Category Archives: Cancer

Cholesterol is a substance in the body that helps to build healthy cells and promote proper nerve and cellular function. While a small amount of it is required for sustainability, too much of it can lead to some detrimental effects such as atherosclerosis, heart attacks, and stroke. Breast cancer is another condition affecting about one ...click here to read more

Grapes are one of mans most prized fruits. They are delicious, full of flavor, and can even be made into wine. The grape is actually considered a berry and has a history of being enjoyed as far back as 8,000 years ago. It is estimated that nearly 72 million tons of this bountiful fruit are ...click here to read more

Tumors are growths in your body that can either have no impact on our health or be cancerous, spreading and infecting as much of the body as it can. It is this spread (metastasis) that can lead to further complication of other organs, causing distal organ system complications not originally affected by the tumor. New ...click here to read more

Cancer of the brain due to metastasis (spread from a distant primary cancer) is often an insidious diagnosis that is not caught until very late into the course of the disease. Unfortunately, this leads to poor prognosis and early death. Much of the issue is with screening potential patients. While there are tests available to ...click here to read more

Humans have been striving to find a cure for cancer since day one. Cancers, such as ones that affect the pancreas, are notorious for being difficult to treat, leading victims and their families to live through grief and heart break. This is what makes discovering a new substance to combat cancer very exciting. A small ...click here to read more

Colon cancer claims nearly 50,000 lives every year in the United States alone. It is a condition of the large intestine that affects people in their later years of life. Colon cancer is the third most common cancer affecting men and women in the world. Thankfully, the death rate due to colon cancer has been ...click here to read more

Being tall has its advantages, such as being able to reach objects high up, being able to see over other people’s heads, and possibly even being better at certain sports than shorter individuals. Although these traits may seem appealing, being tall has its dangers too. A recent study suggests that being taller or fatter than ...click here to read more

Two new vaccine candidates, called APPROACH and TRAVERSE, are still in the experimental stages but are showing promising results. The TRAVERSE vaccine will have full results by the end of this year, and if they are as positive, both vaccines may move into larger trials in southern parts of Africa. The focus of these potential ...click here to read more

It is none too common these days to hear of a woman who has decided to undergo single or double mastectomy surgery as part of a cancer treatment plan or as a preventive measure. Some women even choose to have beautiful tattoo work done to cover the scars of surgery, or simply to re-create the ...click here to read more

A new study finds that increasing tomato intake in mice reduces the size of skin cancer tumors. The most commonly found cancers are non-melanoma skin cancers. Each year, non-melanoma skin cancers are diagnosed at higher rates than breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer combined, and their rates are climbing. Despite being one ...click here to read more

A new study finds that men who are taller or obese have a higher chance of developing aggressive prostate cancer tumors. Researchers examined data from 519,978 participants from 10 European countries to determine factors leading to the development of prostate cancer. Approximately 150,000 of the participants made up the study cohort for this research. The ...click here to read more

Breast cancer is a condition that plagues the mind of most women at one point or another. Discovering a lump on your breast can be frightening, as breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in females worldwide, accounting for nearly 18.2 percent of all cancer deaths. People have always said that your lifestyle and ...click here to read more

New research findings have uncovered that black women who use certain hair dyes and white women using certain chemical relaxants have a higher risk of breast cancer. The study involved over 4,000 women. The study found that black women who used dark brown of black hair dyes had a 51 percent higher risk for breast ...click here to read more

We often think that cancer is the direct result of having bad habits such as smoking or drinking too much. While this is true to a certain degree, a new study has found that simply being a couch potato increases your risk of kidney and bladder cancer, regardless of whether or not you are obese. ...click here to read more