Showing posts with label Cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cancer. Show all posts

Friday, 31 August 2012

Heart Disease-Allergies-Arthritis-Diabetes-Cancer

What do diabetes, heart disease, allergies, Alzheimer's, arthritis, and cancer h...

What do Diabetes, heart disease, Allergies, Alzheimer's, Arthritis, and cancer have in common? They all have their origins in inflammation. De-puff with these meals that heal
Foods That Fight Pain - Prevention.com
Learn how to love yourself with food: recipes that fight pain, boost your health, and change your lifestyle read more..

Saturday, 11 August 2012

American Cancer Society-Controversial Drug-Aspirin-Ward

Can daily aspirin help ward off cancer?
Top Cancer Causing Foods-Cancer Cell Growth-Pancreatic Cancer-Cancer Growth
WRAPPED ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OF BAYER AG CHEMICAL COMPANY IN LEVERKUSEN.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study bolsters the case that daily aspirin may help protect against cancer, although the effect seems weaker than previously thought. And the final chapter on the popular but controversial drug has yet to be written, experts say, because like earlier research the new work has considerable limitations. "News about the cancer potential of aspirin use has been really encouraging lately," said Dr. Michael Thun of the American Cancer Society, who worked on the study. "Things are moving forward, but it is still a work in progress." Medical guidelines in the U.S. ... read more..

Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez-Cancer Treatment-Type Of Cancer-Medical Tests

Chavez sees no more cancer treatment on horizon
Top Cancer Causing Foods-Cancer Cell Growth-Pancreatic Cancer-Cancer Growth
Hugo Chavez hi-fives Nikolay, the son of Alexander Lukashenko at Miraflores Palace in Caracas

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday he sees no need for further treatment for the cancer that struck him last year just weeks after he had said medical tests showed him in good health. Although polls show Chavez comfortably ahead, any relapse in his undisclosed type of cancer could upend his October 7 re-election bid against opposition challenger Henrique Capriles. "I've already done what I need to do," Chavez said when asked if he planned to undergo any more cancer treatment. "At this moment, on the horizon that I can see ... ... read more..

Saturday, 9 June 2012

Food And Drug Administration-Swiss Pharmaceutical Company-Blockbuster Cancer Drug

Roche's breast cancer drug gets FDA nod
Top Cancer Causing Foods-Cancer Cell Growth-Pancreatic Cancer-Cancer Growth
Logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is pictured in Rotkreuz

(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have approved a new breast cancer drug from Roche Holding AG that the company hopes will become the standard treatment for women with an aggressive, incurable form of cancer. Roche unit Genentech announced Friday that the Food and Drug Administration approved the injectable drug Perjeta for women with a type of breast cancer known as HER-2 positive, which makes up about a quarter of all breast cancers and has no cure. Analysts predict the medicine could be another blockbuster cancer drug for the Swiss company. ... read more..

Wednesday, 6 June 2012

California Primary Election-Tobacco Products-Tobacco Industry-Cancer Research-Lance Armstrong

California voters weigh $1 per pack cigarette tax
Top Cancer Causing Foods-Cancer Cell Growth-Pancreatic Cancer-Cancer Growth
FILE - In this Friday, May 11, 2012 file photo, Cycling legend and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong attends a rally at a news conference at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles in favor of Proposition 29, a measure on the June 2012 California primary election ballot that would add a $1-per-pack tax on cigarettes. The money raised would go to cancer research projects, smoking-reduction programs a

Early election returns showed Californians divided Tuesday on whether to slap an additional $1-per-pack tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products to fund cancer research. read more..

Monday, 21 May 2012

High Blood Pressure-Health Problems-Sleep Disorder-Healthday News-Heart Disease

Sleep Apnea Linked to Higher Cancer Death Risk

SUNDAY, May 20 (Healthday News) -- Sleep apnea has already been linked to a host of adverse health problems, such as high blood pressure and Heart Disease. Now, new research suggests that in people who already have Cancer, the sleep disorder may raise their risk of dying from cancer. read more..

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

Public Health Issues-Heart Disease-Cancer-Span

Heart disease and cancer are huge public health issues and the span and scope of...

Heart disease and Cancer are huge public health issues and the span and scope of both diseases is rather broad, however there is one hormone that has been linked to both—and it can be controlled with your diet. What are we talking about? Insulin! read more..

Thursday, 10 May 2012

Clinical Trials-Mental Health-Heart Disease-Cancer

Clinical trials often fall short: US study
Essential Nutrients-Trace Minerals-Heart Disease-Healthy Food-Healthy Fats
Most clinical trials for cancer, heart disease and mental health are too small to offer adequate medical evidence

Most clinical trials for cancer, heart disease and mental health are too small to offer adequate medical evidence, said a review of the US database of such studies released on Tuesday. read more..

Thursday, 3 May 2012

Radioactive Iodine Treatment-Thyroid Cancer-Healthday News

Lower-Dose Radioiodine Effective Against Thyroid Cancer

WEDNESDAY, May 2 (Healthday News) -- People with Thyroid cancer are often given a radioactive iodine treatment to wipe out stray cancer cells, a treatment that comes with its own health risks. read more..

Sunday, 22 April 2012

The Mayo Clinic-Health Editor-Skin Cancer-Young Women

A new study from the Mayo Clinic reports that between the years 1970 and 2009, t...

A new study from The Mayo Clinic reports that between the years 1970 and 2009, the incidence of melanoma increased 800% among young women and 400% among young men ages 18 to 39. Think you're too young for Cancer? A Health Editor covering a story on cancer suddenly finds herself in the role of patient—at 26 years old: http://ow.ly/a26Ps
Detect Skin Cancer
A health editor covering a story on cancer suddenly finds herself in the role of patient. Here's why you need to know the risks of skin cancer. read more..

Thursday, 5 April 2012

Pharmaceutical Giant-Counterfeit Version-Health Authorities-Fake Version-Cancer Drug

US finds more fake cancer drugs
Top Cancer Causing Foods-Cancer Cell Growth-Pancreatic Cancer-Cancer Growth
A counterfeit version of Roche's cancer drug Altuzan was found to contain no active ingredient

Less than two months after counterfeit Avastin, a cancer drug made by the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche, was found on the US market, another fake version has turned up, health authorities said Wednesday. read more..

Wednesday, 28 March 2012

Cancer-India

Cancer killing younger people in India, tobacco main cause

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Cancer is killing younger people in India and affecting far more poor and less-educated villagers than wealthier, better-educated urban people, researchers reported on Wednesday. "Cancer appears earlier (in India) than say in China or the U.S., so it's a disease of the young," said the lead author of the paper, Professor Prahbat Jha at the Centre for Global Health Research at the University of Toronto in Canada. ... read more..

Traditional Pap Smear-Cervical Cancer-Joint Venture-Breast Cancer

Cervical cancer test kit jumps Asian cultural hurdles

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A Singapore-Dutch joint venture has launched a home test kit for cervical Cancer to make the process more convenient and help women, particularly in Asia, overcome fear of the traditional pap smear. Cervical cancer, with about 500,000 new cases and 250,000 deaths each year, is the second most common cancer among women after Breast Cancer, the World Health Organization says. ... read more..

Friday, 2 March 2012

World Health Organization-Lifestyle Changes-Cancers

Lifestyle changes can help prevent 30% of cancers: WHO
Health Benefits Of Carrot Juice-Cancer Prevention-Beta Carotene-Breast Cancer
More than 30 percent of cancers can be prevented by lifestyle changes, the WHO said on the eve of World Cancer Day

More than 30 percent of cancers can be prevented by lifestyle changes, the World Health Organization said Friday, on the eve of World Cancer Day. read more..

Monday, 27 February 2012

American Academy Of Pediatrics-Gardasil Vaccine-Cancer Vaccine-Hpv Infections

Group backs HPV shot recommendation for boys

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boys 11 years and up should get Merck & Co's Gardasil vaccine to protect them against HPV infections, which can cause genital warts as well as oral, penile and anal Cancers, the nation's largest group of pediatricians said Monday. "What we are hoping will come out of this is that we can push this as a cancer vaccine," said Dr. Michael Brady of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). "We now have the ability to interrupt the transmission and the development of cancer." The new statement leans on recommendations released last year by U.S. ... read more..

American Academy Of Pediatrics-Gardasil Vaccine-Cancer Vaccine-Hpv Infections

Group backs HPV shot recommendation for boys

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Boys 11 years and up should get Merck & Co's Gardasil vaccine to protect them against HPV infections, which can cause genital warts as well as oral, penile and anal Cancers, the nation's largest group of pediatricians said Monday. "What we are hoping will come out of this is that we can push this as a cancer vaccine," said Dr. Michael Brady of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). "We now have the ability to interrupt the transmission and the development of cancer." The new statement leans on recommendations released last year by U.S. ... read more..

Thursday, 23 February 2012

Breast Cancer Survivor-Arline Maccormack-Pregnant Women-Miscarriages

Boston lawsuit claims DES-breast cancer link
Health Benefits Of Carrot Juice-Cancer Prevention-Beta Carotene-Breast Cancer
In this Dec. 13, 2011 photo, breast cancer survivor Arline MacCormack speaks with a reporter at her home in Newton, Mass. A study has confirmed that the drug DES, which millions of pregnant women took decades ago to prevent miscarriage and complications, has put their daughters at higher risk for breast cancer and other health problems that are showing up now. MacCormack is one of 53 women from ar

Arline MacCormack first heard about DES from her mother when she was 17. Three decades later, MacCormack believes that the drug her mother took to prevent miscarriages caused her to develop breast cancer at age 44. read more..

Tuesday, 14 February 2012

High Fiber Food-Heart Attack-Fatty Acids-Plant Foods-Cancer

DID YOU KNOW: The only foods that contain immune strengthening and cancer fighti...

DID YOU KNOW: The only foods that contain immune strengthening and cancer fighting nutrients are plant foods.....there is a strong medical evidence that eating plant foods is a gateway to optimal nutritional health. read more..



FOODS THAT CAN KEEP YOU HALE & HEARTY:OATS: this high fiber food lowers bad cholesterol.FISH: super rich in omega-3 Fatty Acids reduces the risk of a Heart Attack by upto one - third.NUTS & SEEDS: walnuts and almonds are full of omega-3 fatty acids....they are also high in fibers, which prevent hunger and help control weight.LEGUMES: ... read more..