Men with heart disease are already fighting a tough battle: clogged arteries, high blood pressure, the threat of heart attacks, and all that.
But now, a long-term study from researchers in the UK is shaking up how we think about men’s health: heart disease and cancer may be more linked than anyone realized.
Scientists at the University of Aberdeen and Keele University tracked over 22,000 people in the UK for 25 years.
People with heart disease were more likely to develop cancer and die from it, and this trend was especially strong in men.
But the study doesn’t say heart disease directly causes cancer; it just adds to growing evidence that these two health problems often travel together.
Men with heart disease are already fighting a tough battle: clogged arteries, high blood pressure, the threat of heart attacks, and all that. But now, a long-term study from researchers in the UK is shaking up how we think about men’s health: heart disease and cancer may be more linked than anyone realized.
Scientists at the University of Aberdeen and Keele University tracked over 22,000 people in the UK for 25 years. Their findings? People with heart disease were more likely to develop cancer and die from it, and this trend was especially strong in men. The risk jumped even higher for “male” cancers like those in the lungs and esophagus. Some of this comes down to lifestyle: think smoking, carrying extra weight, and drinking too much can all play a role. But the study doesn’t say heart disease directly causes cancer; it just adds to growing evidence that these two health problems often travel together. Protecting your heart might also help protect you from cancer.
