Archive for January, 2008

Cancer - How Do Women Get It?

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Cancer - How Do Women Get It?By Kathy Summers
How much do we really know about cancer? It is a common knowledge that this kind of disease do not pick any particular person, may you be a commoner, a rich dude, a beggar, or simply just someone. Cancer is a bunch of diseases in […]

Red Meat Connected to More Kinds of Cancer

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Red Meat Connected to More Kinds of CancerBy Jason Witt
When you receive the Seal you begin to notice what you eat and how it affects your health. A new study shows that red meat increases your risk of getting various kinds of cancer.
This was a large study–500,000 people were followed for up to 8 […]

History of Radiation Therapy

Monday, January 28th, 2008

History of Radiation TherapyBy Art Gib
The discoveries of x-rays and radiation by scientists Becquerel and Rontgen in the late 1800s got the ball rolling in radiation application. Marie Curie s Nobel Prize winning work with radioactive elements also helped set the stage at the turn of the century.
Scientists and doctors, out of happenstance, discovered that […]

Cancer Drugs - Learning More About Cancer Medication

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Cancer Drugs - Learning More About Cancer MedicationBy TJ Nelson
There are many types of cancer that people may suffer from but one thing that stays similar is the types of medication that they may be using. There are many forms of medication that you may be prescribed with various types of side effect to go […]

What is Pancreatic Cancer?

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

What is Pancreatic Cancer?By Steven P. Ross
Pancreatic cancer is perhaps the deadliest of all types of cancer. Only five out of a hundred people who suffer from it will survive for more than five years after the cancer has been diagnosed. In this article, we will discuss exactly what this is, some of the symptoms, […]

Cancer Information and Support Can Hasten Healing and Save Lives

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Cancer Information and Support Can Hasten Healing and Save LivesBy Chris Robertson
It s the word that no one ever wants to hear: cancer. Although our parents or grandparents might have heard that word and considered it an automatic death sentence, today s focus on prevention, early detection, and treatment means that people who are diagnosed […]

Reducing Cancer Risk

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Reducing Cancer RiskBy Neeraj K
Women who carry the genetic mutations for breast cancer and ovarian cancer have several options to help prevent the diseases. Some of the options are fairly easy to implement but do not lower the risk by much. Others greatly reduce risk but are difficult to maintain or are life-changing.
Surveillance: in this […]