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Could Curcumin Prevent Cancer?
Could Curcumin Prevent Cancer?
By Robert Rister
Curcumin, the pigment that makes the curry spice turmeric a bright orange-yellow, is one of the best-researched potential preventatives for a number of kinds of cancer.
On a molecular level, this potent antioxidant interacts with an extraordinary range of cellular processes involved in tumor development. Among its possible healing powers are:
Stopping [...]
Add comment March 8th, 2008
Successful Treatment for Cancer
Successful Treatment for Cancer
By Alice Lane
What exactly is successful? There are so many definitions when it comes to success; probably as many definitions as there are people. One’s idea of success may be to have a billion dollars while another’s may be to have safe drinking water. The difference in medical success for cancer treatment [...]
Add comment March 8th, 2008
Power of Change Takes Knowledge and Action
Power of Change Takes Knowledge and Action
By Kathy Wright
What do you think is the No. 1 health concern among Americans today. You guessed it Cancer! The American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) states that Americans believe cancer and other diseases are impossible to prevent and blame factors they cannot control.
I find this fatalistic mindset upsetting. [...]
Add comment March 8th, 2008
Cancer - Can Alkaline Water Help? I Believe It Can!
Cancer - Can Alkaline Water Help? I Believe It Can!
By Jim Keayes
Even though I was expecting it, that was still the most dreadful moment of my life. The surgeon went on to tell me that “these days it isn’t necessarily terminal”. My ears heard him… but I didn’t take it in. I was simply too [...]
Add comment March 8th, 2008
Unhealthy lifestyle blamed for fatal diseases in China
BEIJING, May 30 — Too much drinking and smoking, and too little exercise are behind nearly half of all high-fatality disease cases in China, state media said. Unhealthy life choices, which also include stress and a poor diet, are seen as the cause of 44 percent of all instances of heart disease, cancer and respiratory disease..
The [...]
Add comment February 28th, 2008
UK removes more foods from shelves over dye scare
LONDON, May 9 (Xinhuanet) — A further 19 food products have been withdrawn from sale in Britain because they contain the banned dye Para Red, which may cause cancer, the UK food safety watchdog said on Monday .
The Food Standards Agency said Para Red is chemically similar to Sudan 1, a potential carcinogen that was [...]
Add comment February 28th, 2008
Fox News anchor to be named White House spokesman
WASHINGTON, April 25 (Xinhua) — Fox News anchor Tony Snow is expected to be named as the new White House press secretary, to replace outgoing Scott McClellan as the U.S. president’s chief spokesman, Fox News reported Tuesday.
An announcement is expected on Wednesday morning.
The White House approached Snow several weeks ago, and newly appointed White House [...]
Add comment February 28th, 2008
US Chief Justice William Rehnquist dies
US Chief Justice William Rehnquist dies
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (Xinhuanet) — US Chief Justice William Rehnquist died of thyroid cancer Saturday evening , said the US Supreme Court.
”The Chief Justice battled thyroid cancer since being diagnosed last October and continued to perform his duties on the court until a precipitous decline in his health the last [...]
Add comment February 28th, 2008
French fries, coffee may cause cancer
BEIJING, April 15 — Liu Yan, an office manager who used to love French fries and drinking instant coffee, has made up her mind not to go near them again. The Ministry of Health declared on Wednesday that excessive intake of fried food or food containing saturated fat increases the risk of health problems and some [...]
Add comment February 28th, 2008
Cell Phone Radiation Causes Cancer
Cell Phone Radiation Causes Cancer
By Yevgen Fromer
Do you use a cell phone? Most people do. In fact, they have pretty much become something that no one can live without. No matter where you go, someone is talking into their cell phone, or has it shoved up against their head, listening. Unfortunately, those who use cell [...]
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