Blog Posts on cancer prevention

10 Anti-Cancer Foods You Should Never Forget by Filipino Nurses on Feb 18, 2012According to Department of Health, cancer currently ranks as the fifth major cause of mortality and morbidity in the Philippines. This fact simply means that more and more Filipinos die each day due to certain types of cancer. We all know how much of...

Basic Cancer Prevention by Simply Writings on Apr 12, 2011Cancer Prevention is taken to stop or lower the chances of its occurrence. Cancer begins in cell: a malignant growth or tumor which develops in tissue that can metastasis and spread to other part of the body. Basic Prevention Annual physical examinat...

U.S. panel expresses caution on Vitamin D by Benefits of Vitamin D on Dec 18, 2010Government scientists on Tuesday tripled the recommended intake of Vitamin D for most Americans. At the same time, the federal panel cautioned that most people already get enough - and should be skeptical of myriad reports that far higher amounts off...

The vitamin D controversy by Benefits of Vitamin D on Dec 9, 2010The group said most people have adequate amounts of vitamin D in their blood supplied by their diets and natural sources like sunshine, the committee says in a report that is to be released on Tuesday.“For most people, taking extra calcium and vita...

Winter Back Pain? Low Vitamin D May Be to Blame by Benefits of Vitamin D on Dec 29, 2009Is it possible that your chronic winter backache could be due to the lack of sun exposure during the fall and winter months?Based on a review of research by Stewart Leavitt, PhD, Executive Director of Pain Treatment Topics, vitamin D may be just the...

We need our place in the sun, too by Benefits of Vitamin D on Dec 27, 2009While it is important to protect the skin from the sun and the melanomas which can result from over exposure, it is also critical that people understand the many benefits of vitamin D - the production of which is stimulated by ultravi...

'Tis The Season for Vitamin D by Benefits of Vitamin D on Dec 13, 2009My favourite time of year is summer: the sun shining on my skin, a warm breeze through my hair and the health benefits of vitamin D flowing through my veins. Sunshine is absolutely the best way to obtain vitamin D, but during the approaching winter m...

Cancer Prevention by Cancer News on Dec 12, 2009At least one-third of all cancer cases are preventable. Prevention offers the most cost-effective long-term strategy for the control of cancer. Tobacco is the single largest preventable cause of cancer in the world today. It causes 80-90% of all l...

Top 12 Foods for Healthy Immune Response by Benefits of Vitamin D on Dec 10, 2009Editor's note: Flu vaccine may help some people, but there is no guarantee for a specific individual to get the benefits because the efficacy of a flu vaccine is often lower. Regardless, food consumers need to take care of their diet and lifestyle to...

Vitamin D is ‘nature's antibiotic’ by Benefits of Vitamin D on Dec 9, 2009Vitamin D is being appreciated as "Nature's Antibiotic" as a string of recent discoveries about the multiple health benefits of this nutrient have come to the fore.Right from the health of your immune system to prevention of heart disease and even vu...