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Each year, the World Health Organization (WHO) compiles a list of the world’s most significant health threats in the hopes of finding ways to solve them. This year’s greatest threats to global health are: - 1. Air pollution - 2. Lifestyle-related deaths - 3. Influenza - 4. Poor living conditions - 5. Antimicrobial resistance - 6. High-threat pathogens - 7. Poor primary healthcare - 8. Vaccine hesitancy...
March 4, 2019
"Carcinoma." - All the other words the doctor said before this paled. It was this last word that mattered. We thought it was just a lesion. After all, our son (Aaron) was 15. Yeah, some kids develop cancer, but not ours. That happens to other people. The next 3 months were a blur. Phone calls. Emails. Appointments. Exams. Scans and blood work. Surgery. And, because of where we live, all of this was 2...
February 6, 2019
The American Cancer Society released some great news: U.S. cancer deaths have dropped by 27% over the last 25 years. Medical advancements and lifestyle factors (like reduced populations of smokers) have made the biggest impact. Poorer populations that can’t afford good healthcare are still about 20% more likely to die from cancer. Declining Cancer Death Rates - In an article published in - CA: A Cancer...
January 23, 2019
Parents and grandparents rejoice at the arrival of new members in the family. There are few things sweeter and more delightful than a newborn baby. All we want to do is love and protect them. We wish them a long and healthy life but we also know that life can bring difficulties and disease over which we don’t have a lot of control. But what if there was a way to ensure that both your child and grandchild...
November 10, 2018
Breast cancer awareness is an important part of women’s health, and early detection saves lives. Unfortunately, increased awareness and easily accessible screening processes sometimes lead to unnecessary treatments. Protection from both sides of this ugly disease is aided by arming oneself with solid information on breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. Be aware of breast cancer risk, but don't let...
October 22, 2018
A new cancer treatment may be within our grasp-, and it’s chemotherapy and radiation free. Researchers at Stanford University’s School of Medicine believe they’ve developed a new form of immunotherapy, which uses the body’s own immune system to fight cancer cells. The team has just announced it’s been given the green light to begin clinical trials on humans. Miraculous Recoveries in Mice - The team...
July 21, 2018
There is no question that the FDA has been designed as an instrument for good; without it, anyone out there could bottle anything they thought was acceptable as a "medicine." This used to be the case, in fact, in the 1800s. Back then the American population were experimental "mice" for the thousands of charlatans who claimed to have a cure for any disease out there. In most cases, what these self-declared...
June 14, 2018
The World Health Organization (WHO) warns that - cancer rates could rise by 57% - over the next 20 years, if more effort isn’t put into cancer prevention. Released by the WHO, the -World Cancer Report- is published once every 5 years by a special committee composed of nearly 250 scientists from over 40 countries. The most recent report predicted new cancer diagnoses will skyrocket due to growing elderly...
May 21, 2018
You’ve seen the commercials on television for mesothelioma lawyers. In fact, you can’t really watch your favorite show on any network without coming across either ads for legal advice or offers for packets for free information on mesothelioma. But, just what is mesothelioma, really? Are you at risk? Is it really that dangerous? - Malignant Mesothelioma is a Type of Cancer - Your body has a lot of cool...
April 26, 2018
Although we are all in the midst of a cancer pandemic, there is at present no reason to suggest that any of us (including you, the reader) has to succumb to this disease. In fact, the majority of the scientific evidence presently available on the etiology (source) of cancer suggests that cancer is induced by external or environmental factors. Cancer, in other words, isn't (like death or taxes) an...
April 25, 2018
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