Colorectal cancer, also known as bowel cancer, is becoming an all to common form of cancer both in the United States […]
Though many woman dread that yearly mammogram, we’ve all heard often enough that early detection of breast cancer […]
We all know that excessive amounts of saturated fats in the diet can cause health problems.
But if you enjoy foods that […]
If you smoke, or ever have, and you eat lots of broccoli (or other cruciferous veggies such as cabbage, cauliflower, kale, […]
Being active is well known to reduce a woman’s cancer risk, but when you’re lying in bed warm and comfortable and the alarm […]
In case you needed more of a reason to keep an eye on your weight, recent research has found that, in general, obesity is linked to cancer.
For obese women, especially those who have gone through menopause, this means an increased risk of breast cancer.
Though experts can’t yet explain to us why the link is there, […]
The latest information we have on cancer deaths in the U.S. shows the rate going down an average 2.1% a year between 2002 and 2004. Important drops were seen in the three leading causes of cancer deaths for men: lung, prostate and colorectal.
In women, death rates from colorectal and breast cancer was down, while the […]
Vitamin C and cancer are either a good or bad combination, depending on the research that’s making news.
Since this essential vitamin is known to be an antioxidant, many experts suggest it helps in the fight against cancer. But when chemotherapy drugs are involved, vitamin C may not be the supplement to use, according to a […]
If a man in your life is at risk for developing prostate cancer, here’s some information you might want to pass along.
While a connection between eating meat and enjoying high fat dairy products and cancer of the prostate has been suspected for a while, recent research by a team at Oxford University has been able […]
You’ve probably heard that the antioxidants found in certain foods and red wine can offer some protection from breast cancer, heart disease and stroke. According to new research set to appear in October’s Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, we could soon be adding lung cancer to that list.
“An antioxidant component in red wine may help […]
