If you have been reading newspaper or listening to news regularly over the past few years, you should have come across several warnings telling us to protect ourselves from skin cancer. Whilst there are many who do pay attention t...
A recent study done by the American Institute for Cancer Research showed that a substance in green tea actually halted a specific stage of the cancer process and was even more effective than certain cancer drugs. Studies done on l...
If you are just learning about cancer prevention, you are probably both amazed and confused by a great many things. It is probably shocking for you to find out that the FDA is not standing behind vitamin B17, which could be one of...
Skin cancer, like many other forms of cancer, has no common symptoms that make it obvious that you have a form of the disease. The best way to detect skin cancer is to check your body from time to time for any changes in the skin....
At the end of the 19th century, Julius Cohnheim, a follower of Rudolf Virchow, arrived at an idea that cancer seemed to be “just an embryo cell, which was strayed”. Later, at the beginning of the 20th century, Alexander Maximoff...
Mesothelioma is a certain type of cancer most commonly caused by an exposure to asbestos. However, mesothelioma may not show up for many decades after the asbestos exposure. There are three types of mesothelioma: Pleural, peritone...
The reason alternative cancer treatments are not more widely known has little to do with their alleged therapeutic ineffectiveness and far more to do with political control and the therapy marketplace.
Many of the treatments...
Katherine Anne Couric was born on January 7th of 1957 in Arlington, Virginia. She is also one of the celebrities fighting cancer. Katie has been a strong advocate for cancer since the loss of her husband in 1998 of colon cancer an...
Between 70% to 80% of all cases of mesothelioma involve patients who have a history of exposure to asbestos at work. Mesothelioma is a cancer caused by inhaling or ingesting asbestos particles, and usually presents as a pleural...
Though not directly exposed to asbestos in high concentrations, family and friends of workers who are heavily exposed are at some risk, as evidence shows. This contamination can come from the clothing of a someone who works with...
For people who have already suffered through cancer, it can be devastating to learn that their cancer has returned. After going through all kinds of cancer treatments-including the often-upsetting chemotherapy-to have a doctor tel...