At this point, Transcendental Meditation (TM) is not confined to the Eastern hemisphere, where it appeared, but it is making waves in the Western World as well. It has caught on very well in the United States, where people view it as a way of relaxing at least, or getting in touch with divine powers, at the most. A n... |
9 October 2009
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Undoubtedly, for patients that get rid of cancer thanks to chemotherapy, the sheer joy of being alive is enough to block any comment on the efficiency and the toll that the treatment takes on the body. The list of side-effects that chemotherapy causes has been extensively studied and discussed, and symptoms such as h... |
17 September 2009
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Treating cancer as early as possible after the disease started evolving is only one aspect of curing a patient. Oncologists need to be able to stop the action of a drug at a moment's notice, so that side-effects do not develop at all, or only develop to an insignificant extent. The drugs and their delivery syste... |
31 August 2009
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PARP is the name experts gave a cell repair enzyme, which is responsible for ensuring that cells don't die when harm comes to them from the outside. While this is generally a good thing, it quickly turns into a bad one when the cells they are protecting are cancerous. Now, scientists have developed a new type of... |
1 June 2009
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Intense physical exercises have been recently linked to reduced risks of cancer, as scientists proved that more workouts better prepare the body in fighting off cell mutations, which cause the devastating disease. But the newest researches also show that, among those who practice a lot of sports, sleep also plays a c... |
18 November 2008
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Ovarian cancer is one of the main causes for women's deaths across the United States, with an estimated 15,000 of them losing their lives yearly. Because the disease is so hard to diagnose in its early stages, survival rates revolve around 33.5 months. But now, researchers may have found a novel therapy that cou... |
17 November 2008
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Though most people would have never believed such an association to be possible, a recent study, analyzing data from thousands of post menopausal women, showed that subjects exhibiting high headache frequencies were 30 percent less likely to develop breast cancer than those who did not suffer from migraines. The find... |
6 November 2008
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The conclusions of an 11-year-old scientific study, conducted on some 32,000 women throughout the United States, show that a sedentary lifestyle drastically increases the risk of post-menopausal women developing some form of breast cancer. On the other hand, intense physical exercises have been linked to a reduced ri... |
31 October 2008
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The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation will receive a helping hand from the Information Systems Group of Toshiba of Canada and Best Buy with the release of Toshiba’s stylish pink Portege M800 laptop. The Foundation will receive $40 from the sale of each M800 mobile machine, which is available only at Best Buy. T... |
14 October 2008
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The presence of large amounts of estrogen hormones in the female body has already been linked to increased chances of developing breast cancer, but doctors are now adding that weight is also directly responsible for increasing risk of cancer. Simply put, the heavier a person is, the more hormones are created to circu... |
9 October 2008
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The use of these painkillers has recently been linked to a lower risk of women developing breast cancer. The study shows that aspirin accounts for 13 percent less breast cancer cases among women using the drug, while ibuprofen decreases the risk of cancer developing by more than 21 percent. This means that these anti... |
9 October 2008
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It's really nice to see big companies do something for charities every now and again. It just goes to prove that games aren't all that bad for the community or that they encourage only dangerous behavior. Such is the case now with big game company Electronic Arts, which will release a special edition of th... |
3 October 2008
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October is just days away, which means the annual international health campaign, known under the name of “Breast Cancer Awareness Month,” is drawing near. This also means that several organizations will rush to show their support the best way they can, including by launching some limited edition products.... |
26 September 2008
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