Vitamin E boosts prostate cancer risk

US researchers warned Tuesday of an alarming link between vitamin E supplements and a 17 percent increased risk of prostate cancer, describing the findings as an “important public health concern.

5 Surprising Signs of Breast Cancer

You’ve been told all your life to be on the alert for breast lumps, the primary sign of breast cancer. But a lump isn’t always the first sign of malignancy, or it may not be the first change a woman notices

5 Surprising Signs of Breast Cancer

Climb Back from Cancer – Alan Hobson

Few challenges in life are more noteworthy than reaching the summit of Mt. Everest. A mere 2,700 people can claim that accomplishment. Alan Hobson, at the age of 39 achieved that dream. It took hard work, perseverance and sheer determination. Yet for all that accomplishment entails, it pales next to the still bigger challenge in Alan’s life, surviving from a death sentence of leukemia. Alan stands today as a cancer survivor. He is an author (Climb Back from Cancer), a motivational speaker and an adventurer. Through his struggle to overcome a fatal prognosis, Alan shares what brought him back.

Alan has appeared on many national television talk shows, including Oprah. His expeditions have required millions of dollars to finance, organize and execute, and they have stretched Alan’s leadership, team-building, sales and communications abilities even more than they have his physical attributes. 2/13/11

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01/09/11 MetLife Mature Markets – Cancer Blood Test – Nasal Humming

Metlife Mature Markets Institute has been the gold standard in research on issues about getting older. Started in 1997, the information published cover many facets of finance, lifestyle, work and family and how to balance it all. Understanding the stress and the needs of caregiving employees and communicating that knowledge to employers, MMI delves deeply to present trends and options that may now be in place or for which the actual need may not have yet been realized. Our guest, Sandra Timmermann Ed.D a nationally recognized gerontologist is MMI’s Executive Director. A review of the titles of the MMI publications makes clear how committed they are to educating a rapidly aging population in how to do it well.

Humming Can Help Ease Nasal Problems – Keeping the sinuses healthy and infection-free requires ventilation — keeping air flowing smoothly between the sinus and nasal cavities. And what better way to keep air moving through the sinuses and nasal cavity than by humming a tune?

New Push to Develop Cancer Blood Test – Researchers have announced plans to develop a blood test that can detect a cancer cell that has been shed from a tumor.

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Strides Made Toward Early Diagnosing of Pancreatic Cancer

Researchers have made significant progress in understanding the biology of pancreatic tumors, suggesting that there may be ways of identifying the usually fatal cancer at a much earlier and more treatable stage.

A principal finding is that pancreatic tumors are not aggressive cancers. To the contrary, they grow slowly, taking an average of 21 years to become fatal.
Strides Made Toward Early Diagnosing of Pancreatic Cancer

8/01/2010 Nurse Navigators – A New Patients Advocate

Navigating through the emotional, medical, social and financial process after being diagnosed with a serious disease is completely foreign to most people. The feeling of being alone, scared and confused is typical. Realizing just how intimidating this is, hospitals have started patient advocacy programs that enable patients with experts to navigate them from diagnosis to treatment and hopefully a cure.

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Lung-cancer patients who quit smoking survive longer

There’s no question that quitting smoking benefits your health, not least by reducing your risk of developing lung cancer. But what if you’re a smoker who has already been diagnosed with lung cancer — will quitting give you any advantage in fighting the disease?