Cancer. The word conjures emotions of fear, sadness, confusion... In 2014, there will be an estimated 1,665,540 new cancer cases diagnosed and 585,720 cancer deaths in the US. Cancer remains the second most common cause of death in the US, accounting for nearly 1 of every 4 deaths. Treating cancer is a BIG business in America -- in fact, it's a $200 billion a year ... Continue Reading
Can Parent Essential Oils Prevent Cancer?
(BeWellBuzz) Cancer kills millions of people each year. Even after so many years, conventional medicine has failed to find a cure for this disease. This unflattering fact accentuates the limitations of conventional science all too clearly. The limited success of conventional science gives others an opportunity to find a cure for cancer or a way to prevent it. Anyone who does ... Continue Reading
Can Sun Exposure Lower Your Cancer Risk?
A study that correlated exposure to sunlight with cancer risk found that people exposed to more sunlight had a significantly lower risk of many types of cancer (Lin, 2012). This study followed more than 450,000 white, non-Hispanic subjects aged 50-71 years from diverse geographic areas in the US. Researchers correlated the calculated ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure in ... Continue Reading
Cancer Awareness
Where did it all start? The father of medicine, Hippocrates, gave cancer its name. The word cancer is derived from the Greek word for crab. However, cancer was discovered long before it got its name, i.e. way back in 1500 BC to be precise. Ancient Egypt holds the oldest documented case on papyrus, where about 8 cases of breast tumors had been documented at the time. Even back ... Continue Reading