Working with data from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, a prospective study of nearly 48,000 men, the authors determined that fluid consumption of any kind reduces risk of bladder cancer in men. Each year, over 12,000 people die from bladder cancer. The study participants reported their intake of foods and 22 different beverages on a food-frequency questionnaire. The average respondent drank seven eight-ounce beverages a day. The first step towards reducing risk of bladder cancer is to quit smoking.
Drinking water is an inexpensive, easy way for people to reduce their cancer risk.
Dominique Michaud, postdoc-toral fellow in the Department of Nutrition, is the lead author of a study of the relationship between fluid consumption and bladder cancer in men. This photograph was taken for use in the HSPH 1996-97 Official Register , in which Michaud, then a student, was featured as a representative of the Department of Nutrition.