A new study in rats suggests a link between personality and cancer susceptibility. Researchers at the University of Chicago say timid rats were more likely to develop cancer and to die sooner than more “adventuresome” rats. The findings suggest the need to examine the links between behavior traits and cancer in humans, the team said. For this [...]

 A diet high in refined cereals, and bread in particular, is associated with an elevated risk of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), the main type of kidney cancer, according to a study in Italy. Diet and nutrition are thought to play a role in the development of RCC, but the effect of specific food groups on the [...]

A loving, supportive family can be enough to override a genetic vulnerability to depression, new research suggests. Studies have found that people who carry a “short” version of the serotonin transporter gene — known as 5-HTTLPR — tend to be more susceptible to depression than people without this gene variant. But the new findings, published in the [...]

Having a positive outlook makes life more enjoyable, and it may also lower blood pressure. Among more than 2,500 people, the higher a person scored on a questionnaire measuring positive emotions, the lower was his or her blood pressure. “Our thoughts and emotions do affect our physical processes,” said Dr. Glenn V. Ostir of the University of [...]

Thirty years after their diagnosis, 40 percent of cancer survivors have a serious health problem and a third have multiple problems, including stroke, heart disease and kidney failure, according to the largest study ever done on cancer survivors who have entered adulthood. Only about one in three remain healthy. “This is the dark side to being cured [...]

According to research people who eat drug-treated poultry may be at increased risk of developing antibiotic resistance. According to research led by Dr. Edward Belongia, director of the Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation’s Epidemiology Research Center in Wisconsin. But federal regulators should consider the results as they make rules about the kinds of drugs given to poultry, the [...]

This first-person account from National Geographic details the reporter David Ewing Duncan’s quest to identify the chemicals his body has absorbed over his lifetime. His story began a year ago, shortly after a battery of 14 blood tests to find levels of 320 chemicals residing in his body, acquired “by merely living.” Like, for example, chemicals [...]

Mayo Clinic researchers have uncovered a new link between celiac disease, a digestive condition triggered by consumption of gluten, and dementia or other forms of cognitive decline according to the Archives of Neurology. “There has been very little known about this connection between celiac disease and cognitive decline until now,” says Keith Josephs, M.D., Mayo Clinic [...]

Everyone experiences stress and many people are stressed every day. But, stress isn’t always as obvious as in the example above. In fact, some people don’t even realize how much stress they’re under until they suffer serious physical consequences of that stress. Psychologist Anie Kalayjian, professor of psychology at Fordham University, said she’s had patients end [...]

Older adults who keep their bodies in shape may be keeping their minds fit as well, according to a study published. In a study of 460 79-year-olds, UK researchers found that those who performed well on a series of fitness tests also tended to score higher on tests of cognitive abilities, such as verbal skills and [...]