Mar 13, 2026, 17:00

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:00:15 +0000
insulinresistance, cancerprevention, metabolichealth, longevity, ai

As a medical school professor, I've taught for years that insulin resistance drives diabetes. But a massive new study proves it drives cancer too.

Researchers built an AI tool to predict insulin resistance using 9 routine blood markers -- and tested it on 372,000 UK Biobank participants.

Result: insulin resistance raised cancer risk by 25% across 12 types.

The worst hit: uterine cancer (+134%), ki... https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-68355-x