likely to die in the years following the diagnosis than cancer patients who are not diabetics.

New Cancer Causing Gene Discovered and Silenced

Posted: Saturday, May 10, 2008

A new gene that is a direct cause of cancer has recently been found by researchers at Oklahoma University. The researchers were also able to suppress this gene, leading to speculation of revolutionary new cancer treatments.

Why Not All Fat is Created Equal

Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2008

The recent report that having a pot belly in your 40s roughly triples your risk of dementia in later life is just the tip of an ominous adipose iceberg.

Cocoa Extract 'Targets Big Four'

Posted: Thursday, March 29, 2007

Epicatechin, a compound found in cocoa, could target four of the major health problems, it has been claimed. New research argues that the nutrient helps to target the risk of stroke, heart failure, cancer and diabetes.

High Colon Cancer Risk With Diabetes Confirmed

Posted: Monday, November 28, 2005

Men and women with diabetes are at increased risk by 30% for developing cancer of the colon and rectum, according to a report from Sweden

Diabetes Raises Colon Cancer Risk

Posted: Friday, November 11, 2005

Diabetics are 1.4 times more likely to have been told they have colon cancer,"