Cancer

Holistic health care can have a role in treating patients with cancer.. There is a difference between treating cancer and treating patients who have cancer.This is an important distinction Patients with cancer need balancing of the muscloskeletal system for neck and back pain, just like anyone else. They need good nutrition, exercise and adequate rest.

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Working in Rotating Shifts May Increase Prostate Cancer Risk

Research appearing in the September, 2006 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology links working rotating shifts to an increased incidence of prostate cancer. People who work rotating shifts have been known to have increased risk in some cancers, like breast cancer and colon cancer. This study looked at over 14,000 Japanese workers in the

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Vitamin C and cancer prevention

Scientists from Cornell University and Seoul National University have written in the medical journal, The Lancet, to explain the anti-cancer activity of vitamin C. Researchers found that vitamin C blocks the carcinogenic effects of hydrogen peroxide on intercellular communication. Vitamin C is important for production of collagen, and amino acids; it is important for wound healing.“Vitamin C prevents

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Vitamin A and Cancer

Cancer Letters, 1991; 59:25-29 “Anti-Tumor Effects of Vitamin A Against Shope Carcinoma Cells” Retinol (vitamin A) caused growth retardation as well as changes in morphology in Shope carcinoma (cultured). The authors came to the conclusion that vitamin A may be effective against differentiated squamous cell carcinomas. However, it may not be effective against undifferentiated tumors. Nutrition

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Selenium and Cancer

Adequate selenium may be important for the health of the immune system and for the prevention of several diseases, including cancer. An article in the British Medical Journal (Feb. 8, 1997;314:387-388) cites some of the health problems noted in severe selenium deficiency. These health problems include Kashin Beck disease (a deforming arthritis) and Keshan disease

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