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Higher Healthy Eating Index scores and elevated oral contraceptive use co-occurred with young-onset lung cancer in a 187-patient nonsmoker cohort presented at AACR.

Many adults remain unaware that processed meat is linked to colorectal cancer, highlighting the need for clearer communication around diet, risk magnitude, and screening.

Although gut microbes have become internet darlings, the evidence of their widespread importance in overall health continues to stack up.

The periconceptional period is critical for the probability of conception, pregnancy outcomes, and long-term offspring health, and maternal dietary patterns during this period may influence fertility as well as early embryonic development.

“For healthy eating to be more attainable and sustainable, we recommend people focus on their overall eating pattern rather than specific nutrients or foods.” — Alice Lichtenstein, DSc, FAHA, AHA Writing Committee Chair

Among the people who ate the least meat, the ones with the APOE 3/4 and 4/4 variants had over twice the risk of dementia than those who did not have these variants.