*Please mention the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11-14) if using this research*

Women who experience significant weight gain after the age of 20 and either have their first child after the age of 30 or don’t have children are almost three times more likely to develop breast cancer than those who give birth earlier and whose weight remains relatively stable, new research from the UK being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025) has found.

Chemotherapy, as one of the primary ways to treat breast cancer, can put patients at high risk of side effects that can affect their adherence to treatment and quality of life. Alternative adjuvant therapy that can alleviate this effect can be beneficial for patients. A new study published in the journal Pharmacia showed that multi-strain probiotics can have impact on chemotherapy-related side effects through improved Karnofsky performance score and Blood Urea Nitrogen in breast cancer patients with chemotherapy.

In the United States, breast, colorectal, endometrial, pancreatic, and kidney cancers are becoming increasingly common among people under age 50, according to a study published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).