Cancer Risk

1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in their life, according to www.breastcancer.org. Women have long been advised that having a mammogram routinely will help to detect breast cancer early which will increase the chance of survival. However, controversy exists around mammograms, especially when performed on young women.  Research ...click here to read more

The idea of you or someone you care about being diagnosed with prostate cancer, or being given any kind of cancer risk at all can be very scary. And the bottom line is that prostate cancer risk is all too high, in fact, with millions of people being diagnosed with various forms of cancer and ...click here to read more

Sitting in your doctor’s office and hearing that you have cancer can be scary.  But finding out that your cancer isn’t curable can be down-right terrifying and hard to swallow.  A recent study found that many people that are diagnosed with incurable cancers actually believe that they will be healed with chemotherapy treatment, even though ...click here to read more

Receiving a diagnosis of cancer is often regarded as a life-changing event.  Cancer is strongly associated with extensive treatments, frequent visits to the hospital, and modifications in lifestyle behaviors.  There is also the fear that one’s life may be shortened due to the presence of cancer.  For some individuals, this fear of cancer may be ...click here to read more

It is estimated that 16.15 % or approximately 1 in 6 men born today will eventually suffer from prostate cancer.  Although prostate cancer is rarely fatal when caught in the early stages, it still remains the second leading causing of cancer related death in men.     Fortunately, recent research has led to the identification of two ...click here to read more

Bubble tea is considered as an enjoyable Asian drink, with its tapioca pearls and wide range of flavors.  Most young individuals would grab a glass of bubble tea and chew on these sticky, sweet tapioca pearls using a wide-diameter straw.  The tapioca pearls in bubble tea are prepared from the cassava crop, which is a ...click here to read more

Breast cancer is currently considered as the most common type of cancer affecting women around the world, resulting in life-changing effects such as major mastectomies and mortality. Research efforts in breast cancer have focused on identifying early markers for the disease that may potentially help in its diagnosis and progression. There are also health agencies ...click here to read more

Diabetes mellitus type 2, also known as non-insulin-dependent diabetes, pertains to the metabolic disorder that is characterized by a high level of blood sugar and resistance to insulin, which is the pancreatic hormone responsible in the metabolism of carbohydrates.  Type 2 diabetes is generally differentiated from type 1 diabetes based on the need for insulin ...click here to read more

Cancer has claimed the lives of millions of people across the globe, prompting healthcare officials and researchers to adopt a pro-active stand against this medical condition. Both government and non-government groups have campaigned for the identification and implementation of cancer prevention measures that could possibly slow down or ultimately stop cancer development. These health programs ...click here to read more

Most of us have been touched by cancer in some way and have been exposed to the warnings about common signs and symptoms of the devastating disease. However, cancer development does not always present itself with common symptoms; sometimes the signs are passed off as other ailments. To reduce your cancer risk it is important ...click here to read more

According to the American Cancer Society, there are approximately 200,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer diagnosed each year. Is it possible that possible that the size of an individuals’ breasts may have an impact on breast cancer risk? The results of a new study published in BMC Medical Genetics show that breast size and ...click here to read more

It’s a problem that has drawn international recognition due to its harmful, not to mention pointless implications. Warren Buffet, one of the world’s richest men, and an 81 year old prostate cancer patient has said that screening for prostate cancer at his age serves absolutely no benefit. He says the harms of the screening on ...click here to read more

Despite the ominous nature of cancer, scientists have been unable to develop any sort of preventative measure to effectively block cancer development and thereby eliminate cancer risk. Despite some gaps in our understanding of cancer, scientists have pinpointed a variety of factors that increase cancer risk and some of the most well known include: smoking, ...click here to read more

Breast cancer is the most common type of malignancy affecting women around the world. Each year, thousands of women are positively diagnosed with breast cancer, thus requiring them to undergo various types of treatment to prevent further progression of the tumor. Breast cancer development has also been considered as a preventable condition and thus numerous ...click here to read more