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Why Your Cancer Cells Would Like Some Diet Soda, Too
Cancer cells get a kick out of diet soda and fast food, too. A few specific ingredients in most of our processed foods are promoting cancer growth, obesity,sudden cardiac death, and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ADD, and more. What you need to watch out for.
Blood Plasma-Definition
Plasma is a watery, almost colorless fluid that contains no cells. It accounts for about half the volume of your blood and lymphatic fluid.
Symptoms of Rectal Cancer
Rectal cancer is cancer that forms in the rectum, the last part of the colon. According to the Mayo Clinic, symptoms of rectal cancer typically do not appear until the cancer is in advanced stages.
Prime-Boost Vaccination With Plasmid
Two gene vaccines targeting HER2/neu appear to be effective in preventive and therapeutic tumor models.
BAMLET AND HAMLET – A New Play or a Cure for Cancer?
There are two new actors on stage in the war on cancer, BAMLET AND HAMLET. It was a fluke discovery; HAMLET was stumbled onto by researchers trying to figure out why breast milk kills bacteria. Instea
Understanding the Importance of Your Medical Family History
Research on breast cancer has shown that women who have a medical family history of the disease are much more likely to have breast cancer themselves. However, only 15% of the people with breast cancer have a medical family history of the disease.
Renegotiating Sex and Intimacy After Cancer
Find out how sexual contracts change with cancer -- in a wide array of sexual scenarios.
Green Tea's Influence on Chemotherapy
For the last several years, there has been an abundance of research on the effects of green tea and its possible ability to prevent cancer. There has been a lot of focus on Asian culture, where the incidence of cancer is significantly lower that that of the Western world.
Finding the Right Treatment For Breast Cancer
It can seem very scary getting a diagnoses of breast cancer. Although it is true that the amount of women who are receiving this news is rising, it is far from being a death sentence. In today's modern age of advancing science and medicine, we have developed numerous ways to treat breast cancer
Treatment for Cancer Symptoms
The symptoms of cancer can be harsh. Deciding on what type of treatment to seek to help control these symptoms can also be difficult. Medications can be helpful, but many people are turning to other methods to supplement the drugs.
What Are the Causes of Jelly Belly Cancer?
"Jelly Belly Cancer" is the term given to pseudomyxoma peritonei, or, PMP, a rare form of stomach cancer. It gets its nickname from the tumors that grow in the abdominal area and give the appearance of a distended "jelly belly."
Eligibility For Breast Conservation Therapy
Find out if you are eligible to undergo a Breast Conservation Therapy.Read here for more information.
Interplay Between Types of Cadherin in Breast Cancer
How do these members of the cadherin family promote tumor growth?
A Call to Address the Cancer Drug Shortage
As shortages of cancer drugs worsen, Dr. Maurie Markman advocates that healthcare clinicians lobby elected representatives to resolve the shortages and prevent compromises to patient outcomes.
Colon cancer symptoms in women and hemorrhoid symptoms
Summary: Recognizing Early Colon Cancer SymptomsColon cancer occurs in the large intestine and it can be life threatening. During the early development of colon cancer the cells are benign in nature.
The Gift That Keeps on Giving
At some point in our lives, we will each be affected by cancer. Whether indirectly or directly, cancer is touching the lives of all of us every single day.
Prevent Colon Cancer: Your Way To A Healthy Colon
Prevent Colon Cancer: Your Way To A Healthy Colon One of the leading causes of death around the world is having cancer. Though there are now drugs and other treatments that could help prevent cancer, ...
Lyme Disease A Complex Diagnosis Patients Need To Know
Lyme disease is second only to AIDS among the fastest-growing infectious diseases in the United States. And when one considers that some estimates show that the prevalence of Lyme cases might actually be 15 times ...
Pre-operative Chemotherapy for Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma
Current consensus recommends the use of post-operative chemotherapy, but is there a place for pre-operative chemotherapy?
The Most Common Cancer For Women - Breast Cancer
Some of today's most common cancers are unique only to women, simply because of our genetic make-up. To have a better understanding of your own risk profile, the various prevention strategies and the treatment options available, here is a straightforward discussion of some cancers that are spec