Preventing Cancer: Step 5 – Testing
Various Tests for Cancer Detection and Prevention Cancer prevention goes a long way from simply taking measures to avoid getting cancer. Getting tested for cancer is also an important factor in cancer prevention. It is an early cancer diagnosis that treatment of cancer can become successful. There are numerous cancer prevention tests that can be used to detect cancer. West.net gives us a low down of some of these cancer tests: Tests for Bladder Cancer Over the past few years, [...]
Preventing Cancer: Step 4 – Detoxify
Detoxification’s Role in Cancer Prevention and Treatment of Cancer Alarming facts: in 1996 more Americans died of cancer than in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War combined, with over 550, 000 cancer deaths among Americans. In 2002, more than 1.25 million Americans had received a cancer diagnosis and the number continues to grow. Cancer death happens every minute. In the early 1900’s, there was very little cancer. It used to be that children rarely got cancer. Today [...]
Preventing Cancer: Step 2 – Exercise
Exercise Helps to Prevent Cancer If you cringe at the word “exercise”, well this might get you moving. Cancer research studies have shown that people who live a sedentary lifestyle are more cancer risk than those who regularly exercise. Exercise is good for more than just your waistline. The American Cancer Society report highlights the importance of staying physically active and maintaining a healthy body weight in relation to cancer prevention and treatment of cancer. The society concurs that exercise [...]
Preventing Cancer: Step 1 – Change Your Diet
Cancer is a disease that takes the lives of many every year. A lot of cancer related deaths are due to breast cancer and lung cancer – two of the most common types of cancer disease that people get. Breast cancer statistics alone shows an alarming rate of 40, 170 female deaths in the year 2009 and 440 male deaths also from breast cancer. The good news is that scientists have been persistent in their cancer researches and with the [...]
Cancer Prevention
Cancer is a terrible disease that has touched almost all of us in some way. It has changed and influenced my life in a big way! My mother died of cancer when I was 19. She battled cancer during most of my teenage years. I have lost my grandmother, numerous aunts, uncles, and friends to cancer. I grew up with my two younger sisters thinking that none of us were going to live past 40 because of cancer. I know [...]