All Entries in the "Cancer" Category
Broccoli Bops Breast Cancer
If you set out to invent and breed a vegetable that could fight cancer, you probably couldn’t improve on broccoli.
You Can Catch Heart Disease From A Cancer Patient
When a spouse or close relative develops cancer, it’s only natural that you can become depressed and troubled. However, the negative effects of that extreme stress don’t stop with mental complications.
Want To Get Cancer? Use A Tanning Bed
Skin cancer is on the rise. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have discovered a stunning increase in the rates of skin cancer in people under age 40, especially in women.
One Of Three Colonoscopies Are Worthless
Going in for a colonoscopy is no fun. Then there’s worse news: If you didn’t prep properly before the colonoscopy, it was all a big waste of time.
Questionable PSA Test Used On Men Now Being Researched For Women
Testing men’s blood levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is a controversial practice. Many experts believe that this test is so inaccurate at predicting men’s risk of prostate cancer that it is mostly worthless. And now researchers are starting to suggest that the test be performed on women.
Circumcision May Help Protect Against Prostate Cancer
While studies have shown that circumcised men have a lower risk of HIV, a new analysis shows that being circumcised may also lower a man’s risk of prostate cancer.
Fast Food Fats Escalate Your Cancer Risk
Many people may want to eat better, but don’t have the motivation to put down the chips and pick up some carrots. If maintaining a healthy weight isn’t a good enough reason for some individuals to eat less fattening foods, then maybe lowering their risk of cancer will be.
Apple Peels Peel Back Breast Cancer
Natural chemicals called phenolics or flavonoids found in apples and other fruits and vegetables can help fight breast cancer and other tumors. But you have to eat the peels.
Cigarettes: The Deadliest Habit
We all know that smoking is bad for you, potentially lethal in fact, and that the nicotine in tobacco is addictive. Yet, despite government warnings on cigarette packs and billboards and commercials warning people of the dangers of cancer and heart and lung disease, 44.5 million Americans still smoke. But giving up this habit is the best thing you can do for your health.
BPA Reduces Chemotherapy’s Effectiveness
Bisphenol A (BPA), a man-made chemical found in many plastic products like drinking bottles and food can linings, has been linked to possible increased risks of heart disease, breast cancer and prostate cancer. In addition, research at the University of Cincinnati (UC) shows it may reduce the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatments.
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