Antioxidant Cancer Prevention Few Americans are educated on antioxidants‚ and how antioxidants can help in our daily diet. Antioxidants are micro-nutrients that protect tissues in the body. They do this by blocking harmful chemical reactions caused by oxidation‚ which is the destructive effect of oxygen on the molecular components of our cells. Just as oxygen can cause metals to rust and corrode‚ it can pull electrons from organic molecules making them defective and capable of producing cellular
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Known for centuries as the "dread disease"‚ Breast Cancer‚ a formidable opponent of any woman alive today‚ was even more so in the nineteenth century. Women who were diagnose with the disease had very little chance of survival and were all too often subjected to excruciating and brutal breast augmentation surgeries‚ even when much of the time they were already terminal and the surgery made no difference at all. Robert Shadle and James S. Olson’s story about our ill fated heroin Nabby Smith recants
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Uterine cancer is the most frequent type of cancer found in women’s reproductive organs as well as being the fourth most common type of cancer found in women today (“Uterine Cancer Facts‚”2016). The American Cancer Society is estimating that this year alone within the United States not only will there be sixty-one thousand three hundred and eighty new cases of uterine cancer diagnosed but also ten thousand nine hundred and twenty women will lose their life to uterine cancer. Symptoms of uterine
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Overview | | About Ovarian Cancer Cells in the body normally reproduce themselves in an orderly manner. But in cancer the cells start dividing uncontrollably‚ and do not die the way normal cells do. As the cells produce more cells‚ a mass or tumor may appear. The tumor can invade surrounding tissue and keep the healthy tissue from doing its normal job. There are two kinds of tumors: * Benign tumors are not life threatening. They do not invade other tissues and when they are removed they
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You Know? Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun and from tanning beds is classified as a human carcinogen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the World Health Organization. Skin cancer (melanoma and nonmelanoma) Premature aging of the skin and other skin problems Cataracts
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If you are a woman there is a high chance you will get a virus that is directly linked to causing cervical cancer. However‚ the virus can be prevented through a vaccine. It’s a pretty shocking number but 80 percent of women will get the human papillomavirus at one time or another by the time they are 50 years old. HPV is known to cause multiple types of cancers‚ including cervical cancer. But the positive news is it can be prevented and a local organization is providing the vaccine at no cost.
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Symptoms of oesophageal cancer Difficulty in swallowing This is the most common symptom of oesophageal cancer. There may be some pain in the form of a burning sensation when swallowing food. Or you may feel that your food is sticking in your throat or chest and you can’t swallow it. A harmless narrowing of the oesophagus (called a stricture) may cause difficulty in swallowing. But these problems can be due to a tumour or swelling blocking the oesophagus. Either way‚ it is very important to
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Ovarian Cancer There are many different health issues that only affect women‚ however there is one particular health issue that has caused many deaths all over the world in the past couple of centuries‚ it’s the ovarian cancer. According to medical news today: “Ovarian cancer refers to any cancerous growth that occurs in the ovary. The majority of ovarian cancers arise from the epithelium (outer lining) of the ovary” (medicalnewstody.com). For the year 2016 roughly 22‚280 (1.3%) women got diagnoses
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Prostate Cancer Anatomy Honors and Physiology 2016-2017 By Edward Catapano Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer is a disease that only affects men. Almost all prostate cancers are malignant tumors(adenocarcinomas). Prostate cancer begins when cells in the prostate gland start to grow uncontrollably. cid _prod (2016a) . The prostate is a gland found only in males. The prostate is very important‚ and its function is to produce fluid which protects and enriches the mans sperm.
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1. Testicular cancer is a common disease associated with the male reproductive system. The major symptoms associated with the disease are lumps and/or enlargements of either testicle‚ aches in the groin or abdomen area and collection of fluids in the scrotum. Other symptoms include enlargement or tenderness of the breasts and back pain. This cancer is diagnosed typically after the discovery of a lump or swelling in the testicles. The swelling or lump is usually discovered when a man gives himself
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