Testosterone and prostate cancer | The debate heats up
There is a significant and heated debate in the medical community over testosterone and its effects on prostate cancer risk. In May 2015 doctors presenting their research at the American Urological...
View ArticleSupplemental oxygen and cancer – does oxygen kill cancer?
Nasal oxygen may increase the survival rate of cancer patients It has long been known that the metabolism of cancer cells is fundamentally quite different from healthy cells. Cancer cells rely on...
View ArticleDiet after the cancer diagnosis
Patients with advanced cancer can benefit from a rehabilitation program combining exercise, nutritional counselling and symptom control, according to an evidence review in CMAJ (Canadian Medical...
View ArticlePolyphenols for cancer | How the antioxidant works
Medical studies suggest that a balanced diet rich in polyphenols could contribute to reduce the risk and to the prevention of diabetes, coronary heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s diseases and...
View ArticleHigh-dose vitamin C for cancer patients
Researchers have reported improved survival rates for patients with cancer when 10-75 g of vitamin C (ascorbic acid, or AA) is administered intravenously.1 Several recent studies have indicated that...
View ArticlePoor lifestyle choices after being declared cancer-free growing concern
New concerns about patients lifestyle needs after cancer survival A recent study says that even decades after being cured, many cancer survivors face physical and mental challenges resulting from...
View ArticleGreen tea and cancer risk reduction
Green tea and its extracts have been widely touted as potential treatments for cancer, as well as several other diseases. But scientists have struggled to explain how the green tea and its extracts...
View ArticleReducing Colorectal Cancer Risks
Diet is perhaps the biggest factor that can exert the greatest influence on colorectal cancer risk. New research suggests the following for colorectal cancer risk reduction American ginseng as a...
View ArticleVitamin D and weight loss | Effects on inflammation and cancer
There has been a flood of new research on the effects of vitamin D on inflammation and cancer. Here are updates on the research: Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have found that...
View ArticleCancer patients want more say in making cancer treatment decisions
// Doctors are getting the point – the information that they provide their patients about their cancer prognosis is not only not helpful – but upsetting – here is a recent study. Prognostic information...
View ArticlePancreatic cancers could be prevented by lifestyle changes
// New research is providing the science that doctors are looking for in making dietary and lifestyle changes in regard to pancreatic cancers. The role of inflammation In a new report doctors confirm a...
View ArticleStress Management may prevent recurrence of breast cancer
// Stress Management Techniques Improve Long-Term Mood and Quality of Life in Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer New research from a combined Chinese and American team of researchers explored the...
View ArticleCurcumin from Turmeric and Cancer
A recent paper on curcumin/turmeric sums up the incredible scientific research on this simple cooking aid and cancer. “A huge number of compounds are widely distributed in nature and many of these...
View ArticleEstrogen’s role in reducing breast cancer risk in obesity
// So much evidence has been produced to make a clear link between obesity and breast cancer. Here is a review of some of the more recent papers: Doctors in London writing in the medical journal...
View ArticleOnions and Garlic decrease cancer risk
// Supporting good nutrition to help in the fight against cancer is one of the reasons we keep a close eye on the super food: onion and its allium genus family group – garlic, shallots, leeks, and...
View ArticleNasal oxygen may increase the survival rate of cancer patients
// Nasal oxygen may increase the survival rate of cancer patients Can nasal oxygen create an “energy crisis” for cancer? The metabolism or energy producing characteristics of cancer cells are...
View ArticlePolyphenols anti-tumor activities
// Cancer and mutations caused by oxidative stress This is what a paper in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity says: “Cancer onset and progression have been linked to oxidative stress by...
View ArticleRadiation therapy risks and long-term side effects in cancer patients
Here is a summary of the latest research: Breast Cancer American Journal of Cardiology September 2016: Radiotherapy for breast cancer may expose the heart and vessels to late radiation-induced...
View ArticleVitamin D and its influence on cancer care
A new study published in the British Medical Journal strongly associates vitamin D’s benefits in supportive and managed care in cancer patients. Here is what the research said: Many patients with...
View ArticleA new breakthrough in Chemo Brain
// “Chemo Brain” Cancer survivors will often refer to a condition of “chemo brain.” This is a “brain fog sensation,” a loss of memory and cognitive function. Most research reports that these are...
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