Soccer Star and Mom Mia Hamm Encourages Americans to Include Energy-Boosting Grains as Part of a Healthy Diet
RIDGWAY, Colo., April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recent International Food Information Council Foundation study, fifty-six percent of Americans have made dietary changes in the past six months with the intent to improve their physical health or to lose weight.  Keeping energy levels balanced throughout the day is critical to maintaining a healthy weight and leading an active lifestyle.

Dr. Worta McCaskill-Stevens: An African American Scientist on the Frontier of Cancer Research
  By the National Cancer Institute Editor's Note: The following article is part of the monthly Lifelines print series that the National Cancer Institute provides to African American news and information outlets. BETHESDA, Md., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- She is an African American woman and she is a medical doctor, a researcher for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National institutes of Health.  Meet Worta McCaskill-Stevens, MD, one of the key players behind the scenes when it comes to addressing cancer health disparities (Logo: ) Recently observed Black History Month is always an ideal time to learn about African Americans who have ...

New Professional Guidelines Recognize Benefit of Genotyping HPV 16 and 18 for Cervical Cancer Prevention by Assessing Individual Patient Risk
PLEASANTON, Calif., March 15, 2012  /PRNewswire/ -- Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) today welcomed new guidelines for the prevention and early detection of cervical cancer issued jointly by the American Cancer Society (ACS), the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP), and the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP).  For the first time, these professional organizations together issued guidelines that using human papillomavirus (HPV) testing in addition to a Pap test (also known as co-testing) is preferable to using a Pap test alone for women 30 years and older.

Obesity Increases the Risk for Colorectal Cancer and Polyps
American College of Gastroenterology & Campaign to End Obesity Team Up to Urge Screening BETHESDA, Md., March 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and the Campaign to End Obesity are joining forces to highlight the potentially deadly link between higher Body Mass Index (BMI) and colorectal cancer.

The Rabbi Was Right! Prostate Cancer Prevention From Birth
NEW YORK, March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It's never too early to fight prostate cancer, according to new research linking male circumcision at birth and a reduced risk of prostate cancer. A recent study published in the Cancer journal shows circumcised men could be 15 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer as an adult.

Scientific Evidence to Support the Role of Lean Beef in a Healthy, Balanced Diet is Strong
CENTENNIAL, Colo., March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Shalene McNeill, PhD, RD, Executive Director, Human Nutrition Research, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, a contractor for The Beef Checkoff: "The scientific evidence to support the role of lean beef in a healthy, balanced diet is strong and there is nothing in this study that changes that fact.