How Alternative Cancer Treatment can help those living with Lung Cancer

Lung cancer involves abnormal cell growth in the lungs, part of the overall respiratory system. While doctors cannot explain why one person may develop lung cancer and someone may not, there are several factors that can lead to the development of lung cancer. According to the National Cancer Institute, people who smoke tobacco are at the greatest risk for developing lung cancer because of the harmful...

Traditional cancer therapies are limited for two key reasons: little of the drug actually reaches the tumor and the drug is toxic to both cancerous and healthy tissues.

Bacteria, however, have the potential to precisely target cells. "In a way, bacteria are the ultimate in smart drugs. "It's hard to pack a lot of intelligence into a small molecule or protein; but bacteria can have sensors and actuators and can drill into a cell, like a submarine."

Most people...

As I have discussed in several issues of my newsletter, Prostate Forum , prostate cancer usually spreads from the prostate gland to the lymph nodes in the pelvis and then to bone. However, there are occasionally men who have prostate cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes outside of the pelvis yet do not show any evidence of bone involvement. These men often have very high PSA levels. In the full version of this article that appeared in Volume 10 # 9 of Prostate Forum , the first...

There are many theories about why we get cancer individually, they range from genetic mutations through to environmental carcinogens, improper diet and the use of cell phones and other electromagnetic equipment.

I intend to look at the question form a more metaphysical perspective.

First of all, how much do we suffer from cancer? The statistic that is often cited, especially by people promoting alternative cancer cures, is that 1 in 3 people suffer from cancer at...

Blood is a part of the body. Blood has different components sch as red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma. The red blood cells (RBC), platelets also called monocytes because it is belong to the “myeloid” group and other white blood cells belong to the “lymphoid” group. Lymphoid cells are affected. Disease progresses quickly. This is most common among children. Blood cancer or Leukemia is actually a group of diseases, each of which impede with...

Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer in women and the second most common cause of cancer death in women in the U.S. While the majority of new breast cancers are diagnosed as a result of an abnormality seen on a mammogram, a lump or change in consistency of the breast tissue can also be a warning sign of the disease.

There are two main types of breast cancer:

•Ductal carcinoma starts in the tubes (ducts) that move milk from the breast to the nipple....

Nowadays, with advanced technology, there has been greater improvement in breast cancer prevention compared to before. In order to reduce the pain, side effects or recurrence after the treatments such as surgery or radiation therapy, an alternative way considered is traditional Chinese medicine.

Traditional Chinese medicine such as acupuncture, herbal medicine and energy exercises, are the alternative ways to improve the breast health of the patients after the treatments....

Cancer having its origin in the bones is referred to as bone cancer in medical terms. Bone cancers are relatively uncommon when compared to metastatic (cancer occurring initiated in another organ and spreading to bone tissues) or secondary cancer.

Bone Cancer Causes

Underlying causes behind bone Cancer is still unclear. However, there are certain risk factors that have been identified. Most of them suggest that Estrogen, female hormone, plays an...

The reality is that one woman out of nine will develop breast cancer some time in her life. Breast Cancer Metastasis To Liver Prognosis So even if you manage to be one of the eight who doesn't get it, chances are you will know someone, perhaps someone quite close to you, who will develop breast cancer. Breast cancer doesn't care if you're in your teens or a mature woman. All women need to know the symptoms so they can get treatment as early as possible if breast cancer...

Bluetooth headsets areeven worse thanconventional headsets. Here's why. Bluetooth technology is wireless technology in which a wired connection has been replaced with a receiver and transmitter and this connection communicates on a 2.4 gigahertz frequency. This is thesame frequencyused by amicrowaveoven. However, the power used to send these frequencies is very low. In fact, the signal strength is only about 1 milliwatt of power, whereas a cell phone can operate on a signal of up to...