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T aking low-dose aspirin-often recom- mended to protect your heart-may also reduce your odds of colon cancer. A team of researchers whod previously shown a link between high-dose aspirin and lower colon-cancer risk looked at fve trials totaling 16,488 participants taking lower doses, since long-term high-dose aspirin usage can have adverse bleeding effects. Over nearly 20 years of followup, the new analysis found that people assigned to low- dose aspirin regimens for six years were at one-quarter lower risk of colon cancer and one-third less likely to die of the disease.

A study of data on nearly 60,000 Scandinavians may debunk the notion that your personality affects your risk of developing or dying from cancer. Over 30 years, 4,631 participants were diagnosed with cancer and 1,548 died from the disease. Scientists compared cancer risk with two common personality types: extraversion, a tendency to be social and outgoing, and neuroticism, a tendency toward anxiety and emotional swings.

Americans rate of deaths from cancer is down 20% from its peak in 1991, according to a new American Cancer Society report.

Alarge new study in Sweden reports that women who drink at least two cups of regular coffee daily are less likely to develop endometrial cancer, which affects the cells lining the uterus. Emilie Friberg, PhD, of the Karolinska Institute and colleagues surveyed 60,634 women in the Swedish Mammo - graphy Cohort study about their coffee intake.

Kale may well be the it vegetable of the moment, celebrated in everything from cooking magazines to health websites. But unlike some food fads, this nutritious leafy green deserves the attention its suddenly getting.

A lthough folic acid supplementation has proven benefts- most notably, preventing birth defects-hopes it might protect against cardiovascular disease and cancer were disappointed by a major new meta-analysis.

Could your morning cup of coffee, afternoon tea or diet cola reduce your risk of skin cancer

A new study again casts the spotlight on magnesium, an often-overlooked mineral thats now

Ginkgo biloba, one of the most popular herbal supplements despite repeated trials failing to show

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) says healthy men dont need routine PSA (prostate specific antigen) screening