Fasting has long been hailed for its health benefits, from weight loss to improved metabolism, but scientists are now exploring an even more powerful idea: what if a carefully controlled diet that ...

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...

The DIET trial suggests a high-fiber diet may improve immunotherapy response and event-free survival in melanoma patients. Patients on a high-fiber diet experienced fewer immune-related side effects, ...

A long-standing practice through which people hospitalized for blood cancer treatment are restricted to eating cooked foods ...

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has uncovered a surprising link between diet, intestinal microbes and the efficacy of cancer therapy. Led by Ludwig Princeton's Asael Roichman and Branch Director Joshua ...

For decades, patients undergoing blood cancer treatment have been told to avoid certain foods to reduce infection risk, guidance that some physicians hoped could safely be relaxed. Now, a University ...

Share on Pinterest New research suggests an anti-inflammatory diet may improve outcomes for people with stage 3 colon cancer. GMVozd/Getty Images An anti-inflammatory diet may be beneficial for colon ...

This collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health & Well-Being. With rising global incidence of cancers driven by metabolic dysfunction, particularly in young people, ...

A new meta-analysis looked at the research on the Mediterranean diet’s link to lowered breast cancer risk. Researchers found the diet to have the potential to lower breast cancer risk in women as much ...

When facing down a cancer diagnosis, patients often ask: What can I do to help my own odds? The answer, data increasingly shows, is to go back to the basics: exercise and a good diet. A structured ...

Some breast cancer patients and survivors may want to consider avoiding certain diets, date from mice studies has cautioned. University of Utah researchers found that triple-negative breast cancer ...