Dr. Ann

In an intriguing new report, scientists found that study subjects with the highest HDL cholesterol levels had the lowest risk of developing colon cancer.  The investigation was part of the EPIC study, which is tracking the impact of diet and cancer risk in more than half a million Europeans.  Scientists compared 1,200 study subjects who […]

In an intriguing new report, scientists determined that having a high HDL (good) cholesterol level is strongly associated with a lower risk of cancer.  The data comes from a review of 24 pooled studies that followed cancer incidence and HDL levels.  The researchers found a 36% lower risk of cancer for every 10 point increase in […]