Lifestyle

How does bacon cause cancer? Research shows that moderate processed and red meat eating increases bowel cancer risk.

We tackle the myth that sugar ‘feeds’ cancer cells, and explore how the amount of sugar in our diets is cause for concern due to obesity.

The UK Government have launched a new obesity strategy with a raft of measures, including restricting junk food marketing on TV and online.

Life expectancy has failed to increase for a decade across England for the first time in 100 years. And cuts to stop smoking services are part of the problem.

Protective cells in the lungs of ex-smokers could explain why quitting smoking reduces the risk of developing lung cancer.

The Government proposes some new and old ways to prevent disease.

People who are obese now outnumber people who smoke two to one in the UK, and excess weight trumps smoking as the leading cause of four different cancer types.

Advertiser turned campaigner, Dan Parker, talks tricks of the trade and why restrictions on junk food advertising are important. 

For almost all skin cancers, the environmental carcinogen is sunlight, according to Professor Richard Marais. Here’s how scientists uncovered the link.

With more women dying from lung cancer than ever before, we need to better understand the links between gender and health.