Articles related to "Lung Cancer"



Fruit and Vegs Deter Lung Cancer
Over 90 percent of lung cancer is caused by cigarette smoking. However, three servings of fresh fruit and vegetables a day may protect smokers' lungs from carcinogens.
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A Very Special Gentleman
Tribute to a fellow cancer patient.
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Criteria for Screening Tests
Certain diseases do not have screening tests in place, even those that should. The explanation for this requires an understanding of what makes a good screening test.
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Meet the Advocates (and their cancer organizations!) A-M
A brief description of various cancer organizations and the advocates who attended the AACR Scientist-Survivor program.
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Proteomics for Cancer Detection
. Proteomics is the study of all the proteins expressed by a given cell, tissue, or organism at a given time or condition. Recent advances in analytical techniques are greatly enhancing the value of proteomics in cancer diagnosis
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Silica is a Worry Beyond Just the Workplace
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Vitamin A (continuation)
<P> A is an important vitamin. It is part of an antioxident group that aids in alleviation of numerous complaints and new research is showing more uses with each new study.
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Air Quality Testing for Radon Gas
Like a mold inspection, determining the risk exposure from radon gas is important. Using radon test equipment, relevant air quality testing can be achieved.
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Catch Up On Your Reading!
Review of two new cancer books: one about taking an active role in preventing many types of cancer and the second, a primer for breast cancer husbands.
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Meet the Advocates (and their cancer organizations!) N-Z
Cancer organization advocates at the AACR Scientist-Survivor program.
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Muscle Mass Prevents Sarcopenia
Reduces chances for numerous diseases, and provides a strong muscle-skeletal system, energy and metabolic enhancements, weight lifting is the miracle exercise for all.
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Smoking Vaccine
Study: An anti-smoking vaccine, delivered by a shot in the arm, keeps nicotine from reaching the brain.
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Stop Smoking
Stop smoking today to reduce your risk of several kinds of cancer and heart disease.
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Women's Cancer Screening
Cancer is the second leading killer of women, making appropriate screening not only essential for early detection, but truly a matter of life and death.
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Cancer Statistics 2005
American Cancer Society's statistics on cancer, released 2005
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Cancer and the Environment
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How to Quit Smoking
Some failed attempts to quit smoking can be due to motivation that wavers. Even the use of medication cannot be expected to overcome lack of will. Ready to quit? Read on.
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More Food for Thought
Facts about carcinogens in cosmetics, the new RoC carcinogen list and more pros and cons on early detection.
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Asbestos and Mesothelioma
Asbestos is a substance strongly linked to a rare cancer called mesothelioma.
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Asbestos Dust and Mesothelioma
There's a clear correlation between contact with asbestos dust and fibers, and risk of mesothelioma. Inhaling asbestos can lead to mesothelioma, a serious disease.
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Cancer Screening: When Should it be Considered?
Cancer screening procedures developed in response to the need for an early diagnosis of cancer when treatment methods are more successful. This article provides current recommendations for screening.
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Live a full healthy life in 2007
Here we are at the start of another New Year and I am sure many of you are like me have made resolutions to lose weight and live a healthier life in 2007. By keeping, tho
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Stardust's Top Hot Picks!
This is part two of my most recent two-part series featuring sites submitted to me by others. Some concern important global wide issues and contain important info everyone should now. Don't miss this issue!
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The Respiratory (Pulmonary) System
The respiratory system is one of twelve organized body systems, which provides every cell with oxygen, and a means of removing carbon dioxide, a byproduct of respiration.
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Air Quality in the Workplace
How safe is the air you're breathing at work?
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Applications of Radioisotopes
The closing of a Canadian nuclear plant may leave many wondering why nuclear imaging is necessary for health.
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Carotenoids for Healing
Carotenoids are a type of bioflavinoid with potent antioxidant and immune enhancing properties.
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Dust-up Over Air Pollution

Anorexia and the Elderly
Old folks are not immune.
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Cigarettes and Schizophrenia
Many people with schizophrenia smoke and the reasons why are slowly coming to light with research.
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Keep kids Away from Secondhand Smoke, EPA warns
Secondhand smoke is the leading cause of lung cancer in people, says the EPA.
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Cigarette Smoking: What! Another Thing I Have to Give Up?
So you're enjoying that cigarette, eh? You wouldn't be so ready to light up if your skin turned to green blotches, would you?
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Marlboro Men

20th Century Queen (Part 2)
Learn why Adolf Hitler called George VI's wife, Queen Elizabeth, "the most dangerous woman in Europe."
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April Poet – Etheridge Knight
Born April 19, 1931, in Corinth, Mississippi, Knight joined the Army in 1947. He served in Korea, where he suffered shrapnel wounds. He was discharged in 1957.
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Book Review: Barefoot
The new book from Elin Hilderbrand examines life, love, and everything that really matters
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Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
The author advises: After a couple pages, you won’t want to be here. So forget it. Go away. Get out while you’re still in one piece. Save yourself. <p> I disagree.
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Edward Scissorhands Trivia
In one of Tim Burton's most sensitive films, Johnny Depp portrays the sweetly innocent creation of a lonely old inventor.
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Gypsy Rose Lee: American Actress and Infamous Burlesque Stripper
One of the most publicized women in the world started out as an innocent, relatively untalented, young girl with an over powerful stage mother. Gypsy Rose Lee is known as the inventor of the strip tease.
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Mining, Environment and Poverty
Mining can cause such damage to the environment that it's irreversible. Saving our ecosystem is important to prevent pollution and poverty.
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Secondary Smoke and Pregnancy
Although more is known about the direct effects of smoking on the baby if the mother smokes, how does secondary smoke affect the baby?
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Smoking And Infertility
New research links parental smoking with subsequent infertility in offspring.
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Unhealthy Lifestyles of Men
A British report says that the reluctance of men to adopt healthy lifestyles and to visit their doctor may be causing more males to develop cancer.
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Ways to Eat More Fruit and Veg
The Galloping Gourmet and the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have created a site to excite your tastes in eating more vegetables and fruit.
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Astrology & Psychology
New research uncovers no evidence of astrological signs and related physical conditions.
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Autoimmune Retinopathy
Autoimmune retinopathy is an opthalmic disease causing progressive vision loss that may occur as a primary autoimmune condition or in association with various cancers
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Book Review of Mom's Cancer
How to meet the challenges of caring for a loved one who has been diagnosed with cancer.
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Breast Cancer Bill in Congress
Lifetime Television, the woman's cable television network, has joined an initiative to pass a bill in Congress titled "The Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act."
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Breast Cancer Innovations In The News
Latest research and media releases about breast cancer innovations.
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Consequences of Smoking
Recent statistics show that about 5 million people -which is 1 in 10 adults - die each year due to smoking: mostly from heart, lung and respiratory diseases, and cancers.
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