Obesity is associated with an increase in death from colon cancer, liver cancer, cancer of the lymph nodes, and possibly stomach cancer according to a new study. Read the entire article | Email this article

Elevated fasting blood sugar levels -- above 140 mg/dL -- increase the risk of cancer death by 29 percent in men and 23 percent in women compared to people with the lowest blood sugar levels -- less than 90 mg/dL -- according to a study from Korea. Read the entire article | Email this article

Being overweight or obese may account for 36 percent of cases of stomach cancer (gastric cardia) in the U.S.. Read the entire article | Email this article

Being overweight increases the risk of of a type of stomach cancer called gastric cardia cancer by 50 percent, while being obese increases the risk 100 percent. The gastric cardia is the opening of the esophagus into the stomach and the upper portion of the stomach that adjoins this opening. Read the entire article | Email this article