High levels of leisure-time physical activity were associated with a lower risk of 13 types of cancer when compared to people with low levels of leisure-time physical activity according to a study done by researchers at the U.S. National Cancer Institute.

The 13 cancers associated with a lower risk were:

• 10% lower risk of breast cancer
• 13% lower risk of bladder cancer
• 13% lower risk of rectal cancer
• 15% lower risk of head and neck cancer
• 16% lower risk of colon cancer
• 17% lower risk of multiple myeloma
• 20% lower risk of myeloid leukemia
• 21% lower risk of endometrial cancer
• 22% lower risk of gastric cardia
• 23% lower risk of kidney cancer
• 26% lower risk of lung cancer
• 27% lower risk of liver cancer
• 42% lower risk of esophageal cancer

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Men from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study who consumed one or more diet soda per day were 2.0-times more likely to get multiple myeloma than men who did not consume diet soda according to a recent analysis.

They did not find a significant increase in women consuming diet sodas.

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A difference of about 60 pounds increases the risk of multiple myeloma 1.3-fold in women according to a study from the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Multiple myeloma is "is a type of cancer of plasma cells which are immune system cells in bone marrow that produce antibodies" according to Wikipedia. Read the entire article | Email this article

The risk of multiple myeloma is 12-27 percent greater for those who are overweight and 27-82 percent greater for those who are obese compared with those who are normal weight according to an analysis by researchers from Sweden. Read the entire article | Email this article