Processed Meat Consumption Increases Cancer Risk For Latinas By 42 Percent, Study Finds
The study's findings suggest that race, ethnicity, genetics, culture and lifestyle choices could all affect cancer risk.
The Sacramento Bee:
Latinas’ Cancer Risk Rises With Meat Eating, Study Suggests
In one of the few studies to analyze meat consumption among Latinas, researchers from the University of Southern California discovered that Latinas may be more likely than white women to develop cancer from eating processed meats such as sausage and bacon. (Caiola, 3/7)
In other public health news, studies are undercutting the reliability of BMI to determine health, and scientists are studying fruit flies to determine what effects cinnamon and other common substances have on lifespan —
The Los Angeles Times:
As Measures Of Health, Fitness And Fatness Matter More Than Weight
Researchers are nurturing a growing suspicion that body mass index, the height-weight calculation that distinguishes those with "normal healthy weight" from the overweight and obese, is not the whole picture when it comes to telling who is healthy and who is not. Two new studies drive that point home and underscore that BMI offers an incomplete picture of an individual's health. (Healy, 3/7)
The Wall Street Journal:
Seeking Elixir Of Life, A Scientist Studies Fruit Flies
A research lab at a University of California campus has a big ambition—to extend the number of years people live disease-free. The animal model it uses for its experiments is decidedly smaller: the tiny fruit fly. The Jafari Lab, located at UC Irvine, has run tests on substances as diverse as green tea, cinnamon and an Arctic plant called Rhodiola rosea, looking for an elixir of life. To pass muster, each experimental compound must help the fruit flies live longer and not have adverse effects. (Chen, 3/7)