Archive for 'Cancer' Category

Diet Soda Addiction

Consequences of consuming Diet Soda
We all know that soda companies are now facing the biggest challenge. That is making it look and sound some how healthy to persuade even the health conscious to try their product.
I know a person who can’t go without drinking the soda everyday. And now the person is convinced that diet [...]

Ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer is the 9th most common cancer diagnosed in Australian women, and the second most commonly diagnosed gynaecological cancer. By 2015, the number of new ovarian cancer cases among women is projected to be 17% higher than in 2006.
Ovarian cancer is a disease in which some of the cells of the ovary undergo changes [...]

Prostate Cancer

Statistics say that every year 3,000 Australian me die of the disease out of 18,700 that are diagnosed. This makes prostate cancer the second largest cause of male cancer deaths after lung cancer. One in eleven men will develop cancer during his lifetime. One of the most worrying aspects is that many prostate cancers develop [...]

Lung Cancer

As we have learnt in previous posts Cancer is the disease caused by abnormal cells multiplying out of control. Normally, our body has a system to check and balance on cell growth so that cells divide to produce new cells, only when new cells are needed. When this system is disrupted it results in an uncontrolled [...]

Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Australian women, accounting for 28% of all cancer diagnoses in 2006. By 2015, the number of new breast cancer cases among women is projected to be 22% higher than in 2006.
Due to hormonal changes a woman’s breasts feel swollen, painful or tender at different times in the [...]