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Posts tagged Cancer
How Diet Affects Cancer
Jun 15th
Diet affects cancer both directly and indirectly. Nutrients directly impact the mechanisms by which cancer cells grow and spread. They indirectly help control the cancer by changing the surrounding biochemical conditions that either encourage or discourage the progression of malignant disease. The bottom line is that what you eat can spell the difference between conquering your disease and having it rage out of control.
Here are some examples of findings from recent studies that support the importance of diet in fighting cancer:
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Environmental Toxins And Cancer Risk: The President’s Cancer Panel Report
May 14th
Last week, the President’s Cancer Panel released a report entitled “Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now.” I first learned about the report on May 6 from an op-ed column by Nicholas Kristof. I enjoyed Mr. Kristof’s summary of the report, though the information it contained did not shock me: as a cancer researcher, I already knew that environmental factors are involved in causing cancer.
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Colorado Medical Marijuana Backlog: Cancer Patient Receives Pot Card Months After Her Death
Mar 25th
Elaine Betts took care of her family and friends, took care of her neighborhood. I know, because she used to live on my block, before she bought a little house a few blocks away and started taking care of that neighborhood.
When she was diagnosed with cancer last year, she continued to take care of others — sending a reassuring note that she’d had a good, long, interesting life, and that we should not worry about her. She took care of herself, too, and in early October sent her application for a medical marijuana card to the state via registered mail.
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Cancer Is A Preventable Disease – So Why Don’t We Prevent It?
Mar 18th
Cancer is perhaps the most frightening of all diseases we face. And the thing is, it’s very often entirely preventable. If we simply made some different decisions, earlier, many cancers would never happen.
