Emily Stearn

4 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Emily Stearn

Ozempic and similar weight loss drugs may raise the risk of kidney cancer, a major study suggests. But the fat-melting shots lower the risk of over a dozen other cancers — meaning the benefits may still outweigh the risks. The findings come as part of the world's largest study of weight-loss drug users which looked at 86,000 obese or overweight patients tracked for up to ten years.

4 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Emily Stearn

Severe snorers may be at higher risk of one of Britain's deadliest cancer, shock new research has suggested. It is already known that patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), which often causes problem snoring, may be more likely to develop cancer. Now, one of the world's first trials exploring the condition and lung cancer specifically has found a 'significant' link between the two.

4 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Emily Stearn

Cancer deaths have fallen by more than a fifth over the past 50 years—but diagnoses have soared with cases in younger adults driving the trend, a landmark study reveals. Experts say the spike in diagnoses is being fuelled in part by lifestyle factors—including smoking, obesity and poor diet—which remain among the leading causes. The analysis, from Cancer Research UK, is the first to examine 50 years of NHS cancer data, revealing striking progress—but also alarming new trends.

5 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Emily Stearn

A lifeline drug currently denied to thousands of women with incurable breast cancer could boost survival by almost 50 per cent, pivotal new research has suggested. Medics hailed the drug Enhertu after the trial showed it could extend the lives of patients with one of the hardest to treat forms of the disease, buying them an extra year or more of life.

5 days ago | dailymail.co.uk | Emily Stearn

Regularly eating white, packaged bread could raise the risk of dying from colon cancer by more than a third, a new trial has suggested. Frequently consuming ham, bacon and sugary drinks carry the same increased chance of cancer death, US researchers found. Meanwhile, eating plenty of 'dark yellow' vegetables such as sweet potatoes and carrots, and drinking coffee, could offer some protection.