The leading risk factor for lung cancer is smoking. More than 80% of lung cancers are due to cigarette smoking. The longer a person has been smoking and also the more cigarettes a person smokes a day, the greater the risk is for developing lung cancer. Not only are smokers vulnerable to lung cancer, but the people around them are at a greater risk as well due to breathing second-hand smoke. Non-smokers who are married to smokers are at a 30% greater risk than non-smokers who are married...

Oral cancer is generally described as cancer of head and neck. It can affect any part of the mouth like tongue, cheeks, lips, hard palate, soft palate, floor of the tongue, internal lining of the cheeks, gums, lymph nodes etc. the most common form of oral cancer is squamous cell carcinoma which affects the flat skin like lining of the mouth. 90% mouth cancer patients have been detected with this form of mouth cancer.

There are other types of oral cancers affecting...

Cervical cancer is the cancer of the cervix. It is a disease caused by the abnormal growth and division of cells that forms in the lining of the cervix. It is the second common form of cancer that affects women today. It is very common in middle age women and older.

The statistics of cervical cancer in the United States, according to American Cancer Society (ACS), shows that about 11,150 women are diagnosing with this cancer and approximately 3,670 women die from this cancer...

A microbe is found in every cancer cell. Cancer microbes get into normal cells and their presence turns the normal cells into anaerobic cells (an anaerobic cell does not burn oxygen like a normal cell, rather it ferments glucose to get energy). The definition of an anaerobic cell is a "cancer cell." A Nobel Prize was given in 1931 (Otto Heinrich Warburg) for the discovery that a cancer cell is anaerobic.

The microbe various, sometimes it is a virus, a fungus, a...

If detected early it can be treated and the patient can enjoy a full recovery and a long life afterwards.

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In this particular article I am going to cover prevention, or at least as close to prevention as you are going to get. Unfortunately no matter what preventative measures you take there is always a chance you will get breast cancer.

I'm going to list these preventative measures in plain English and NOT in medical babble. I never...

Cancer is also known by the medical term malignant neoplasm. It is a disease which presents itself in a host of different ways, in a host of different areas of the body, and kills hosts of people every year. What is the real risk of you developing cancer, and what can you do to identify cancer symptoms, and even help work towards a cure for cancer?

Cancer is basically the uncontrolled growth of certain types of tissue or cells. They invade on cells that are adjacent to them,...

Many treatments for anxiety drugs are available in the market but not all treatments are effective and no one method can fit all. Therefore to know which treatment is good for your health, you should consult your doctor. He will tell you the best anxiety drug after examining your condition thoroughly. Let’s discuss some of the best anxiety drug which can cure anxiety successfully.

•    Benzodiazepines- These drugs are effective in treating panic...

Skin cancer, like many other forms of cancer, has no common symptoms that make it obvious that you have a form of the disease.  The best way to detect skin cancer is to check your body from time to time for any changes in the skin. This article describes the three types of skin cancer and the kind of changes in your skin to look for.  Changes in the skin could be symptoms of skin cancer or could be a normal part of the aging process.  But it is very hard for a layman to...

If you need help healing cancer, you can look to self-hypnosis as a guide. Disease, leukemia, a tumor or other cancerous conditions require serious medical interventions. However, you can go beyond oncology in your cancer self assistance approach that can keep you in touch with the ability to heal. You need support to overcome pain and you need more than medicine to accomplish recovery.

Pain Management

Pain is a major factor that needs to be addressed in your treatment plan....

There can be no question that cancer is blight on the world; every year it takes the lives of huge numbers of people across the globe. It has no prejudice, striking down young and old, black and white, rich and poor alike. As such, it also strikes our cherished celebrities taking their lives in equal numbers.

But, also, as with all cases of cancer, many Celebs get through their ordeal and come back as strong as ever. The only real different with celebrities that win their...