231 articles on "cancer"

How Diet Influences Cancer Risk

Diet is a double edged sword. Improper diet increases the risk of cancer but a proper, well balanced diet reduces the cancer risk. Diet is one of the most important lifestyle factors and has been estimated to account for up to 80% of cancers of the ...

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New Advances In Early Breast Cancer Detection

New Advances In Early Breast Cancer Detection by: Brenda Witt In November 2003, the American Cancer Society stated that breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women between the ages of 40 and 44. In the United States, there are approxima...

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Rubber Bracelets: The Ubiquitous Talismans Of Hope

Rubber Bracelets: The Ubiquitous Talismans Of Hope by: Shannan Barrett Symbols of solidarity and empathy in the face of adversity. That is what the ubiquitous yellow rubber bracelets of Lance Armstrong's Live Strong Foundation are. But when...

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Is Green Tea Good for Me

Health Benefits of Green Teaby Jake Mayer, http://www.tea-dojo.comScientific studies continue to show that green tea is good for you.Tea began its illustrious history as a Chinese medicinal drink, and only gradually did it become the popular beverag...

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Screening For Breast Cancer With No Compression And No Radiation

Screening For Breast Cancer With No Compression And No Radiation by: Brenda Witt Who would have thought that a technology for detecting breast cancer used today actually had its’ roots dating back to 480 B.C.? Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging ...

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BI-2536 Is Grabbing the Attention of Medical Researchers

Cancer is namely regarded as an incurable disease. Ongoing research processes has been going on in finding the cure for the various types and forms of cancer. Acute myeloid leukemia is a serious form of Cancer. It is regarded to not have any form of ...

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Early Breast Cancer Detection

Early Breast Cancer Detection by: Brenda Witt Most women are familiar with mammography as our "gold standard" for breast cancer screening. However, there are additional tools available that women can add to their arsenal. One of the most effecti...

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African-American Males Compensated By Physicians For Prostate Cancer Metastasizes Due To Delay In Diagnosis

In what follows we look at two claims that provide some an understanding of the advantages of testing men for prostate cancer. Although there has been some debate recently on the worth of screening men for prostate cancer (specifically regarding the ...

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Gift Giving for Breast Cancer Patients and Their Families

Gift Giving for Breast Cancer Patients and Their Families by: Adriana Copaceanu Did you know that each year, 182,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer and 43,300 die? One woman in eight either has or will develop breast cancer in her lifeti...

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HPV - A Virus That Puts Women At Increased Risk For Cervical Cancer

- A Virus That Puts Women At Increased Risk For Cervical Cancer by: News Canada A Simple Lab Test Could Save Your Life (NC)-Did you know that one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, called Human Papillomavirus (HPV), is also the ...

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