Tag Archives: cancer

When it comes to cancer prevention, it’s not just what you eat, but when you eat that matters. Specifically, eating an early dinner and/or having at least a two-hour buffer between your meal and when you go to bed may help reduce the risk of breast and prostate cancers, according to ...

A large new study from the American Cancer Society inventories the risk factors for various types of cancer. Those findings shed much-needed light on the proportion of cancers that could be prevented by making the necessary lifestyle changes. The new research examined a total of 1,570,975 cancer cases, 587,521 of which resulted ...

Tea tree, also known as melaleuca, is well-known for its powerful antiseptic properties and ability to treat wounds. Tea tree oil (TTO), the volatile essential oil derived mainly from the Australian native plant Melaleuca alternifolia has been widely used throughout Australia for at least the past 100 years. And for over ...

Shocking news! For parents who often buy snack foods for their children, it is the most bizarre news. The snack foods available in the market for children can have harmful petroleum products as well as artificial colouring which can lead to cancer. The food dyes like Red 40 and Yellow ...

Succumbed to that bar of chocolate? New research suggests that you shouldn’t feel too guilty. Eaten in moderation, chocolate could reduce your risk of irregular heartbeat by a fifth From an analysis of more than 55,000 adults from Denmark, researchers found that eating between 2 and 6 ounces of chocolate ...

Ribbon days, pin days, moustache months – cancer awareness in Australia has never been higher. But imagine being diagnosed with the sixth most deadly cancer in the nation, only to discover there are no “days” for it, no specialists dedicated to its treatment, no support groups or networks. In short, ...

Patient trials for a revolutionary new cancer treatment discovered by Melbourne researchers could begin within the year. In research published in the journal Cancer Cell, scientists claim that the new drug can be used to kill leukaemia and lymphoma cells by blocking their protein production. This would effectively eliminate the ...

Cancers affecting the bowel, blood, prostate, breast, skin and pancreas kill 18,500 people a year, but you can massively reduce your risk 1. Get screened regularly Early detection is the best chance of a cure in most cancer cases and can even prevent you from getting cancer in the first ...

We arrive into the world with a mixture of DNA from our parents. We may have inherited mum’s dark hair or dad’s fiery temper, but ourgenetic heritage – and what happens to it during our life – could also be the key to avoiding deadly diseases such as cancer and ...

Looking back, Kate Locking says she knew something was wrong. In August 2007, the 23-year-old Sydney-based events coordinator was visiting her then-boyfriend Daniel in Newcastle when her instincts kicked in. The usually vivacious and energetic Kate felt tired and sore around her abdomen. Over the weekend, she became bloated and ...