Women who gain a more substantial amount of weight after being diagnosed with breast cancer face an increased risk of dying from the disease, according to findings from a new study. However, that ...

Diabetes drug metformin may mimic exercise effects in prostate cancer, supporting weight, metabolism and overall health ...

Weight gain and heart disease may affect breast cancer risk after menopause. Image credit: Vera Lair/Getty Images. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 74% of ...

Uterine cancer, among the most common cancers in women, often builds up with little warning. Behind many of these cases is a growing risk factor—literally and statistically: obesity. While this link ...

Targeted therapies have changed non-small cell lung cancer care, but new side effects, like weight gain, are emerging, says Dr. Lorenzo Belluomini. In recent years, targeted therapies have transformed ...

Obesity has many adverse effects in patients with breast and other cancers. In this analysis, breast cancer patients randomized to a behavioral weight-loss intervention lost an average of 4.7% of ...

Breast cancer patients who participated in a remote weight loss intervention program lost an average of 4.7 percent of their baseline body weight after one year, while those in the education only ...

An East Sussex man who was "in a very dark place" after putting on weight during cancer treatment has advised others to ask for help. Jude Solley, from Seaford, said he developed an eating disorder ...

"Our study showed that a distance-based approach produced similar weight loss to more intensive, in-person interventions, demonstrating that this kind of program could be administered to larger groups ...

A mum who piled on the pounds gorging on Greggs’ pasties to celebrate she was cancer free realised she was “wasting her ...

There's yet another reason to maintain a healthy weight as we age. An international team of researchers has identified eight additional types of cancer linked to excess weight and obesity: stomach, ...

A new study has found that metformin, a widely prescribed diabetes drug, may mimic one of exercise's core biological effects ...