Wednesday, June 29, 2005

High iron and cholesterol equals high cancer risk - Yahoo! News

High iron and cholesterol equals high cancer risk - Yahoo! News: "he team reports that elevated iron increased the likelihood of developing cancer by 66 percent, and high VLDL cholesterol increased the risk by 54 percent. Combining elevated iron with elevated VLDL increased the risk of cancer by 168 percent."

Interesting, but I am a tad concerned that the high cholesterol is picking up diet related variables (example heavy meat eating, low vegetable eating). That said it is very interesting for the interaction.

Moreover, high iron levels have now been associated with heart problems as well as cancer.

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