
Those who lead a healthy lifestyle have a 29% lower risk of developing cancer
The risk of developing cancer in people leading a healthy lifestyle is 29% lower than in citizens with bad habits, said Andrey Kaprin, chief oncologist of the Russian Ministry of Health.
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The statement was made at the 1st All-Russian Congress with international participation “Nutrition - the path to the health of the nation.”
The risk of developing cancer in people leading a healthy lifestyle is 29% lower than in citizens with bad habits.
The risk of death from cancer in people who lead a healthy lifestyle is 52% lower.
MINERAL WATER, September 23 - RIA Novosti. The risk of developing cancer in people leading a healthy lifestyle is 29% lower than in citizens with bad habits, said the chief oncologist of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, General Director of the National Medical Research Center of Radiology of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Andrei Kaprin.
“We already know for sure that people leading a healthy lifestyle have a 29% lower risk of developing malignant tumors than people with bad habits,” Kaprin said at the 1st All-Russian Congress with international participation “Nutrition - the path to the health of the nation.”

Specialists from the Federal Medical Biophysical Center named after A.I. Burnazyan began to perform a new type of surgery, in which the patient’s organs are removed for intervention outside the body.

Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Onishchenko reported that the influenza virus easily mutates and bypasses the immunity acquired a year earlier. For population immunity, it is necessary to vaccinate 60% of the Russian population.

In the village of Goluboye, Moscow Region, the first center for combined prosthetic and rehabilitation care for SVO participants was created, uniting eight areas of rehabilitation under the auspices of the FMBA.

Almost the entire population of Russia has iodine deficiency of varying severity. This was stated by Natalya Mokrysheva, Director of the National Medical Research Center for Endocrinology named after Academician I. I. Dedov of the Russian Ministry of Health, at the congress “Nutrition - the path to the health of the nation.”

In Russia, a decrease in alcohol consumption of approximately 10% was recorded in 2026, said Health Minister Mikhail Murashko at a congress in Mineralnye Vody.

National medical centers of the FMBA of Russia, through a network of branches throughout the country, provide specialized care to SVO participants with severe injuries of the maxillofacial skeleton, inner ear and face.