THIS JUST IN GOOD-FOR-YOU NEWS, CUES AND REVIEWS MORE BAD PRESS FOR PROCESSED MEAT Here's another good reason to make bacon, ham and hot dogs an occasional indulgence and not diet staples: Eating processed meat is associated with higher breast cancer risk, research shows. The women in the study who ate the most of these foods, such as deli meat and sausages, had a 9 percent higher chance of breast cancer than women who ate the least of that kind of meat, according to a research analysis in the International Journal of Cancer. Health scientists have labeled processed meat a likely carcinogen previously, but most research involved colorectal, pancreatic and prostate cancers. S UMME R 2019 33