One of the questions that occupy the minds of both researchers, cancer patients and everybody else, from time to time, is what is the relation between cancer and my thoughts? Or what is the relation between any physical illness, for that matter, and our personality, our behavior and our mental state? Many studies have explored, [...]
Resveratrol is a field of scientific study that has gained in momentum over the last 10 – 20 years. However the discovery of this natural fighting polyphenol in plants was first discovered much earlier.
It was in fact discovered in the 1940’s and the roots of the plant it was first discovered in is not where [...]
Everybody loves spending time outdoor on a hot summer day. Whether it is at the local swimming pool or just trying to get that perfect tan, too much sun is bad for your skin. If you are exposed to too much of the harmful ultraviolet sunrays, you can develop not only a really bad sunburn, [...]
Prostate cancer survival rates indicate the chances a cancer patient has of surviving the disease for a specified length of time. The rates are by no means a definite indicator of what will happen to a patient; they can at best predict a patient’s chances of what might happen to him, if a type of [...]
Colorectal cancer can be cured in most cases, when it’s diagnosed in early stages. It is the medical oncologists, gastroenterologists, radiation oncologists and surgeons, who specialize in treating such cancers in women.
Colorectal cancer may be treated depending upon the exact location of the tumour present, its stage and size. Although surgery and chemotherapy (radiation therapy) [...]
Hormone therapy is a treatment option for women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. Like chemotherapy, hormone therapy is a systemic therapy, meaning that is works throughout the entire body. Breast cancer hormone therapy should not be confused with hormone replacement therapy, which is used to replenish hormone levels in post-menopausal women. As the two therapies [...]
According to statistics, one in three Americans are getting cancer! This month, global health experts announced, cancer is on pace to supplant heart disease as the No. 1 cause of death worldwide in 2010, with a growing burden in poor countries thanks to more cigarette smoking and other factors. Would you like to know how [...]
Cancers of the skin are the most common types of cancer that afflict people. A shocking one in five people in the United States will have a skin cancer diagnosis, and for Caucasians, the chances are a sobering one in three people will face skin cancer.
Fortunately, most of these brushes with cancer are limited to [...]
Ah… the prostate exam; could there be a more awkward reason to have two men in the same small tiny room? For many men the idea of having a same sex peer ask you to pull your pants down and bend over while he moves his well-lubricated finger inside your exit, is as close to [...]
As with any disease, there are several colon cancer warning signs, and, again, as with any disease, you should never ignore them.
My father-in-law is a pretty cool cat!
He’s 62 years old and has been jogging 20 miles or so a week for years…now I am not a runner, so I have much respect. Last December [...]
