Breast Cancer and Exercise - A Moving Patient Gathers No Cancer
Posted on July 11, 2008 - Filed Under Breast Cancer | Leave a Comment
“It’s too early, it’s too late, I’m tired, my feet hurt, my whole body hurts, I’m hungry,” these are many of the excuses that keep us from exercising. It is really important that you don’t make excuses but make changes to your life. I’m saying this not because I enjoy working out all the time, which I don’t, but because your risk of breast cancer can be diminished by exercise.
The latest American Cancer Society’s guidelines for physical activity recommend 30 minutes daily of brisk exercise at least 5 days a week. Is there any data to back this up? There… Continue reading
Read More..>>Circumcision And Cervical Cancer
Posted on June 18, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
The bad news about cervical cancer is that it is one of the most common cancers affecting the female reproductive organs. But cheer up! It’s a slow-growing cancer and 100 percent curable if detected early.
Cervical cancer usually affects women between 30 and 55 years old. The National Cancer Institute said there are over 11,000 cases discovered every year.
Who gets cervical cancer? Naturally, any woman with a cervix is prone to the disease, but there are certain risk factors to consider. Sexual promiscuity is one of them.
Women who begin having sex before age 18 are more likely to get the disease… Continue reading
Read More..>>Prostate Cancer Symptoms And Prevention
Posted on June 5, 2008 - Filed Under Prostate Cancer | Leave a Comment
Prostate cancer symptoms are similar to those of chronic prostatitis. After skin cancer, prostate cancer is the second most common diagnosed cancer for men in the U.S.
The American Cancer Society estimates that over 230,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year and an estimated 30,000 will die from it.
Prostatitis and Prostate Cancer Symptoms
Even though, prostate cancer is almost always treatable and not usually fatal, next to lung cancer, it is still the second leading cause of cancer death for American men.
The prostate is a small walnut sized gland, in the reproductive system of men, that makes and stores… Continue reading
Read More..>>Your Alternatives To The Gardasil - HPV Vaccine
Posted on May 21, 2008 - Filed Under Ovarian Cervical Uterine Cancer | Leave a Comment
Nothing is more precious than our children. Yet the pharmaceutical and mainstream medical society want to use them for experimentation. There are no statistics on what the longterm medical effects of the HPV vaccine will produce. Do you want to take the chance of possibly causing the cervical cancer that your child gets because you did not educate yourself enough to make an informed decision?
One of the main researchers of Gardasil has stated that to promote this vaccination for girls as young as 9 years old is ludicrous. Yet, the commercials you see everyday are telling… Continue reading
Read More..>>Breast Cancer - Diagnostic Studies And Procedures
Posted on May 18, 2008 - Filed Under Breast Cancer | Leave a Comment
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women, and second only to lung cancer in female cancer mortality. Presently, about one in nine American women develops this disease at some time in her life, compared to one in 17 in 1950. Experts are uncertain whether this represents a true rise in the incidence of breast cancer or improved detection of it due to mam mography and better public awareness. The risk of breast cancer increases with age, especially after menopause. Risk is also higher among women who had their first child after age 30 or never had children; already… Continue reading
Read More..>>Is Lycopene Effective in Fighting Prostate Cancer?
Posted on May 16, 2008 - Filed Under Prostate Cancer | Leave a Comment
There has been a lot of attention to the natural antioxidants lycopene in recent years. Some have speculated it could be a an aide in curing certain cancers including prostate cancer. Rich in antioxidants lycopene is taken by many people as an anti-aging and cancer fighting alternative. Lycopene comes from tomatoes and is found in any tomato product.
Ketchup manufacturers were even advertising having lycopene in the product and the cancer fighting benefits. The best part of all is that tomato products are relatively cheap and easy to find in most peoples regular diet. Lycopene neutralizes… Continue reading
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