The amount of calcium in a glass of milk could lower the risk of colorectal cancer, a study on women found. The studies comes as cases of colorectal cancer in people under 50 rise in the US. ADUsing dietary and health data provided by more than 542,000 women with an average age of 59 over for around 16 years, researchers from Oxford University studied whether 97 foods affected colorectal cancer risk. They found that consuming an extra 300mg of calcium a day was associated with a 17% lower colorectal risk from the baseline. Colorectal cancer is the third-leading cause of cancer-related death in US men and the forth-leading cause in US women, according to The American Cancer Society.

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Persons: Tom Sanders, Lisa Wilde, collard Organizations: Nature Communications, Oxford University, American Cancer Society, King's College London, Cancer Locations: chard