Diet and Physical Activity: What’s the Cancer Connection?

How much do daily habits like diet and exercise affect your risk for cancer? Much more than you might think. Research has shown that poor diet and not being active are 2 key factors that can increase a person’s cancer risk. The good news is that you do something about this.

(NaturalNews) Three independent researches conducted between 2004 and 2009 identified green tea, turmeric, and tomato and broccoli combined as the top "superfoods" against prostate cancer

The targeted cancer therapy ibrutinib (Imbruvica®) can effectively treat a common and serious complication of a type of stem cell transplant, findings from a small clinical trial show. Patients in the trial had blood cancers and were experiencing symptoms of chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after receiving a transplant of donated blood stem cells, known as an allogeneic transplant. The patients’ symptoms—including widespread skin rashes and painful mouth ulcers—had persisted despite standard treatment with corticosteroids.

What Do You Want to Know About Cancer? Written by the Healthline Editorial Team | Medically Reviewed by Andrea Baird, MDPublished on 09 August 2012 Cancel

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