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- How Is Prostate Cancer Diagnosed?
From the desk of Dr Magne, author of Cancer Free For Life
The prostate gland is a small, hormone producing organ that encircles the upper part of the urethra. It is only found in men, and is responsible for the creation of certain male hormones. It is vital to proper sexual functioning and to regular bladder control. The prostate gland is necessary in order to survive, reproduce and just live comfortably, making conditions that affect it of the utmost importance. - Alcohol And Cancer: Understanding The Connection
Research has shown that risks for cancer increase among men who have two alcoholic drinks a day and women who have one alcoholic drink per day. While everyone has been widely aware of the fact that smoking cigarettes greatly increase your risk of contracting cancer, there has been very little publicity of the fact that alcohol can act as a similar carcinogen. - Avoiding And Preventing Cancer: Simple Steps To Take
With its fairly unique characteristics, cancer strikes intense fear in many people and all would like to find ways to preventing and avoiding cancer.Obviously, any disease that is a) fatal, b) incurable and c) derived from unknown causes will earn a position of esteemed concern among the general public. - Cancer Remission: What Is It Exactly?
Many people seem to have a distorted and incorrect definition of the word “remission,” as it is used in relation to cancer patients. Most commonly people seem to believe that going into remission means that the patient is successfully treated and safe. - Healing Cancer: What Does It Mean?
Frequently, the interaction between illness and treatment is described as a battle or a war. If we hold with that analogy, then cancer can best be described as a civil war. A cancerous cell operates as if it believes that martial law has been declared in the body. Sadly, because we cling to this confrontational mindset, healing cancer becomes very difficult. - Cancer In The Environment
Almost all of us know someone who has cancer, or who has died from it. We all know the anguish, suffering and grief that it causes. It has become so common that we treat it as if it’s a part of life that we just can’t avoid. - Cancer As A Rite Of Passage
For most of us, just hearing the word “cancer’ sends a chill up our spine. The thought of receiving such a diagnosis causes spiraling thoughts of funeral plans and decisions about who will raise our children. For most, it’s a wake up call to begin living differently. - The Natural Way To Heal Cancer
Is it possible to control and influence rate at which injuries, wounds and even cancer heal? That’s the question a group of researchers from the Ohio State University asked when they decided to observe wound healing rates in a group of exercising older adults in comparison to that of a non-exercising control group. - Healing Cancer With Video Games?
Our power to heal through the mind is so powerful, that a company in California has launched a video game for cancer patients, advancing serious games for health. HopeLab, funded by Pam Omidyar, wife of ebay co-founder Pierre Omidyar, has created Re-Mission. The personal computer game leads players on a series of twenty missions where they play a character named Roxxi, a ‘nanobot’ who enters the bodies of patients and zaps cancer cells. The game teaches ‘honest and blunt’ subjects to kids, such as how to deal with side effects of medication such as constipation. - Coping With Terminal Diagnosis.
The psychological challenges that confront us when we are exposed to catastrophic news can be seen in our faces and postures immediately. They are the mind's automatic attempt to integrate and assimilate the brutal reality of a traumatic event.
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