Can saunas help prevent cancer

Saunas and sweat baths have been used by various cultures throughout history to flush out toxins and disease and maintain optimal physical and mental health. Saunas can also play a big role in preventing or reversing cancer. In a 2004 article in the Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, Lawrence Wilson, MD, wrote, “If I … Continue reading Can saunas help prevent cancer

Men May Be More Likely Than Women To Die From Most Cancers

The Seattle Times  (7/13, Daza) reports that "men are at higher risk than women of developing cancer within their lifetime, and astudy  " published in the journal Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention "shows they are also more likely to die from it." Michael Cook, lead investigator and researcher at the National Institutes of Health, and colleagues "examined 36 … Continue reading Men May Be More Likely Than Women To Die From Most Cancers

US Adds 8 Chemicals to Carcinogen List

There are now eight new substances on the official U.S. list of toxins known to cause or suspected of causing cancer. There are now 240 agents on the list, maintained by the National Toxicology Program (NTP). The NTP lists agents in two categories: those known to cause cancer, and those expected to be added to … Continue reading US Adds 8 Chemicals to Carcinogen List

International Panel Of Experts Categorizes Cell Phones As “Possibly Carcinogenic.”

ABC World News (5/31, lead story, 3:10, Sawyer) reported, "An important new alert about the safety of cell phones and the possible risk of cancer, brain cancer in particular...comes from the World Health Organization." NBC Nightly News (5/31, lead story, 3:10, Williams) reported, the WHO "statement labeling cell phones as a possible carcinogenic hazard comes from … Continue reading International Panel Of Experts Categorizes Cell Phones As “Possibly Carcinogenic.”

Coffee May Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk

Regular coffee consumption is associated with a striking decrease in fatal or metastatic prostate cancer, according to an analysis of long-term data from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study. Kathryn M. Wilson, ScD, with the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, and colleagues led the new study, reported online May 17 … Continue reading Coffee May Reduce Prostate Cancer Risk