Archive for August, 2011

What are Early Signs of Lung Cancer?

A major killer of men and women in the world is lung cancer. The main contribute of this disease are cigarette smoking, secondhand smoke, air pollutants and the other causative factors. Not only cigarette smokers but there are non smokers also do get this cancer and smokers who don’t get it. Early signs of lung [...]

Surviving with Cancer

When someone is diagnosed with cancer nowadays, the scary part often is not the diagnosis but the question, “What will the side effects be?” Today, while there are cures for many types of cancers (when caught early enough), there is not always a great solution to help ease some of the side effects or diminish [...]

Smoke Pot to Prevent Cancer

Being ten years cancer free, I am especially interested in preventing the return of my cancer. I smoke pot toprevent cancer. I don’t want it back, ever! I believe that cannabis chemicals in the blood stream have a profound effect on the regulatory mechanism of cells, allowing them to work more efficiently, and most importantly, [...]

Wine can reduce the risk of lung cancer for smokers

Wine can reduce the risk of lung cancer for smokers, United States Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Dr. Chun Chao and colleagues conducted an experiment on Whether the wine can reduce the risk of lung cancer. Researchers measured the effect of beer, red wine, white wine and liquor consumption on the risk of lung cancer. If [...]

Is Obesity Linked to Cancer?

I was overweight for a long time in my life, and I tried every diet there was to lose weight. Finally, I was motivated to do something when I realized the effects on my body, due to being overweight. The CDC reports that, as a leading cause of death, obesity in America is fast approaching [...]

Prostate Cancer: How Is It Serious?

Prostate cancer is a malignant type of cancer which develops primarily in the prostate, a gland found in the male reproductive system which produces fluids that form part of semen to protect sperm. Most type of this cancer tends to be slow growing; however, cases of aggressive types of this cancers are also present. The [...]

Malignant Mesothelioma: Bringing The Guilty Part To Justice

If you are one of the people that have been diagnosed with malignant Mesothelioma, then you might probably want to be familiar with the different steps involved in ensuring that you are able to deal with the problems and get rid of it. Unfortunately, nothing can get rid of the disease. However, this does not [...]

An overview of asbestosis symptoms

There are a number of diseases which are being associated with a prolonged exposure to asbestos. They include pleural disease, lung cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis, and they are all caused by a person inhaling or ingesting the toxic asbestos fibers. There is an ongoing argument as to what level of asbestos exposure can be considered [...]

The most effective cancer prevention

Cancer prevention We all know that lifestyle makes a difference and the better we treat our bodies, the healthier we are. Cancer, being the the most common disease, is surely the effect of our unhealthy lifestyles. This means that 78,000 Britons develop cancer because of their inappropriate diets and sedentary lifestyle. Healthy lifestyle still becomes [...]

Signs, Symptoms And Treatment Of Breast Cancer

The human body is composed of millions of living cells. And these normal cells follow a certain pattern; normal body cells grow, divide and die in the right time. During in your teens your cells divide faster letting your grow but when you turn adult, it just divides to replace worn-out or dying cells. Cancer [...]