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Are Mammograms Causing More Breast Cancer? - Discussion

December 18, 2009 – 1:17 am

We have several articles on mammograms on this website, and here is another one by Mike Adams. There are some points in this article which may be controversial, for example, that the cancer industry is deliberately using mammograms to cause more cancers, in order to boost its own business and profits.
You may or may not [...]

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Mammograms and Increased Breast Cancer Risk - Follow-up Discussion on Recent Research

December 16, 2009 – 8:27 am

In a previous article (http://www.cancerresearchinformation.com/breast-cancer-risk-raised-by-mammograms-research-shows/), the link between mammograms and elevated risk of getting breast cancer was discussed.
That article had highlighted a study presented at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)’s annual meeting. The following article provides a short follow-up on this issue.

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Breast Cancer Risk Raised By Mammograms, Research Shows

December 16, 2009 – 8:02 am

Elsewhere on this website, we have published information that suggests a link between mammograms and increased risk of breast cancer. And evidence in this regard continues to mount.
What’s more, the research showing the negative effects of mammograms on breast cancer risk is actually carried out by conventional medical or scientific researchers. Surely the truth is [...]

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Mammograms May Contribute to Breast Cancer Risk

December 16, 2009 – 7:52 am

Many parties, from doctors to the media and concerned family members, parrot the notion that mammograms help to detect breast cancer in women and thus help to “save lives”. Such assertions, however, fail badly at bringing attention to the other side of the coin - such diagnostic tests actually contribute to the development of cancer, [...]

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Link Found Between Allergies and Lower Cancer Risk

September 2, 2009 – 3:49 pm

Physical symptoms like runny nose and fever can be very uncomfortable, and most people just want to get rid of them as quickly as possible. Such reactions and symptoms, however, play a very important role in the body’s healing processes. A runny nose, for example, allows the body to flush out unwanted agents, while a [...]

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Prevention of Breast Cancer in Women Aided by Vigorous Activity

June 14, 2009 – 3:28 am

Cancer rates have soared in the developed world, and breast cancer is shockingly common among women today. And, they are getting it at a younger age, too. The medical establishment has nothing much to offer other than their usual harsh protocols like mammograms, surgeries and chemotherapy.
Yet, one of the most potent tools in how to [...]

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Low Alcohol Consumption May Also Increase Women’s Cancer Risk

June 5, 2009 – 12:27 pm

Does alcohol increase cancer risk, or does it not? Most people say yes. Others say it depends on the type of alcohol; supporters of red wine, for example, insist that antioxidants in it help to boost health and lower risk of disease.
The study described in the following article, though not perfect, gives us some insight [...]

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Vegetables and Fruits May Help Prevent Breast Cancer Recurrence

June 3, 2009 – 9:59 am

Fruits and vegetables are an absolutely critical part of any health-promoting diet, and even more so when it comes to cancer prevention or anti-cancer dietary protocols.
They are high in vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, antioxidants, enzymes and other nutrients, contain lots of fiber which helps to keep the intestines and colon clean, as well as contain countless [...]

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Olives May Have Anti-Cancer Effects

June 3, 2009 – 9:30 am

Olives and olive oil are often touted as healthful foods. In the following article, two studies highlighting the possible anti cancer properties of these foods are discussed.

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Study Suggests Women with Migraines Have Lower Breast Cancer Risk

June 3, 2009 – 9:05 am

by Reuben Chow
Migraine is an often painful and sometimes debilitating condition which seems to be striking an increasing number of people in today’s highly toxic and stressful world. But a recent study conducted at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle has revealed a strange twist – that women who suffer from migraines may [...]

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Woman Beats Breast Cancer Using Healing Diet and Plan from Solomon Wickey

April 17, 2009 – 6:23 am

Many people diagnosed with cancer have walked away from conventional cancer treatment, sought out “alternatives” and gotten well. This is a story of a lady from Indiana who got breast cancer, found an alternative protocol, followed it, and got well.
The protocol she followed was largely dietary and herbal in nature. But it also entailed other [...]

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Help Prevent Breast Cancer By Having Sufficient Sleep

April 17, 2009 – 4:11 am

Do you suffer from insomnia? Do you have interrupted sleep? Or is your lifestyle or some factors in your life keeping you from having sufficient sleep and rest at night?
Lack of sleep does not just make you feel a little more tired or sleepier the next day - it in fact raises your risk of [...]

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Cancer and Sugar - Studies Which Show The Link

April 17, 2009 – 2:19 am

One of the most important things a cancer suffererer needs to do is to avoid refined sugar in his or her diet. I’m talking candy bars, cakes, sugary beverages, and the like. Cancer cells love these sugars. It amazes me that, in hospitals, they actually serve items with refined sugar to cancer patients. Don’t they [...]

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Choosing An Alternative Cancer Treatment - How A Breast Cancer Sufferer Made Her Decision

March 30, 2009 – 11:35 am

When one is diagnosed with the much-dreaded disease called “cancer”, the shock and fear which grips the person can literally be crippling. As the dust settles, after asking the “how’s” and the “why me’s”, is a very important question - “what next?”
This question can be tough even for people who are well-versed in natural and [...]

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Breast Cancer Recovery Negatively Hit by Unhappy Marriages

March 27, 2009 – 8:02 am

As further proof that one’s mental and emotional state of health plays a great part in preventing and combating disease, a study has shown a link between marital problems and poorer survival for breast cancer sufferers.
Some healing modalities, such as German New Medicine, advocate that emotional trauma and stress is the root cause of disease. [...]

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Mental and Emotional Health Help Prevent Breast Cancer; Traumatic Events Raise Risk

March 27, 2009 – 6:58 am

When you are happy, optimistic and positive, your body’s immune system responds happily and healthily, too. On the other hand, when you are sad, depressed, angry or pessimistic, your immune system also gets depressed, and your body produces all sorts of harmful chemicals.
It is therefore not surprising at all that being happy and optimistic is [...]

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Overeating Linked to Cancer

March 17, 2009 – 1:59 pm

Since time memorial, fasting has been advocated as a means of cleansing - both physically as well as spiritually.
Even today, many “alternative” and natural cancer treatment protocols encourage some form of fasting for the purpose of cleansing and detoxification, as well as for “starving” cancer cells. With obesity a major risk factor for cancer, it [...]

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Omega 6 Fatty Acids - High Intake Linked to Breast Cancer

March 17, 2009 – 1:28 pm

An gross imbalance of omega 3 fatty acids and omega 6 fatty acids - we are getting way too little of the former and way too much of the latter - is a major cause of not just cancer, but a host of other degenerative health conditions as well.
Here, this article highlights excessive omega 6 [...]

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Bone Loss - A Side Effect of Conventional Cancer Treatment

March 10, 2009 – 9:59 am

The detrimental side effects of conventional cancer treatment are numerous. Many are devastating, too. It is indeed a travesty that so many people have to suffer the adverse effects of such poisons masqueraded as treatment or therapy.
Here, this study describes the potential of certain cancer treatment protocols to cause bone loss. Do read it with [...]

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Cancer Survivors Struggle With Employment

February 19, 2009 – 1:43 pm

Cancer, without doubt, is a much feared and potentially debilitating disease. Often, cancer sufferers, especially those who undergo conventional cancer treatment, are, sadly, scarred for life.
And a recent study conducted by researchers from the Coronel Institute of Occupational Health, Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam has revealed that survivors of the disease experience more difficulty finding [...]

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Breast Cancer Risk Found To Be Lower For Those Who Eat Native Mexican Diet

January 13, 2009 – 4:32 pm

A study, called the Four-Corners Breast Cancer Study, was carried out to ascertain how specific dietary choices affected breast cancer risk. Women from 4 states in the United States – Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah – were involved in the study.
The dietary habits of breast cancer sufferers were compared with those of randomly selected [...]

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Many Unnecessary Surgical Breast Biopsies Are Conducted

January 13, 2009 – 3:22 pm

A study has suggested that almost 600,000 out of the 1.6 million women who undergo breast biopsies are in fact going through unnecessary surgical procedures.
This was stated in an article on kdka.com, which was reporting on what was on CBS News.

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Breast Cancer Risk May Be Increased By Moisturizers Which Contain Oestrogens

January 13, 2009 – 5:49 am

Breast cancer patients who use moisturizers, please take note – you may be putting oestrogen into your bodies without even realizing it. In fact, ladies who do not have the disease should take note too.
Dr Adrienne Olson of Breastlink in Hawthorne, California, had analyzed 16 widely available moisturizers and found that, although none of the [...]

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Breast Cancer Survival Rates Boosted by Psychological Counseling

January 13, 2009 – 3:27 am

A recent study has suggested that psychological counseling may boost breast cancer patients’ likelihood of survival.
By undergoing sessions which focused on improving mood, effective coping and altering health behaviors, it seemed the patients’ stress levels were reduced and this helped them to live longer.

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Eating Beans and Potatoes May Lower Breast Cancer Risk

January 12, 2009 – 10:09 am

A pre-clinical study conducted by researchers from the Colorado State University has suggested that eating potatoes and beans regularly could help lower the risk of getting breast cancer.
The study will later move on into a clinical trial involving breast cancer survivors.

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Vitamin D in Cancer Prevention - Statement Defending and Affirming its Role

January 12, 2009 – 8:43 am

A recent study released last year supposedly found that vitamin D does NOT protect against getting breast cancer.
Unfortunately, this is yet another piece of misleading information revealed to the public. A statement from a vitamin D expert which was published on NewsWire.ca explains why.

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High Blood Insulin Levels Raise Breast Cancer Risk

January 7, 2009 – 3:59 am

A study conducted by researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City has found that women who have high blood insulin levels seem to have a higher risk of getting breast cancer, as compared to those with lower blood insulin levels.
This, according to them, might be the reason behind the link [...]

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Thermograms - A Safer Alternative To Mammograms

December 30, 2008 – 5:17 am

With the futility and dangers of mammograms slowly but surely coming to light, what is a safe and effective alternative which women can use to detect the onset of breast cancer?
Thankfully, information is increasingly available on the use of thermograms for this very purpose. Read on for Barbara’s article on thermograms.

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The Dangers and Futility of Mammograms

December 30, 2008 – 5:00 am

Mammograms help detect breast cancer early, thereby increasing the chances of cure or recovery, right?
Well, that’s what the conventional medical establishment would have you believe. I do not buy it - not one bit. It’s all a financial exercise. Read on about how mammograms not only do not help you, but in fact are doing [...]

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Mammograms Found To Increase Breast Cancer Rates; Some Cancers May Go Away On Their Own

December 30, 2008 – 4:07 am

Do conventional diagnostic procedures like X-rays and mammograms actually do their part in causing cancer? Does conventional cancer treatment meddle with cancerous conditions which otherwise might have been successfully dealt with via the body’s own defence mechanisms, without the need for invasive intervention?
Recent research in Norway seems to indicate so. Read the article by Sherry [...]

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Cancer Drugs Used To Shrink Tumors In Fact Promote Their Growth

December 29, 2008 – 2:27 am

In conventional cancer treatment, the focus is almost totally on the tumor - killing it via burning (radiation) or poisoning (chemotherapy), or removing it using surgery. Cancer drugs are also used to attempt to shrink tumors. Little, if anything, is usually done to improve the nutritional status, overall health, immunity and outlook of the person.
This [...]

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Exercise Is An Excellent Cancer Fighter

December 28, 2008 – 4:09 pm

Exercise is not only a great health booster, it is an excellent cancer fighter, too. Research is mounting that exercise can prevent cancer, slow the progress of the disease, and even boost recovery and lower the likelihood of relapse.
Well, in many ways, it is common sense, isn’t it, that exercise is critical for good health? [...]

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Overweight Women Found to Have Higher Risk of Advanced Breast Cancer

December 26, 2008 – 12:51 pm

Previous studies had linked obesity and excess weight to higher risk of cancer. A recent study, published in the December issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, affirmed those findings.
The study looked at more than 287,000 women and their mammogram habits and discovered that overweight older women had a higher risk of getting [...]

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