A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia suggests taking public transit may help you keep fit. The study, published in the Journal of Public Health Policy, finds that people who take public transit are three times more likely than those who don’t to meet the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada&…

Being obese in a weight-obsessive society can leave you feeling invisible. What’s worse is when the one ignoring you is your doctor, but that’s just what is happening inside clinics and hospitals every day. Newly released research in the May issue of The Journal of Internal General Medicine reveals that patients t…

Dietary acrylamide was not associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, according to data from a large prospective case-cohort study in the April 28 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Acrylamide is formed in some starchy foods, such as potato chips and French fries, during high-temperature cook…

Men who develop prostate cancer face an increased risk of having an aggressive tumor if they carry a so-called breast cancer gene mutation, scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University report in the January 29 issue of Clinical Cancer Research. The findings could help to guide prostate-cancer …