Every year over a million women are diagnosed with breast cancer, and although 80 percent of those with the condition in the UK survive, hundreds of women in the UK do not survive breast cancer because they have developed resistance to breast cancer drugs. However, experts in the US now claim that flowers may hold the key to preventing women building up resistance to one popular medication known as Tamoxifen.
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Archive for the ‘Cancer’ category
Flowers May Hold the Key to Preventing Cancer Drug Resistance
March 12th, 2010
Reduce Oral Cancer Risk With Avocados
March 12th, 2010One of the great things in life is the work being done in research and medical science in the war against cancer. Obviously new drugs and better surgery techniques are always welcome but so too is a scientific approach to cancer using natural material. Fruit is a prime example of this process. Recent studies have shown that the humble avocado contains chemicals which can inhibit the growth of pre-malignant and malignant cells found in the mouth. This is a wonderful result and doubly so because it uses easy to obtain and cheap materials – the avocado.
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How to Prevent Cancer – Several Special Tips
March 12th, 2010Anybody that has ever had cancer or knows somebody that has had it, or has a family member that has had cancer knows just how devastating and horrible it can be to the person who has it and everyone involved. Although there currently isn’t any known cure, anything that we can do to prevent cancer is very important, vitally so. In fact since there isn’t a cure, the only thing we can do is try to prevent it.
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Healthy Work Stress May Protect Against Cancer
March 12th, 2010Researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine have found that short term stress, including things like public speaking, job interviews, first dates and healthy work stress can actually boost the immune system and may offer protection against one type of skin cancer, at least in mice and potentially in humans. Acute stress has been shown to galvanize the immune system, while chronic stress has long been thought to weaken immunity and increase the risk of disease. For the research, 30 lab mice were exposed to doses of cancer-causing ultraviolet light for ten weeks.
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The God is in Biology
March 12th, 2010The most dreaded and rapidly increasing disease in today’s technology driven World is Cancer- the result of unscrupulous and ruthless use of chemicals, particularly man made chemicals, in the modern civilized world. What exactly is cancer? Biologically speaking it is a disease of uncontrolled division of cells.
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Six Cancer Preventing Foods You Should Know About
March 12th, 2010I don’t think that I need to make an argument about how terrible cancer is and how devastating it can be to anybody who has it as well as their friends and families. The fact of the matter remains that since we don’t yet have a cure, the best thing we can do is help prevent it whenever possible.
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Dealing With Anxiety in Cancer
March 12th, 2010Shock, disbelief and a sense of unreality. Is this really happening to me? These are some of the commonest reactions on first receiving a cancer diagnosis, along with anxiety – concerns and fears about the future and whether the cancer can be treated. And the ultimate fear – will I die? Such anxieties are completely normal and are part of our inbuilt response to serious challenges.
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What You Didn’t Know About Oral Cancer – A Silent But Dangerous Condition
March 12th, 2010Oral cancer as a very common form of cancer characterized by an uncontrollable growth of cells that invade your oral tissues or cavities and can be critical for any person’s life if not diagnosed and treated in early stages. In the United States approximately 35,000 new cases of oral cancer are diagnosed each year, according to the American Cancer Society. The stage at which oral cancer is diagnosed is vital to the disease’s course; when detected at its earliest stage, it’s easier to treat and cure it; when detected late, only 50% of those diagnosed will survive more than five years!
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The Simoncini Effect and Cancer – Baking Soda – Unlikely Cancer Cure
March 12th, 2010A simple and unlikely substance may prove to be an effective weapon against cancer. Could Sodium Bicarbonate really be the silver bullet? At least one doctor believes in it – but will the established cancer business ever acknowledge it? Or will they destroy its discoverer?
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Killing Cancer Stem Cells With Chemicals
March 12th, 2010In late 2009, a multi-institutional team of researchers from the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard discovered an exciting new chemical that specifically targets aggressive cells within breast cancers that normally have the ability to seed new tumors; these cells are otherwise known as cancer stem cells. The general concept is that most medical practitioners and scientists believe that these specific cancer stem cells allow cancer to spread throughout the body, possibly reemerging after treatments that otherwise seem successful.
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