Archive for the 'Cancer' Category
You can’t change most things that increase your odds of getting breast cancer. But building the following five priorities into your life may cut your risk—or make it more likely you’ll find cancer early, when it’s more easily treated.
1. Limit yourself to two or three alcoholic drinks a week.
2. Exercise at least three times a […]
Myth #1: A -fiber diet will prevent colon cancer - Read about it
Myth #2: A soy burger is healthier than a beef burger -Read about it
Myth #3: Ginkgo biloba will improve your memory -Read about it
Myth #4: Antibacterial soap is better than regular soap for beating germs -Read about it
Myth #5 : The higher the […]
Here’s yet another skin cancer scare-fest. Check out the pictures compiled by Asylum of some of the worst tans and burns they’ve seen. But honestly, if that picture doesn’t scare you pale, nothing will. Check out the gory (and funny) details…
Being screened for prostate cancer probably seems like a no-brainer to most health-conscious men, given that the disease is the second-most common cancer in American men as well as the second-most deadly, affecting one in six men.But earlier this week the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a panel of primary care experts that issues […]
Be Label-Conscious:
Make sense of the fine print on your sunscreen tube
Chemical Sunscreens
Ingredients like benzophenones, salicylates, and cinnamates form a protective film to -absorb UV rays before they penetrate the skin’s surface.
Physical Sunscreens
These work by reflecting the sun’s UV rays. Look for zinc oxide or titanium oxide.
Photoaging
Skin damage caused by sun exposure — like fine lines, […]
Due to the pursuit of the sun kissed look, many younger women continue to receive diagnoses of the most dangerous form of skin cancer- melanoma. While the numbers are rising among young women, the cases among men have leveled off.
This is an issue of great concern and could be a foretell of a […]
Resveratrol, found in red wine, grape skins, inhibits abnormal cells, study finds
MONDAY, July 7 (HealthDay News) — A compound found in red grapes and red wine suppresses abnormal cell formation that leads to most types of breast cancer, according to U.S. researchers.
The compound, resveratrol, is sold in extract form as a dietary supplement.
Breast cancer forms […]
Tens of millions of Americans have quit smoking cigarettes. The benefits of quitting — no matter what your age — are prodigious. Risks of heart disease and stroke plummet. So does the risk of lung cancer, along with cancers of the mouth, throat, bladder, cervix and pancreas. But can the damage from smoking ever be […]
Some May Have Gene That Cuts Alcohol-Related Cancers
Could your genes actually help lower the risk of getting cancer when drinking alcohol? A new study says that this may be possible.
Researchers from Lyon, France, found that some people with certain variations in a gene involved in breaking down alcohol in the body appear to have a […]
Other alcohol also boosted the risk, as did smoking, study found
WEDNESDAY, May 21 (HealthDay News) — Heavy smoking and drinking, especially beer, may hasten the onset of pancreatic cancer, according to researchers who presented their data Tuesday at the Digestive Disease Week 2008 conference in San Diego.
Beer appears to exert a stronger influence than […]