Living the healthiest life you possibly can and doing everything to remain cancer-free is all about taking care of yourself. Whether you develop cancer is not completely within your control, but you can do your part to ensure that you are healthy on the inside and the outside.
As many as one in three North Americans will develop one form of cancer or another in their lives. What many people are unaware of is that cancer can be prevented in many instances by living a healthy lifestyle. It has been estimated that 75 percent of the deaths that are cancer
Tips for a Life that is Healthy and Free of Cancer
by Patti March 1st, 2010 | Cancer, Diet Read More
Is Red Meat that Bad for Your Health?
by Gumer Liston September 11th, 2009 | Diet, Diseases
We all know that a vegetarian diet is associated with better health and longer life, whereas a diet with lots of meat, especially red meat, is linked to shorter lifespans and diseases like cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases.
Is red meat really that bad for your health? The truth is that there are really no studies done that will prove that consumption of red meat directly causes the diseases mentioned above. Results of studies just seem to suggest that red meat consumption may contribute to the likelihood of acquiring diseases.
So, what is in red meat that makes it look bad?
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Is red meat really that bad for your health? The truth is that there are really no studies done that will prove that consumption of red meat directly causes the diseases mentioned above. Results of studies just seem to suggest that red meat consumption may contribute to the likelihood of acquiring diseases.
So, what is in red meat that makes it look bad?
Pandemic Phases
by Bea August 31st, 2009 | Diseases, Health News
Last year sparked the awareness of what we all know as the H1N1 flu virus.
Novel Influenza A (H1N1) virus, the "pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus" or "swine flu", is a type of influenza virus that causes respiratory disease. It can spread between people, and as of August 25th, 2009, there have been 1528 hospitalizations, ICU cases, and deaths. On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6.  It was raised to this level in response to the ongoing global spread of the swine flu.
What does it mean to have a pandemic alert level of Phase
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Novel Influenza A (H1N1) virus, the "pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus" or "swine flu", is a type of influenza virus that causes respiratory disease. It can spread between people, and as of August 25th, 2009, there have been 1528 hospitalizations, ICU cases, and deaths. On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6.  It was raised to this level in response to the ongoing global spread of the swine flu.
What does it mean to have a pandemic alert level of Phase
Dealing with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
by Gumer Liston July 1st, 2009 | Diseases, Exercise, Nutrition, Sleep
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is an illness that causes a person to be always in a state of fatigue or tiredness. People suffering from this disease experience fatigue that lasts for about six months and usually complain about headache, muscle pains, sore throat, loss of appetite, inability to sleep, difficulty in concentrating, and many other discomforts that are related to fatigue. (more…)
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What You Need to Know About Type 2 Diabetes
by Gumer Liston March 10th, 2009 | Diseases
When we think of diabetes, we think about insulin shots because most of us are only familiar with type 1 diabetes, which is caused by the inability of the body to make insulin. But there is another type of diabetes that is very harmful, which is why you need to know if you are at risk for it.
Type 2 diabetes is caused by the inability of hormone insulin to work properly. The pancreas of people with type 2 diabetes can produce insulin, but the insulin produced cannot properly transport glucose from the bloodstream to the cells. This will lead to
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Type 2 diabetes is caused by the inability of hormone insulin to work properly. The pancreas of people with type 2 diabetes can produce insulin, but the insulin produced cannot properly transport glucose from the bloodstream to the cells. This will lead to