American Cancer Society is recommending following health guidelines to reduce Cancer risk by 50%. By making simple changes to your lifestyle and eating habits, you can reduce risk for cancers like Lung, breast and colon etc by more than 30-50%. 10 health tips to reduce cancer risk? 1. Stay away from smoking [...]
Colon Cancer screening: New guidelines
March 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
American Cancer Society recommended two new screening tests for Colon cancer i.e. Virtual Colonoscopy (CTC) and Simple stool examination along with existing tests like Sigmoidoscopy. These new guidelines were released after extensive research and discussions among various medical departments like Oncology, Radiology and Gastroenterology. These new tests are mainly to detect precancerous lesions like [...]
Relationship between Obesity and Cancer
January 26, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Researchers prove that there is a strong relation between Cancer and Obesity. International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) scientists found that obesity increased the risk of breast, Kidney, colon, and esophageal cancer and cancer of the womb lining. Sedentary life style and fat and fast foods are major causes for rise in obesity. [...]
Colon Cancer – Causes and Symptoms
January 25, 2007 By Leave a Comment
Colon cancer is the cancer of the large intestine. It is the second most cancer in incidence and third most cause of cancer deaths in the western world. 5 million people are dying each year around the world. In United states of America alone, 0.15 million new cases are being diagnosed each year. It [...]
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