Do you make it a habit to give your father a gift every year at this time? Or maybe at least give him a call to tell him how much you love and appreciate him. This year, maybe it’s time for a different kind of gift – a gift of health awareness. If you are a father yourself, you should reward yourself with this kind of gift as well. I am talking about three key questions regarding prostate cancer , as presented by the
National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC).
The ...
If you have been paying attention to the ads on many web sites and blogs today, you probably have noticed that many of them pertain to colon cleansing or colon irrigation. I certainly have seen a lot of them recently. This has prompted me to look this thing up and find out if it really has health benefits. After all, if many people are interested in it, it should count for something, right?
What is colon cleansing anyway? It is basically a process wherein your bowels are ...
Prostate cancer is one of the biggest concerns for men all over the world. It is, in fact, a very unpleasant subject that many people do not really want to dwell on it. New research shows, however, that there could be a
vaccine that would protect men in the long run against prostate cancer.
At this stage, though, the vaccine has only been tested in mice. According to
Dr. W Martin Kast of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles,
“By early vaccination, we have ...
Is being perpetually tan high up in your agenda when it comes to looking good? If you live in a country with a temperate climate, do you frequent solariums or artificial tanning centers? If so, you might want to think twice - even thrice - about doing that. According to a team of researchers from Australia, visits to a solarium can cause skin cancer.
Reuters reports specific figures:
Using a solarium to gain a suntan increases the risk of developing skin cancer by 98 percent if you are under the ...
People who would normally spend most of their time in front of
computers and not getting enough sleep to recharge their body are bound to reach a point where their 20/20 vision may get affected. Growing eye bags and twitching muscles behind the human eye are indicators of
abused use of the sense of sight, also warning beforehand a person that he should also learn to rest his eyes from time to time.
While people cannot help such need to embark on body abuses relating to
work and pressure stemming from their duties, ...
Smoking is one thing that people have a hard time
kicking. A lot of smokers would love to find out how to kick the habit, something that is hard to avoid once it is started. There have been offered alternatives like chewing gum, candies, or placing the mind into something else. While some may have resorted to such, the rate of smokers existing in the
world today is still overpowering and growing as each day passes.
Smoking is a known vice where people simply take satisfaction in blowing of some inhaled fumes of ...
The different types of illnesses plaguing the
world today have been something that has caught everyone by surprise. The increasing rate of health
issues has made everyone standing on their feet, wondering how to resort to preventive measure to contain such illnesses from spreading like wildfire.
As an alternative, the use of herbal medicine has done wonders for various illnesses such as cancer and heart associated problems. This can be attributed to the fact that the substances and composition that all extracted herbs offer are found to negate and improve the body ...
Eight out of ten thyroid patients are actually women. But there is also an alarming number of men affected with hypothyroidism or hyperthyroidism. If we base this on
figures and not percentages, of 15 million afflicted with thyroidism, 3 million or so come from the men.
It is not certain why many thyroid conditions happen in women than in men. Medical practitioners believe that the hormonal changes women’s body go through during puberty, pregnancy and throughout menopause, may be the result of these. In other words, a woman may genetically inherit this
predisposition.
Of thyroid cancer ...
·Eat a diet rich in fruits and vegetables. These contain antioxidants that reduce your cancer risk. Consuming fewer animal fats will reduce your exposure to organic pollutants and saturated fats.
·Reduce the number of man-made perfumes or deodorants you apply to your body. They all contain chemicals in small amounts but regular heavy use can lead to the accumulation of these chemicals in the body.
·Get your tap water independently checked to see what kind of chemicals are in your drinking water. Use some kind of filter system for your drinking water to remove the trace chemicals from your water ...
