Cancer Awareness: Early Signs, Risk Factors & Diet

Early signs of skin, tongue, and pancreatic cancer often manifest as subtle physical changes. Understanding the role of diet in lymphedema and the impact of lifestyle choices can significantly reduce long-term health risks.

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Lifestyle Tips For A Healthy Limbic System

The limbic system represents the part of your brain devoted to the most basic survival structures that protect and regulate emotions and reactive states. Interconnecting pathways link the limbic system, located deep within your brain, to the hypothalamus, which controls thinking, behavior and hormonal functions.

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Early Warning Signs of Inflammatory Breast Cancer

Inflammatory breast cancer is an uncommon, aggressive form of the illness that can quickly spread to other parts of the body. This form of breast cancer accounts for approximately 1 to 5 percent of breast cancers in the U.S., according to the National Cancer Institute.

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5 Things You Need to Know About Dead Skin Inside the Mouth

If you are a smoker and find that you get dead skin inside your mouth, you should not be surprised. Mouth changes with tobacco use. The lining of the oral cavity is composed of layers of flat scale-like cells called squamous epithelium.

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Nose Cancer Signs

The nose contains cartilage and bone, with the sinus cavities lined with specialized cells that form a mucous membrane. Nose cancer, a form of head and neck cancer, arises from cells within the sinus cavity that begin to proliferate uncontrollably to form a tumor in and around the sinus cavity.

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Turmeric, Ginger and Cancer

Ginger, a pungent aromatic rhizome of the plant Zingiber officinale, is native to China, where it has been used as a medicinal plant for thousands of years. There is evidence about the chemopreventive effect of ginger; however, more human trials are needed to strengthen this evidence.

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Early Signs of Tongue Cancer

Tongue cancer falls under the general category of oral cancer, which can affect not only the tongue, but also the lips, cheeks, tissues inside the month, the sinuses and throat. It is important to treat oral cancer, because it can spread to other areas of the body and become life-threatening.

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Garlic as Cancer Treatment

If you have cancer, you’ve probably heard that eating lots of vegetables can fight the disease and give your body the nutritional support it needs to withstand chemotherapy.

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Top Ten Reasons for Poor Health

Good health is a priceless asset that it is easy to take for granted. Sometimes poor health is unavoidable. However, poor health can also arise from years of harmful habits and neglect.

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Early Signs of Meningitis

Meningitis, a medical condition caused by the inflammation of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord, can be caused by a viral, bacterial or fungal infection.

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Herbal Cancer Treatments for Lymphoma

Lymphomas are types of cancers that arise in the lymphatic system, which includes the spleen, thymus, lymph nodes and bone marrow, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. The lymphatic system is responsible for producing, storing and transporting white blood cells in the body.

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Five Stages of Cancer

Cancer staging is a process used by doctors to describe the severity of cancer in a specific patient.

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Graviola, Guanabana and Cancer

If you visit a tropical country, you may see a large, greenish-yellow fruit covered with soft spines sold in the marketplace. This unusual fruit is called graviola and is used for making nectars, liqueurs and ice cream. Graviola and guanabana are the same fruit.

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Early Signs of Skin Cancer and Penile Cancer

Cancer is a disease in which abnormal malignant cells begin to grow and spread in the body. These cells eventually form tumors, which, if they remain undetected, may spread to other parts of the body.

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Early Signs of Skin Cancer on the Face

Skin cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer found on the human body. Anyone at any age can develop skin cancer, although the risk increases if someone is exposed to ultraviolet rays such as from the sun or in a tanning bed.

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A Cancerous Growth on the Nose

The nose is a common site for skin cancer, due to its exposure to the sun. Skin cancer will affect one in five people over their lifetime, with the highest risk group being those with light skin, eyes and hair. Fortunately, cancer on the nose is easily visible.

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Fluid Buildup in the Calf

Swelling is part of your body’s natural response to inflammation from a traumatic injury, or it can signal that your body is having difficulty circulating fluids.

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Stevia and Cancer

According to the 2002 issue of "Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin," leaves pulled from the plant Stevia rebaudiana were used for centuries in South America as a sweetener in mate tea. Presently, stevia is gaining popularity in the United States as an alternative sweetening agent.

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Does Sodium Laureth Sulfate Cause Cancer?

Sodium laureth sulfate is a chemical found in shampoos, conditioners, toothpastes, cosmetics, soaps and various cleaning products. Even products labeled organic or natural can contain this detergent.

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