More Walking Tips To Better Health Walking is one of the most popular physical activities in the country. In fact, walking is good medicine for people who want to exercise but do not have the physical capacity for jogging, hiking, swimming, and other vigorous activities. Walking can be done in your neighborhood, in a park, … Continue reading “More Walking Tips To Better Health”
Category: Cancer
Fighting Off Cancer
Fighting Off Cancer Cancer is often called a “stealth” disease because it is hard to detect in its early stages. Sometimes the disease can start spreading by the time cancer cells become noticeable in imaging tests. Scientists say when cancer is identified early on, the chances for successful treatment are better than when detected after … Continue reading “Fighting Off Cancer”
Cancer Study Proves Eating Unripe Bananas Has Benefits
Cancer Study Proves Eating Unripe Bananas Has Benefits If certain types of cancer run in your family, you may want to start eating slightly green bananas. That’s because the resistant starch in unripe bananas can reduce the risk of some cancers by more than 60 percent, according to a 20-year international study. The Colorectal Adenoma/Carcinoma … Continue reading “Cancer Study Proves Eating Unripe Bananas Has Benefits”
New Therapies For Cancer
New Therapies For Cancer Newly developed vaccines have been at the forefront of the global fight against the coronavirus disease. Now, researchers at Duke University are using the same messenger RNA (mRNA) technology found in COVID-19 vaccines in the fight against HER2-positive breast cancer. A Duke research team is in a Phase 2 trial for … Continue reading “New Therapies For Cancer”
Living Cancer Drug That Helps Patients Stay Disease Free
Living Cancer Drug That Helps Patients Stay Disease Free Bill Ludwig, a New Jersey resident, received devastating news in 1996: He was diagnosed with a blood cancer called chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Four years later, Doug Olson, a California resident, was diagnosed with the same disease. CLL is a cancer of the blood and bone … Continue reading “Living Cancer Drug That Helps Patients Stay Disease Free”
Hospice Care and End of Life at Home
Hospice Care and End of Life at Home Coneigh Sea cared for her husband while he was a hospice patient in their Murfreesboro, Tennessee home. Sea managed all of his medications and his bodily fluids, mostly by herself. Although her husband died in 1993, Sea still remembers the burden that is placed on her. It’s … Continue reading “Hospice Care and End of Life at Home”
How A.I. Is Learning To Fight Cancer
How A.I. Is Learning To Fight Cancer In 2013, Hisashi Kambe, a computer systems engineer, developed a unique system that used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify baked goods at a Japanese bakery. The BakeryScan system, for instance, could distinguish a cake from a croissant and a Danish from a turnover. BakeryScan was featured on television … Continue reading “How A.I. Is Learning To Fight Cancer”
