Tag: Cancer
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Fight Against Cancer With These 3 Powerful Habits
Cancer is a formidable adversary that impacts millions of lives worldwide. While there are many risk factors that play a role in its development, there’s growing evidence that adopting a healthy lifestyle can significantly help the fight against cancer. Dr. Phatho Zondi, Sports and Exercise Medicine (SEM) Physician and Virgin Active expert on all things…
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Glyphosate Exposure Increases Your Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world. It’s used by everyone from farmers protecting and drying their crops to people all over the world who want to keep their gardens and walkways free of weeds. Glyphosate residues have been found in many different foods (including fish, berries, vegetables, baby formula, and grains),…
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Can Diabetes Drug Ozempic Reduce Cancer Risk?
In recent months, the diabetes drug Ozempic has become mainstream due to its weight loss benefits. However, it appears that there’s more to this drug than regulating your blood sugar and helping you shed some pounds. According to a recent study, Ozempic may also help reduce the risk of cancer. Ozempic as an anti-cancer drug?…
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Medicinal Cannabis May Reduce Cancer Pain And The Need For Opioids
Living with cancer can be taxing on both the body and the mind, especially from symptoms like pain. Now, while opioids are often prescribed to manage this pain, they come with their own issues. This causes people to look at alternative methods, with one recent study recommending cannabis. Pain and Cancer About a third of…
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Rare Forms Of Breast Cancer Deserve Our Attention
The World Health Organization has recently dubbed cancer a global health pandemic, second only to Covid-19[1]. Deaths from breast cancer are often due to late diagnosis, among other factors. Early detection and treatment of breast cancer is crucial for all forms of breast cancer. It is even more important with rare forms of breast cancers…
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How Common Is Cervical Cancer in Australia
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Cervical cancer is among the most common types of cancer worldwide. It occurs in…
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Johnson & Johnson To Pay $8.9 Billion Over Baby Powder Cancer Claims
Last week Tuesday, Johnson & Johnson announced that they had agreed to pay an $8.9 billion settlement towards thousands of people who claimed that the company’s talcum powder products had caused cancer and mesothelioma. The proposed settlement, which will be paid out over 25 years and through a subsidiary, comes years after the first filing…
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Tennis Legend Martina Navratilova Is Cancer Free, Beating Two Cancers
Four months after her initial diagnosis, 59-time Grand Slam winner Martina Navratilova has announced that she is in remission after her throat and breast cancer diagnosis. Initial Cancer Diagnosis Navratilova, 66, first revealed she had stage one throat cancer and early-stage breast cancer in January. This came after she noticed an enlarged lymph node in…
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World Cancer Day: Expert Shares Nutrition Advice
This World Cancer Day, we’re looking at how adequate nourishment can help the body heal in the best way it knows how. We’re paying attention to how various forms of cancer treatment often come with side effects that impact one’s ability to eat. This can include nausea and loss of appetite to mouth sores –…
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Practical Tips To Help You Support Loved Ones With Cancer
World Cancer Day, held every year on 4 February, is a global initiative uniting people everywhere to face one of humanity’s greatest health challenges. Here’s how you can support a loved one with cancer. This year’s global theme is: Uniting our voices and taking action. It emphasizes that beating cancer is a team effort. Together,…