Warning Signs Of Skin Cancer

There's little doubt that sunlight is beneficial to health in small doses but harmful in large ones. Research has shown the damaging ultraviolet rays of the sun. It was thought of to be a major factor in skin cancer.

The book " Dr. Earl Mindell's Secrets of Natural Health", warms us the four basic signs of skin cancer :

* An open sore that will not heal for three weeks or more.
* A persistent painful or itching , reddened area that may crust over from time to time.
* A smooth growth with a raised edze.
* A semitransparent mole like module that can be red , white , pink , brown , or black.

Study Shows Prolonged Consumption of Smoked , Barbecued Meat Linked To Breast Cancer

Researchers in a population study, Long Island Breast Cancer Project , observed an increased breast cancer risk among post - menopausal women with high lifetime intake of smoked , barbecued , and grilled meat.

The study supports previous scientific studies that shows consumption of meats particularly cooked in high temperature that promote carcinogen formation was associated with cancer. Previous research showed well- done meat cooked at high temperature contains the carcinogens polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ( PAHs ) and heterocyclic amines ( HCAs ).

Colon Cancer Prevention And Your Diet

Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Studies have shown that this deadly disease claims thousands of people every year. Some major factors that cause colon cancer , according to Dr. Earl Mindell , author and international expert of nutrition , are :

* Toxic substances that create cancerous cells, if they sit at the colon very long.
* High - fat diet. Research shows fat stimulates the gallbladder to produce bile ,one of those toxic substance that should not sit there. Also , fat cooked in high temperature , as previous studies have shown, can produce cancer- causing substances in your food.
* Low levels of the mineral selenium is linked to colon cancer.

Dr. Mindell recommended the following cancer - prevention tips in his book " Secrets of Natural Health."

1. Regular moving out of your bowels. Include in your diet dark green and yellow vegetables because they are high in fiber and keeps your bowels moving.
2. Cut down on saturated fat.
3. Get your calcium , it is important in the prevention of colon cancer.
4. Include the mineral selenium in your diet. Studies have shown that people with high levels of selenium in their blood had fewer colon polyps. Rich sources are onions and garlic , wheat germ bran , and brown rice.

Cancer Of The Pancreas And Light Therapy

Light therapy, sometimes called photodynamic therapy, is one of the treatments that made inroads against pancreatic cancer, one of the most difficult cancer to treat because, as doctors agree, it is near major arteries and organs and plays an important role in body functions.

How does it work? The therapy delivers targeted beams of brilliant light into the abdomen, shrank the tumor and increased the lifespan of many of the patients who was given it, as reported in the British journal Gut. Patients were first injected with a chemical, mesotetrahydroxyphenyl , that would make their cells highly sensitive to light. Three days after, doctors inserted six fiber-optic needles through the abdominal skin that pointed directly at the tumor. They then beamed a diode laser down the needles, with the goal of killing the sensitized cancer cells with intense red light.

Light therapy , although not a cure, is highly encouraging, especially for frail patients who are too weak for surgery , the authors said. " There was no treatment - related mortality , most patients were out of hospital in less than 10 days after treatment, and morbidity was considerably less that would be expected after surgery," the authors added.

A Metabolic Ecology Approach To Cure Cancer

The book " One Answer To Cancer " by Dr. William Donald Kelley tells of his own struggle to cure a " terminal " pancreatic cancer and the procedure and approach he used in getting well and surviving the deadly cancer.

Here's the five - point battle plan of Dr. Kelley's anti - cancer system which he included in his Metabolic Ecology Programs: The five important segment are:

a. The anti - cancer diet
b. Supplemental nutritional support
c. Body detoxification
d. Neurological stimulation
e. Emotional and spiritual harmony

Anti-Cancer Properties of Sugar Cane

Hawaiian researchers found that sugar-cane has anti-cancer properties, equal in potency to cisplatin and carboplatin, two drugs commonly used in the chemotherapy of cancer patients.

The research done in Honolulu , found that sucrose or raw sugar can be transformed into two potent anti-cancer agents that showed potential as cures against lung carcinoma and leukemia in mice. It further shows that when sugar reacts with amines, platinum and chlorine, it forms complex substances that contain anti-cancer properties parallel in potency to cisplatin and carboplatin used in chemotheraphy.