Category Archives: Cancers

Does Hopelessness Increase Risk of Death,Heart Attacks and Cancer?

The incidence of heart attacks and cancer in a population sample of middle aged men.…

Melatonin, A Brain Hormone Linked With Cancer Protection

The findings of a study conducted by Professor Abraham Haim and colleagues at the Center for Interdisciplinary Chronobiological Research of the University of Haifa in Israel contributes to a growing body of research of an association between light at night and an increased risk of cancer caused by light-induced suppression of the hormone melatonin. Melatonin ...…

Do Vegetables Prevent Lung Cancer in Smokers?

While it’s best to quit smoking, or even better never to start in the first place, medical researchers are actively seeking approaches to prevent lung cancer in smokers.  A recent online article, published on August 31, 2010 in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention found that smokers that ate a wide variety of vegetables ...…

Breast Cancer Linked to Household Cleaning Products

Women who regularly use household cleaners and air fresheners are at double the risk of developing breast cancer than those who never use the products.   The study of more than 1,500 women found that solid slow-release air fresheners and anti-mould products had the biggest effect, according to a study published in Environmental Health, an ...…

Vitamin B6 Linked to Lung Cancer Reduction

Researchers have found that higher vitamin B6 levels is linked with a 50 per cent reduction in the risk of developing lung cancer in a study involving over 400,000 people, including former and current smokers.  Also, high levels of methionine, an amino, also contributes to a lower risk.   The study authors wrote in the ...…

President’s Cancer Panel: Environmentally Caused Cancers Are ‘Grossly Underestimated” and “Needlessly Devastate American Lives’

The President’s Cancer Panel recently reported that “the true burden of environmentally induced cancers has been grossly underestimated” and urged action to lower widespread exposure to cancer causing against.    The panel advise President Obama “to use the power of your office to remove the carcinogens and other toxins from our food, water, and air ...…

Majority of Breast Cancer Patients Experience Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms

For a long time physicians have not considered the impact a serious diagnosis of cancer has on the patient.  We know it is a shocking and emotionally harrowing experience, I for one, never considered that it could actually cause post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in over 50 per cent of the women  experiencing breast cancer.   ...…

Cancer and Cell Phones Part 3

This week the World Health Organization released a study regarding cell phone use and brain cancer risk.  The Interphone study Group published the results of their research in the International Journal of Epidemiology. The researchers analyzed brain tumor, two particular forms (glioma and meningioma risk in relation to cell phone use.  The interviews were conducted ...…

Cell Phones and Cancer Part 2

Dr. Vini Khurana conducted a review of 465 studies, 23 case-control studies, which involved 37,916 participants (12,344 patient cases and 25,572 controls), were included in the report, published in 2009.  His analysis found compared with never or rarely having used a mobile phone, the odds ratio for overall use was significantly greater for malignant and ...…

Do Antioxidant Vitamin Supplements Increase Your Cancer Risk?

Here's a very informative study, that shows how results can lead to unfounded conclusions and mislead you into a false assumption.…