People who take proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) like Prilosec, Prevacid, or Nexium were no more likely to die of cancer or cardiovascular, respiratory, or digestive disease over 14 years once researchers excluded those who started PPIs within 6 years of dying (since illness, not PPIs, might have raised their risk).
“What if you found cancer early enough to make a difference,” says the website for the Galleri test. Galleri is a new multi-cancer early detection (MCED) screening test that doctors can now order. Other MCEDs, like CancerSEEK and PanSeer, may be coming soon. The question is: Do these blood tests help people live longer?
Cancer is the No. 1 killer of U.S. adults aged 45 to 84. (Heart disease takes the lead in the 85+ category.) But cancer is actually many diseases, each with its own risk factors, warning signs, and survival rates. Take our quiz to see how much you know about minimizing your cancer risk. (Don’t expect a walk in the park. It’s not easy.) Each question has only one answer. Good luck!
Contradictory and headline-grabbing information about nutrition can lead to confusion about what to eat. Some of this confusion could be reined in by improving coordination and increasing investment in nutrition research. The second-ever White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, set to take place later this month, is an opportunity to advance those goals.
Government AccountabilityStephanie Rogus, PhD, RDN, Peter Lurie, MD, MPH
Does fast food lead to unhealthy visceral belly fat? Researchers tracked 3,156 young adults for 25 years. The more often they ate at fast food restaurants, the higher their visceral (deep belly) fat, whether or not they had obesity. And those who ate fast food at least three times a week had roughly five times the risk of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) compared to those who ate fast food no more than once a month.
Women who had a screening colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy before age 50 had about a 55 percent lower risk of colorectal cancer by age 55 than those who had neither.
What’s the best diet if you have prediabetes or type 2 diabetes? Researchers assigned 33 people with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes to eat a “Well-Formulated Keto Diet” or a “Mediterranean-Plus Diet” for 12 weeks each, in random order.
