This relative increase may sound alarming, but Lee-Kong noted that it translates to only a slight rise in absolute risk. While the average person’s lifetime risk of developing colorectal cancer is ...

Ultra-processed foods, often chosen for their convenience, may be much more dangerous for the heart than previously thought.

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Nearly half of Americans don’t know that processed meat increases colorectal cancer risk, according to a new poll. But once they learn the connection, most support warning labels—suggesting people ...

When I read this title for a BBC story about how everything from bacon and sausages to ham, deli meats and hot dogs that once were fresh meats but were changed and cured to last longer or taste ...

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To help protect Americans from colorectal cancer, which is now the leading cause of cancer death for people under 50, the ...

Top medical experts are urging a warning label on bacon and other processed meats that use nitrates in the curing process Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously ...