Tag: risk factors
4 in 10 cancers are linked to habits you may be able to change
A new US report puts a hard number on how much of the disease could trace back to everyday choices, and names where it starts.
Alcohol now causes twice as many cancer deaths in the US as it did in 1990
Researchers tracked more than three decades of US mortality data and found a shift most drinkers never see coming.
Dementia cases are set to more than double by 2050, and nearly half may be preventable
A global study has just mapped the yearly climb, and separate evidence hints at how much of it we could hold back.
Women with endometriosis face a 46% higher risk of type 2 diabetes, even before menopause
A new analysis of nearly 3 million people found the link held even in premenopausal women without obesity.
These common conditions may predict Alzheimer’s up to 10 years before symptoms
Common problems like high blood pressure and poor sleep may signal risk long before memory slips.
Where you live may matter more for dementia risk than what you eat
Where you live may shape your brain health as much as how you live, a new analysis argues.