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Prevent Kidney Cancer with Tea
The International Journal of Cancer recently found that drinking hot tea can reduce one's risk of kidney cancer by up to 15 percent. Green and black tea are good for you, but the very best kind to drink is pu-erh, a ...
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National Cancer Prevention Month
Bridget I. Quinn, R.D., a Nutrition Research Associate at the Women's Intervention Nutrition Study wrote in with some information about cancer prevention. Because February is Cancer Prevention Month, this information ...
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Skin Examinations
Monitoring changes in freckles and moles may help you catch skin cancer in its early stages, but only if you know what to look for. Researchers found that one out of four study participants was not able to spot an ...
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Coaching Relieves Cancer Patients' Pain
Cancer patients who are coached on talking to their physicians about pain may experience up to 20 percent less discomfort afterwards. More than 40 percent of cancer patients do not get sufficient relief from pain ...
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Increase Your Odds of Avoiding Throat Cancer
Throat cancer is a very serious form of cancer that can affect your vocal cords as well as other essential organs in your body. Just think of all the foods and liquids that pass through your throat every day, and the ...
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Aspirin May Fight Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have found aspirin use may decrease the incidence of pancreatic cancer, possibly through its anti-inflammatory effects. The researchers followed a group of post-menopausal ...
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Equal Chemo Access Equalizes Survival
African-Americans with colon cancer are more likely to die from the disease than whites, but Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers have found skewed survival rates nearly disappear when both groups have equal access ...
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Sugar Bowl Rebuke
Controlling your sweet tooth could help reduce your risk of cancer. A diet that includes an overabundance of foods that rapidly boost blood sugar, such as sweets or sugary soft drinks, may boost colorectal cancer risk, ...
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Reducing Your Risk of Breast Cancer
Exercising just two day a week can lower your risk of getting breast cancer by one-third reports a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Pick two days out the week and plan a vigorous workout. Not only ...
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The Best Way to Support a Friend with Cancer
One in every three women will be diagnosed with cancer over the course of her life. More than 33 percent of these diagnoses will result from breast cancer, making it the most common cancer to affect women. In fact, ...
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Avoiding an Unsweet Deal
Controlling your sweet tooth could help reduce your risk of cancer. A diet that includes an overabundance of foods that rapidly boost blood sugar, such as sweets or sugary soft drinks, may boost colorectal cancer risk, ...
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Zinc: The Link Between You and Preventing Esophageal Cancer
Protect your esophagus with a steady stream of zinc in your diet. Chinese researchers recently discovered that higher levels of zinc in people's tissues corresponded with a lower risk of esophageal cancer. Most ...
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A Cup of Prevention
Sipping on a cup of hot tea may be a safeguard against cancer. Population studies have linked the consumption of tea with a reduction in risk for several types of cancer. Researchers speculate that the polyphenols in ...
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Fight Cancer with Tasty Fruits
Eating specific fruits and vegetables can greatly lower your risk of contracting cancer. According to a recent report, the following are top cancer fighting foods. Eat these fruits and vegetables and fight cancer with ...
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Sunburn
Sunburn can seem like simply the annoying after-effect of a nice day at the beach or a productive afternoon of yard work. But sunburn is much more serious than that --- its cumulative effect can be quite dangerous, and ...
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Fiber Supplements May Increase Risk Of Colon Growths
Results of a 550-patient study that compared the potential for calcium or fiber supplements to prevent colon cancer suggests taking fiber supplements may raise the risk of developing adenomas, benign growths that can ...
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Nightshift Cancer
Two different studies published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute report that women who work nights appear to be somewhat more prone to breast cancer. One of the studies found a 60-percent increased risk ...
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Bone Marrow Transplant Prolongs Survival
Stanford University researchers have found that an early, aggressive strike against a particular kind of lymphoma gives patients a better chance for survival than the gentler standard treatment. Dr. James Malone and his ...
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Shorter Post-Lumpectomy Radiation
Shorter radiation therapy following breast lumpectomy appears to be just as effective as longer, more standard therapy, Canadian researchers report. Researchers compared breast cancer recurrence and cosmetic outcome ...
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Radiation: Stem Cells May Cure Some Lymphoma
High-dose radiation plus a stem cell transplant may be an effective treatment for patients with Hodgkin's or non Hodgkin's lymphoma -- cancers that occur in lymph nodes and other tissues -- that is resistant to ...
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