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Hold the pepperoni: Cancer-fighting pizza study wins (Ig) Nobel

Study that found only Italian pizza lowers the risk of MI and bowel cancer takes top prize
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16 September 2019
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Research that revealed eating pizza can reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease — but only if made and eaten in Italy — has taken out the 2019 Ig Nobel prize for Medicine.

Italian epidemiologist Dr Silvano Gallus took home the 10 trillion-dollar prize (in effectively worthless Zimbabwe currency) for a study that showed people who eat pizza at least weekly have a 60% lower risk of oesophageal cancer than non-regular pizza-eaters.

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