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About 4 in 10 cancers are preventable. Here's how to lower your risk.

Roughly 40 percent of cancers are preventable, say experts. That means avoiding tobacco and limiting excess weight, alcohol, inactivity, and an unhealthy diet. Vaccines and screening also matter. Here’s what to know.

Preventing DiseaseJanuary 26, 2023Bonnie Liebman, MS
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Got GERD? Keep an eye on sugar.

Cutting back on sugars may cut reflux and acid levels in your esophagus.

Preventing DiseaseJanuary 26, 2023
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A new reason for older adults to get the shingles vaccine

One in three adults will get shingles. Anyone who’s had chickenpox is at risk because shingles is caused by the virus (varicella zoster) that lies dormant in the body after causing chickenpox until it awakens to cause the often-painful rash.

Preventing DiseaseJanuary 26, 2023
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Obesogens: assessing the evidence linking chemicals in food to obesity

The obesogen hypothesis proposes that certain chemicals, called obesogens, influence individual susceptibility to obesity by interfering with metabolic systems that regulate appetite, weight gain, and fat development and distribution, and thereby have contributed to the rise in obesity.

Preventing Disease
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How to reverse prediabetes & type 2 diabetes

Fifteen percent of U.S. adults have diabetes. Another 38 percent have prediabetes (and 8 out of 10 of them don’t know it). Together, that comes to one in two adults with harmful blood sugar levels. The good news: Many cases can be prevented and, in some people, even reversed. Here's what to know about prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.

Preventing DiseaseNovember 16, 2022Bonnie Liebman, MS
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Diabetes 101

Insulin acts as a key that allows blood sugar (glucose) to enter the body’s cells, where it can be burned for fuel or stored. But in some people, the key can’t open the lock.

Preventing DiseaseNovember 16, 2022
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7 reasons to strengthen your muscles

It’s no secret that moving your body helps keep it healthy. But if you’re like most people, you walk right by the dumbbells as you head to the treadmill at the gym. In fact, evidence is mounting that muscles are more than just for show. Here’s why it’s time to add some push-ups, planks, and squats to your fitness routine.

Preventing DiseaseNovember 15, 2022Caitlin Dow, PhD
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A new study looks at the link between hair relaxers and cancer

Hair relaxers may raise the risk of uterine cancer.

Preventing DiseaseNovember 15, 2022
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Should you get a colonoscopy?

Heard that colonoscopies don’t prevent colorectal cancer deaths? It’s complicated.

Preventing DiseaseNovember 15, 2022
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How a DASH-style diet might protect your hearing

What can keep your ears in good working order? Limiting loud noise—from headphones, rock concerts, lawnmowers, power tools, etc.—is step one. But researchers are also looking for other ways to protect your inner ears.

Preventing DiseaseOctober 19, 2022Bonnie Liebman, MS
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