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If people in your family, your mother, your grandmother, an aunt were breast cancer or ovarian cancer survivors, you always knew that you ran the risk. You’ve always wished for a simple insurance policy against this – a simple vaccine or pill you could take, that could assure you that your risk of cancer was no longer what it used to be. Actually, there is such a thing; and it is called Tamoxifen. Women, if they have a family history, and if take a genetic test that turns out positive for the cancer gene, are often recommended Tamoxifen by their doctors. This drug is properly proven to be great at cancer prevention for women who are at high risk; other drugs like raloxifene and a class of drugs known as aromatase inhibitors too, all act as powerful cancer retardants. But when women are terrified enough of the possibility of cancer, sometimes, merely halving their risk isn’t enough to help with their fears. They feel that nothing but a complete mastectomy, and ovary removal will do for them.

So now that doctors have a great set of cancer prevention drugs, they have a new task before them: finding out how you get people to take them. The short answer is, that these cancer prevention drugs are not without their side effects. And women in general are terrified of certain kinds of side effects. Drugs like Tamoxifen promise all kinds of problems, a higher risk of a treatable kind of uterine cancer, cataracts, sexual problems, and hot flashes. In study after study, doctors keep finding that more than 80% of their patients refuse to take cancer prevention drugs, for fear of such side effects. It can’t really be clearly put down to the side effects either. The other drug Raloxifene does the same cancer prevention work, with fewer side effects, and women still won’t take it. Actually, women are not always afraid of side effects. They do take birth control or aspirin. This probably goes to a fallacy, that when we do something deliberately, that brings us a risk of harm, however small that might be, our minds can blow them up. And when we consider not doing anything about an existing risk, our minds and gloss over it.

Lots of parents oppose vaccines for the risk of autism that the  prevailing superstition suggests is possible. Their minds however do not take seriously the real risk of measles or whooping cough that might blow up out of their actions. People just don’t see the risk of coming to harm in the future; they just don’t want to risk anything that they have already. There are promising new developments though; new drugs based on the aromatase inhibitors, promise to have fewer side effects. But this will always be a problem in medicine. If women choose to mutilate their bodies over taking a few medicines, there really is nothing that new developments can do for them.

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Did you know, that in the United States alone, it is estimated that more than twenty eight thousand men die from prostrate cancer yearly? However, thanks to early detection, most men that are diagnosed with this type malignancy have a survival rate of almost ninety eight percent. The tips in this article may help increase the survival odds for you.

Although prostrate cancer can occur in men under the age of fifty it is extremely rare. When it does occur under age 50 some doctors feel it may be related to DNA genes from the family or an abnormal problem with the testosterone hormone. Just because it is a rare occurrence in men under 50, this doesn’t mean that you can’t start preparing yourself to fight off prostrate illness early in your life.

One of the most important steps you can take to help prevent cancer, prostrate or otherwise, is to do your best to have a healthy lifestyle. One of the major lifestyle changes you can do is to stop smoking, if you smoke. Recent studies have not found a direct link from smoking to prostrate cancer; but it is believed it can have adverse affect on the DNA of the malignant growth causing it to spread more rapidly through the prostrate and into other parts of the body. (Journal of Urology (Vol. 169: 512-516).

Not only can smoking speed up the spread of cancer cells throughout your body it also causes major damage to your entire respiratory system. This can lead to problems with your immune system, which is a major contributor for preventing any disease, much less cancer.

Other studies have shown that a healthy diet can also decrease the odds of the early on set of cancer of the prostrate and its severity. Those diets, which are high in fibre and the natural vitamins required by your body, have been shown to be very helpful. Furthermore your natural defences are increased with this type of diet.

When you are discussing dieting you are invariably led to the subject of exercise. Some of the other studies have shown that a sedate life style leads to a lowering of the body’s natural defence system. Exercise has been shown to help the immune system to work at top proficiency. So not only will you help your prostrate, but again lower the odds of contracting other life threatening diseases. This in turn brings us to one more tip that may be helpful for you.

Early detection is the absolute key to increasing the survival rate for cancer victims, prostrate or otherwise. One of the recommendations being touted is to have the first PSA sample taken around age 40. However, there is a good deal of controversy over this recommendation. Thos against it have stated that it will be too early to show any results. While those for it have said it will give a record for comparison as the person ages.

Now we need to give you another tip. No matter which camp your doctor is in it is important for you to discuss your concerns with your physician. The tips provided in this article on prostrate cancer are for information purposes only. They should not be taken as nor considered as medical advice.

Although prostrate cancer can be a life threatening disease, with the proper medical treatment and lifestyle changes, the chances of prostrate cancer being the actual cause of your death are small.

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Thousands of people yearly are diagnosed with cancer, but only some look for natural cancer treatments.  Those that are not are effected in some way by this disease, whether it is a neighbor, a co-worker, a friend, or a loved one. Every day 1500 lives are taken by cancer.

Although many people are diagnosed with cancer, not many know what the cause of this deadly illness truly is. In 1923 Dr. Otto Warburg discovered the growth of cancer cells is a fermentation process which can be initiated with alittle absence of oxygen. These theories were verified in 1950, but not much was done to discover what cause the lack of oxygen. Herman Aihara, author of Acid & Alkaline, believes adult diseases, such as cancer, are due to accumulation of acids in our body.

While both are correct, Dr. Otto Warburg was dealing with the symptoms of acidic overload in the body where Mr. Aihara was getting to the root cause of cancer, along with many other adult sickness or diseases. When your body becomes acidic you don’t have enough oxygen for your cells and the cells that survive the acidic conditions become abnormal also known as malignant cells. This is cancer.

Today doctors tries to destroy malignant cells as viruses and try to treat them. During this process of treatment such as chemotherapy and/or radiation, healthy cells are damaged as well. This weakens your immune system making your body venerable to many common illnesses that under normal circumstances wouldn’t be of concern. The cause of the malignant cells still has not been addressed. If your body is still acidic the chance of cancer returning after treatment is much greater.

As it states in Reverse Aging, “Drinking high pH alkaline water will definitely help in preventing cancer.” Healthy cells are alkaline while malignant cells are acidic. So, while creating an alkaline environment will not hurt healthy cells, it can destroy abnormal cells thus riding your body of cancer. What do you have to lose (besides cancer)?

Cancer Treatments do not need to be only chemotherapy or radiation. You can prevent and treat cancer by boosting your immune system, making it strong enough to attack the bad cells.

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All women want to be able to prevent breast cancer. Breast cancer has one of the highest mortality rates of all cancers. Every year researchers spend so much money trying to find a cure for breast cancer. However, the best route to stay safe is to simply take every step possible to prevent breast cancer.

Omega 3 fatty acids and breast cancer prevention go hand in hand according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Additional studies have also indicated a connection between the two. Omega 3 fatty acids are found in fish oil and flax oil. They help the health of your heart and are wonderful anti-inflammatory compounds. Its anti-inflammatory nature might be what can help prevent breast cancer.

Generally, the omega 3s in your diet come from either fish or flax seeds. Most people don’t eat enough of these foods, so they have a moderate omega 3 deficiency. This can be seriously harmful to your health. It can present itself as depression and heart problems. In addition, it can interfere with your immune system and make you more sensitive to auto-immune issues like arthritis, some forms of diabetes and some types of migraines.

The auto-immune issue is where researchers believe that omega 3s could also contribute to breast cancer prevention. Cancers are caused when the cells get out of control so an anti-inflammatory agent could play a very big role in calming down these cells. Cancer could be avoided if the cell doesn’t get the chance to actually start dividing uncontrollably.

More people that not end up taking a daily omega 3 supplement for their health, in general, because they want to do everything they can to prevent cancer. At the least they are really contributing to many facets of their health like heart health and memory functions. They are still researching whether the omega 3 supplements can actually help prevent breast cancer, but why not just be prepared?

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