Decreased Exercise, Stress are Culprits A new study indicates that cancer may have negative impacts on both the physical and mental health of individuals as they age. Published in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study suggests that cancer increases the risk for certain health issues...
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Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Cause IMMEDIATE Body Damage
A new report by U.S. Surgeon General Regina M. Benjamin says that exposure to tobacco smoke – no matter how small – causes immediate damage to your body that can lead to serious illness or death. The report, How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable...
40% of Women Still Unaware of Dangers of Heart Disease
This from Health Day – Almost half of all American women still don’t know that heart disease is the leading cause of death in women. Only slightly more than half would call for emergency help if they were having heart attack symptoms, according to the latest survey for the American...
Aspirin May Increase Breast Cancer Survival Rate
A study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows that aspirin may increase breast cancer survival rates. It reports that aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs inhibit production of prostaglandins and cyclo-oxygenase. Studies have shown that breast cancers produce prostaglandins in greater amounts than normal breast cells and that aspirin...
Isolation and Stress May Increase Breast Cancer Risk
OK, it is only a study done on rats but University of Chicago researchers have found that social isolation and stress may increase breast cancer risk 3.3-fold. Rats kept alone had a 135 percent increase in the number of tumors and a more than 8,000 percent increase in tumor size....