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Liver Cancer Prevention
Liver cancer is considered as one of the most common forms of cancer in the world. Liver cancer prevention is mainly based on trying to keep the liver healthy as well as prevent it from getting certain diseases that is directly related to liver cancer development. Here are some of them: Avoid too much alcohol. Too much alcohol can be linked to liver cancer by way of the damage it can do. Too much ... [Read More]
Study Shows Caffeine Lowers Skin Cancer Risk
?While caffeine may have gotten some bad rep in terms of its effects on health, this view may change a little bit. Researchers from Rutgers University have provided some evidence that caffeine can lower the risk of skin cancer. While some people may consider that cup of coffee as unhealthy, it might just actually be helping protect the body from skin cancer at the molecular level. The findings mad... [Read More]
Common Products That May Also Be Cancer Risks
The recent announcement by WHO that mobile phone use may be a possible cancer risk and hazard may have become a cause of concern for many people. The fact that mobile phones are quite common everyday items that people use, being considered a cancer risk may have worried some cellphone users. But there are also other everyday products that may have links to cancer that most people may not be aware ... [Read More]
Rogue Gene May Provide Clue To Stopping Cancer Spread
New research has discovered of a rogue gene that may play a role in the spread of cancer in the body. Scientists at the University of East Anglia suggest that blocking the activity of this rogue gene may help stop the spread of cancer. This discovery may provide a breakthrough in understanding just how cancer spreads. The said rogue gene, which the scientists have identified as WWP2, is an enzymic... [Read More]
Daily Aspirin May Cut Cancer Risk By 60 Percent
A recent study suggests that taking aspirin daily may help reduce cancer risk by as much as 60 percent. British researchers from the University of Oxford and John Radcliffe Hospital published study results in the journal The Lancet that suggest taking a 75 mg dose of aspirin daily for at least a period of 5 years can reduce the risk of death due to certain cancers from 10 to 60 percent. The findin... [Read More]
Well-Done Meat May Increase Bladder Cancer Risk
A study conducted by the researchers from the University of Texas reports that eating well-done meats may just increase a person's risk of developing bladder cancer. This may pose a concern for people who usually indulge in and are planning summer outdoor cookouts and barbecues. The study involved information gathering about the eating habits of 884 patients with bladder cancer as well as 878 othe... [Read More]
Bitter Melon Can Kill Breast Cancer Cells
A study conducted at Saint Louis University suggests that a vegetable used in Oriental and Indian medicine to treat ailments such as diabetes can also be quite effective in killing breast cancer cells. A vegetable known as bitter melon, which is common both as food and as an herbal remedy in many parts of Asia as well as India, appears to also have the ability to destroy breast cancer cells.Bitter... [Read More]
Breast Cancer Survivors Taking Aspirin Experience Lower Death Risk
A recent study showed that breast cancer survivors taking aspirin may also experience a lower death risk from the disease. The said study was made by researchers from the Harvard Medical School and published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The said study involved more than 4,000 nurses who took aspirin, mainly as a way to prevent heart disease. But this also seems to translate into a 50 perce... [Read More]
Soft Drinks May Increase Pancreatic Cancer Risk
Recent research shows that consuming soft drinks may increase the risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Although pancreatic cancer is considered rare, it is also one of the most deadly forms of cancer known. Five percent of those who are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer remain alive five years later.Mark Pereira, PhD., associate professor in the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health an... [Read More]
Eating Mushrooms May Lower Breast Cancer Risk
According to a recent study, eating mushrooms may help lower the risk of developing breast cancer in women. The findings was recently reported at the International Journal of Cancer.The study involved 2,000 Chinese women from age 20 to 87 years old, with 1,099 of them also breast cancer patients. The rest were healthy women equally matched for age. Each participant was instructed to fill up a deta... [Read More]