Tuesday, November 10, 2009
To protect against skin cancer, we all know to wear sunscreen and stay out of the sun between those peak hours, but a pair of recent studies both suggest a genetic component to this form of cancer that we cannot escape.
Researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine have found that short term stress, including things like public speaking, job interview, first dates and healthy work stress can actually boosts the immune system and may offer protection against one type of skin cancer, at least in mice and potentially in humans.
We’ve all heard about the dangers of smoking and hormone replacement therapy in terms of cancer. Now there may be a new lifestyle factor that doctors will attribute to cancer – The problem of being overweight or obese.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Women are usually more comfortable than men about going to the doctor for checkups and regular medical screening, yet strangely younger women tend to ignore symptoms that might be a warning sign of cancer. But what are the symptoms for breast cancer and other potential cancer signs?
Thursday, August 13, 2009
According to a new report out of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Tanning beds / Sunbeds cancer danger is equal to that of cigarettes and asbestos.
Where once it was “probable”, the risk today is rated more seriously – the agency is now calling for these devices to be labeled “carcinogenic to humans”. [...]
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Is exercise one of the ways to prevent cancer?
Men who workout at least 30 minutes a day, at a moderate to high intensity level were half as likely to get cancer according to new research, the first of its kind to look at cancer mortality and intensity of exercise.
It seems that the increased oxygen consumption [...]
Thursday, August 13, 2009
If you’re drinking green tea solely for the cancer protection, you may be interested in the results of a systematic review of studies that involved more than 1.6 million subjects looking at the benefits of green tea.
The review finds “limited” evidence that green tea offers any protective benefits… though it remains a natural, delicious beverage [...]
Today breast cancer is the second leading cause of death in women, after lung cancer. As a result, yearly breast mammograms have become common for women over 40, or anyone at high risk of developing this dangerous, disfiguring disease.
Now that programs like this are in place, experts had expected that the number of cases of [...]
Swedish researchers report a link between the intake of high carb foods and cancer, as the overall glycemic load of a woman’s diet can impact her chances of being diagnosed with breast cancer.
Researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm looked at data from the late 1980s when 61,433 female subjects filled out food frequency questionnaires.
Over the [...]
More and more of us are using sunscreens to protect skin from sunburn, signs of early aging and some kinds of skin cancer. But what do we know about sunscreen effectiveness?
When you’re shopping for that sun protection product this summer, look beyond the package and the claims on the label… make sure you know exactly [...]
