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What Are Your Risk Factors?

May 4th, 2012
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Women are rightfully fearful of breast cancer. It is a terrible and potentially life- threatening disease. Breast cancer strikes about 1 out of 8 women by age 80. As the population is rapidly increasing in the United States, and more women will be living into their 80s — if not longer — we will probably see more and more women with breast cancer that develops independent of any associated family history.
However, more women will die from heart disease than from all types of cancer. In 1993, more women died from heart disease than from all cancers, diabetes and accidents combined. But, according to a Gallup Poll, about 45 percent of women believe they will die from breast cancer even though the actual lifetime risk is about 4 percent. Read more…

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Spinach May Prevent Cancer

April 17th, 2012
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Popeye loved it. While spinach might not make you stronger, studies show it may help prevent cancer.
The secret may be in the chlorophyll — the stuff that makes spinach green. Doctors say chlorophyll seems to bind to dangerous foods and keep us from absorbing them. Read more…

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It’s Quitting Time

January 5th, 2012
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While the majority of Americans will be eating hot turkey on November 23, the American Cancer Society (ACS) is urging Americans to go “cold turkey” — for at least one day — on Nov. 16.

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