Tobacco usage remains the single largest preventable cause of cancer worldwide, epidemiologist Hanna Fink told Newsweek.

Smoking, infections, alcohol consumption top list of 30 mostly behavioral factors ...

A study of U.S. veterans led by investigators at Mass General Brigham has identified a possible link between exposure to the ...

Early menarche, late menopause, and long reproductive span increase ovarian cancer risk, particularly in postmenopausal women ...

Systemic inflammation has been elevated to a modifiable cardiovascular risk factor requiring assessment, monitoring, and modification, based on consensus recommendations.

Tongue cancer isnt only linked to tobacco. Factors like heavy alcohol use, HPV infection, poor oral hygiene, poor diet, ...

Cardiovascular risk factors in early childhood, such as high BMI or blood pressure, are linked to poorer cognitive function ...

Risk factors for colorectal cancer include both things you can and cannot control. If you have some known risk factors, you may want to take steps to reduce your exposure to modifiable risk factors.

John F. Kelly, PhD, of the Recovery Research Institute and Department of Psychiatry at Mass General Brigham, is the lead ...