Tag: Cancer

Cancer is one dreaded illness that is everyone’s worst nightmare. And early detection is extremely vital for successful treatment of most cancers. Let us...

Curcumin, a dietary polyphenol found in turmeric, can check free radical damage and chronic inflammation, two primary risk factors of cancer. It can also fight carcinogens like heavy metals, H. Pylori bacteria, and a few viruses. Curcumin can also prevent the formation of tumors, enhance apoptosis, cut nutrient supply to cancer cells, and prevent spreading.

The age of your first period can be an indicator of many interesting things about your nutrition, future health, and even your life. Not only can it make some noteworthy predictions about your risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and breast cancer – but can also tell you whether you'll suffer from complications during pregnancy.

Due to the expensive treatment options, about one-quarter of the cancer patients do not opt for treatment. In such cases, natural remedies come as a savior. Baking soda and honey mixture has shown positive results in treating cancer. This is due to the anti-mutagenic, apoptosis inducing, and anti-inflammatory property of honey, and the alkalinity of baking soda.

Moles on the body are often overlooked as birthmarks or remnants from your childhood. But when new ones crop up in adulthood or your existing ones seem to change shape, color, and sensation – there’s reason to look again. Symptoms like irregular asymmetric moles, soreness, swelling, redness, or the appearance of new bumps or lumps on your moles are all considered possible signs of skin cancer. Learning the simple ABCDE of melanomas could help you catch the problem early and get the treatment you need.

Though not very common, ovarian cancer is still the fifth leading cause of deaths due to cancer. For the longest time, it was considered a “silent killer” because most people believed that symptoms wouldn't show up until it was too late. However, several scientific studies have debunked this myth. It's not that the symptoms don't show up early enough, it's just that they are often mistaken for other common diseases. Here are some early signs and risk factors of ovarian cancer you should watch out for.

Enhance your rates of surviving this most common disease with these 10 key facts highlighting the symptoms and treatment strategies for breast cancer.

Ovarian cysts and cancer are often difficult to diagnose until it's too late. In fact, that's why Ovarian cancer has earned the Silent Killer...

Experts recommend that increasing consumption of watermelons can decrease the risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease! One cup of diced watermelon (152 grams) contains 43 calories, 0 grams of fat, 2 grams of sodium, 11 grams of carbohydrate (including 9 grams of sugar and 1 gram of fiber) and 1 gram of fiber. Some health benefits of watermelons are they help prevent asthma, prevent cancer, reduce risk of blood pressure, reduce inflammation and are great for the skin.

Turmeric is one the most thoroughly researched plants in existence today. Its medicinal properties and components (primarily curcumin) have been the subject of over 5600 peer-reviewed...