"We can, I can," is the slogan for World Cancer Day 2016, and prevention is on the agenda. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have teamed up together, encouraging governments around the world to implement public policies that may collectively prevent 1/3 of cancer cases. In the Americas, [...]
A controversial new study suggests that only about one-third of cancers are caused by what the medical community and world at large have hitherto suspected as the cause of the disease: a combination of genetic as well as environmental factors. And the remaining two-thirds? Those are caused by random mutations of DNA in noncancerous stem cells, [...]
The 2014 Canadian cancer statistics are in. The report, which is developed through collaboration with the Canadian Cancer Society, the Public Health Agency of Canada, Statistics Canada, as well as provincial and territorial governments, examines multiple facets of cancer's impact on Canadians, such as: incidence, type of cancers, survival rates, mortality rates and more. This [...]
A new report put out by the World Health Organization presents a bleak prospect: World cancer rates are expected to rise by more than half by 2030. These findings were published in the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)'s World Cancer Report, a collaborative effort of over 250 scientists and health specialists from [...]
One of the simplest, most inexpensive ways to ensure you are taking preventative measures against cancer is to pay special attention to your diet. While high quantities of sugar and processed foods have been linked to cancer growth, natural whole foods containing vitamins and antioxidants have been shown to actually shrink cancerous tumours. Below are [...]