Obesity growing to be top cancer cause (AP) AP - Obesity is on its way to being deadlier than smoking as a cause of cancer, a leading researcher said Friday. Being obese is currently associated with about 14 percent of cancer deaths in men and 20 percent in women, compared with about 30 percent each for smoking, Dr. Walter C. Willett of the Harvard School of Public
Health, told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Source: news.yahoo.comUS drops ban on HIV-positive diplomats (AP) AP - Under pressure from a lawsuit, the State Department is changing rules that had disqualified HIV-positive people from becoming U.S. diplomats.
Source: news.yahoo.comBeing overweight may raise cancer risk (AP) 
AP - Being obese or even overweight may increase a person's risk of developing up to a dozen different types of cancer, European researchers report in a new study.
Source: news.yahoo.comSalsalate cuts blood sugar levels in obese adults (Reuters) Reuters - A drug approved for the treatment of arthritis may have a role in reducing the risk of diabetes and heart trouble developing in young obese individuals, Harvard researchers report.
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