cancer – Life & Health Network https://lifeandhealth.org Your Health Simplified Wed, 10 Nov 2021 21:26:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://lifeandhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/cropped-lhn-favicon-32x32.png cancer – Life & Health Network https://lifeandhealth.org 32 32 Is Cancer Preventable? https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/is-cancer-preventable/0811092.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-cancer-preventable https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/is-cancer-preventable/0811092.html#respond Wed, 21 Apr 2021 15:45:29 +0000 http://lifeandhealth.wordifysites.com/?p=11092 Is there a way to modify our lifestyle to lower our risk of cancer? According to the National Cancer Institute, in 2019, cancer claimed the lives of 606,880 people in the United States alone, and there was an estimated 1.76 million new cases of cancer diagnosed. Worldwide, cancer is one of the leading causes of…

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]]> https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/is-cancer-preventable/0811092.html/feed 0 Understanding Cancer, Part 5/5: Alternative Cancer Treatments https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/understanding-cancer-part-55-alternative-cancer-treatments-2/149834.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=understanding-cancer-part-55-alternative-cancer-treatments-2 https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/understanding-cancer-part-55-alternative-cancer-treatments-2/149834.html#comments Mon, 16 Oct 2017 21:35:01 +0000 http://lifeandhealth.wordifysites.com/?p=8024 As I mentioned in Part 4, There are a mass of alternative treatments, some better known that others. In this final part to this series on cancer, we’ll explore the most popular alternative cancer treatments, as well as how we can think about them. The Gerson Therapy The Gerson Therapy promotes a low salt diet…

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]]> https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/understanding-cancer-part-55-alternative-cancer-treatments-2/149834.html/feed 1 Understanding Cancer, Part 4/5: Busting Myths About A Secret, Miracle Cure For Cancer https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/understanding-cancer-part-45-busting-myths-about-a-secret-miracle-cure-for-cancer-2/149833.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=understanding-cancer-part-45-busting-myths-about-a-secret-miracle-cure-for-cancer-2 https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/understanding-cancer-part-45-busting-myths-about-a-secret-miracle-cure-for-cancer-2/149833.html#comments Mon, 16 Oct 2017 21:19:00 +0000 http://lifeandhealth.wordifysites.com/?p=8016 After reading or hearing about the conventional treatments for cancer, it’s no wonder that people go searching for alternatives. No one wants to go through chemotherapy. No one really wants to have deforming or debilitating surgery. No one wants to have radiation therapy with its lifelong side effects. No one wants to go through all…

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]]> https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/understanding-cancer-part-45-busting-myths-about-a-secret-miracle-cure-for-cancer-2/149833.html/feed 1 Understanding Cancer, Part 3/5: Conventional Methods Of Treating Cancer https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/ask-the-doctor/understanding-cancer-part-34-conventional-methods-of-treating-cancer/097260.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=understanding-cancer-part-34-conventional-methods-of-treating-cancer https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/ask-the-doctor/understanding-cancer-part-34-conventional-methods-of-treating-cancer/097260.html#comments Thu, 11 May 2017 16:10:32 +0000 http://lifeandhealth.wordifysites.com/?p=7260 There are three major modalities for the treatment of cancer: surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy Then, there are the following medical specialties that are associated with each of these modalities: surgical oncology, radiation oncology, and medical oncology, respectively. Surgery The concept behind surgical treatment of cancer is very straightforward. If you cut the cancer out of the…

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]]> https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/ask-the-doctor/understanding-cancer-part-34-conventional-methods-of-treating-cancer/097260.html/feed 1 Understanding Cancer, Part 2/5: Causes And What We Can Do To Reduce Our Risk https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/ask-the-doctor/understanding-cancer-series-part-24-causes-and-what-we-can-do-to-reduce-our-risk/156624.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=understanding-cancer-series-part-24-causes-and-what-we-can-do-to-reduce-our-risk https://lifeandhealth.org/lifestyle/ask-the-doctor/understanding-cancer-series-part-24-causes-and-what-we-can-do-to-reduce-our-risk/156624.html#respond Wed, 18 Jan 2017 23:10:45 +0000 http://lifeandhealth.wordifysites.com/?p=6624 So, why do we get cancer and more importantly, what can we do to prevent it? In order for cancer to develop, at least three events need to occur: Damage to the genome affects one or more facets of cell replication, so growth becomes uncontrolled. The damage to the genome is not recognized or not…

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