Cancer is one of the natural ways people die, often in old age.
But according to a new study, as much as 40 percent of America's cancer diagnoses are due to bad habits. Furthermore, as many as half of cancer-related deaths are linked to bad habits, such as smoking and poor nutrition.
The study, conducted by a team of researchers from Harvard Medical School, looked at health data on 140,000 health care professionals. Based on the habits reported by the survey subjects, they were either classified as healthy or unhealthy.
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