Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:10pm EST

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Diets high in saturated fat appear to increase the risk of cancer of the small intestine, a study shows.

The small intestine makes up 75 percent of the digestive tract, yet rarely do cancers develop there, more often showing up in the large intestine, or colon.

"Identifying modifiable risk factors for cancer of the small intestine is important not only because the incidence of this cancer is on the...

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Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:22pm GMT

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A look at data for over 1 million women in the UK indicates that drinking alcohol -- even low amounts -- increases the risk of certain cancers in women.

According to the data released today, about 13 percent of the cancers of the breast, liver, rectum, and upper respiratory/gastrointestinal system may be related to alcohol use.

In their analysis of 1,280,296 middle-aged women from the so-called Million...

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