While we can’t always prevent cancer, we can do things to help reduce the risk of developing it. Of course, we always hear: eat healthy foods, exercise, don’t smoke. But the message doesn’t seem to be getting through because people still eat junk or high fat foods, still don’t exercise and still smoke.
The Mayo Clinic published 10 tips to reduce cancer risk in their most recent issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource.
Here are the tips and below there’s more explanation:

Stop smoking
Limit alcohol intake – some alcohol is okay, too much is not
Follow recommended intake of fruits and vegetable (daily!)
Decrease the …read more

I found a very nice read today, pointed out to me by Mike Street of Reader’s Digest Online: an article entitled 31 Simple Ways to Prevent Cancer. Some very practical tips presented in a sorta funny way but with a big ring of truth into it.
Besides, before we all get rattled by the recent cancer scare on cellphone use and other stuff, really the prevention (or at least reducing our risk of developing any cancer later in life) all boils down to the dietary and lifetsyle changes each of us are willing to take, IMHO.
Anyways, here goes in bullets only:

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It has all been said so many times already that one’s diet plays a big role in cancer and cancer prevention.
Although that is true, we cannot just decide one day to pick up a healthier diet (like increasing the intake of fruits and veggies!!) and be assured we won’t increase or risk of developing any cancer type.
One cannot just erase one’s history of unhealthy eating and lifestyle, right? How can one erase something like not giving fruits, veggies and fish a second look during the first 30 years of your life?!
Ever heard of the words: from cradle to grave? That’s …read more

I’ve blogged on and on above the beneficial effects of a fruits-and-vegetable-rich diet against cancer.
Though the effects are not immediate, in the long run, such diet has a role on cancer prevention.
Now, there is new evidence for the protective effects of fruits and vegetables.
Researchers presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s Sixth Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention, new data that demonstrate how diets full of raw vegetables –particularly broccoli sprouts — and black raspberries could prevent or slow the growth of some common forms of cancer.
You will have to read the full article from Science Daily, …read more

I am literally under a very bad weather. Meanwhile, I hope your enjoy and find informative, the following cancer links:
Heparanase Inhibitor, Potential Anti-Cancer Drug Candidate
Cancer Prevention, Diet and Functional Foods
Women Opting for Double Mastectomies
Breast Cancer Victims Subject to Hurtful Reactions

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has a brochure:
M. D. Anderson’s Road Map to Cancer Prevention – that anyone can get for free by visiting the website or calling The M. D. Anderson Information Line at 1-800-392-1611.
Most importantly to students who are going back to school, healthy lifestyle changes are necessary in order to prevent cancer:

avoiding tobacco
limiting time in the sun
eating five servings daily of fruit and vegetables
limiting alcohol consumption
exercising regularly
knowing your family’s history of disease

All of the above are a reminder to (especially) college students who most of the time does the exact opposite.
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