New breast cancer risks

New breast cancer risks

To the “traditional” breast cancer risk factors, researcher Sanna Heikkinen from the University of Helsinki and Finnish Cancer Registry would add two more: the use of hormonal contraceptives and hair dyes.

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Starving cancer with amino acids

Starving cancer with amino acids

Amino acids are protein's building blocks and give your cells their structure. They also feed cancer. Researchers at the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute and the University of Glasgow are trying to formulate a diet that will starve cancer but still give you the amino acids you need for your cells to create proteins.

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Breast, prostate cancer linked to air pollution

Breast, prostate cancer linked to air pollution

The highest incidences of any kind of cancer have been tracked back to the counties hosting the poorest environments. The biggest impact was exerted by air quality and factors of the “built” environment, e.g., the presence of major highways and the availability of public transit and housing. Water quality and land pollution had no measurable effect on cancer rates.

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How to minimize your risk of skin cancer

How to minimize your risk of skin cancer

As the days get longer and the weather warmer that means one thing - more time spent outside in the sun.  Already many of us are venturing outdoors enjoying the warm spring days but there is one thing we must always do before we head outside – put on our sunscreen.  We’ve always known sunscreen use of SPF 30 or higher prevent sunburns but now researchers have proved it can also prevent melanoma, the most common form of cancer in the United States.

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Lower risk of many cancers with more exercise

Lower risk of many cancers with more exercise

Exercise is well known for helping lower and protect our risk of many chronic conditions and now it looks definitive that the risk of cancer is one more disease to be added to this list.

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Physical activity lowers risk of 13 cancer types

Physical activity lowers risk of 13 cancer types

Once again, exercise continues to prove to be a valuable asset in keeping us healthy.   A study showed an association of leisure-time physical activity lowering the risks of 13 different types of cancer.  

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Higher risk for breast cancer

Higher risk for breast cancer

The study looked at data from more than 67,000 postmenopausal women who participate in a study from 1993 to 1998 called the Women's Health Initiative. The women were followed for an average of thirteen years. Over the course of that time, more than 3,300 of the women developed breast cancer.

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