10 Benefits of Carrots: The Crunchy Powerfood

1. Improved Vision Western culture’s understanding of carrots being “good for the eyes” is one of the few we got right. Carrots are rich in beta-carotene, which is converted into vitamin A in the liver. Vitamin A is transformed in the retina, to rhodopsin, a purple pigment necessary for night vision.

3/13/13

Is It Healthy To Fast?

Fasting For Cures, Prevention, Weight Loss and Longevity If this is the first article you have read related to fasting and its relationship to health, let me help you with your research: 80% or more of those writing about fasting have not fasted themselves for much more than one or two days. Most of those same authors copied their information from other "experts" who...

Rectal Cancer

The colon is a part of the digestive tract that connects the stomach and small intestine to the anus. The terminal portion of this colon is called the rectum, spanning approximately 12cm in length. About 20% of all cancers that occur in the colon arise in this rectum. Bleeding is the most common symptom associated with rectal cancer, occurring in up to 60% of patients....

What Is Bowel Cancer? Symptoms and Treatment

Colorectal cancer or bowel cancer is a type of cancer that forms from uncontrolled cell growth. This growth originates in portions of the large intestine; although it also may form in the appendix. Perhaps unsurprisingly, bowel cancer forms from the cells lining the organ. This form of cancer mainly affects the large bowel, while the small bowels remain relatively...

3/6/13

Chemotherapy for Cancer Treatment

Chemotherapy prevents the cancer cells from spreading and growing by destroying them or by stopping them to divide. Cancer cells tend to grow and increase very quickly if they have no control or order. As these cells will grow very quickly, sometimes they may get divided from the actual tumor and they can also travel to other places of the body. So, chemotherapy...

Leukemia, The Paradigm Miracle

Another year has gone by, and in a few short weeks, we celebrate National Cancer Survivor's Day. When this day arrives I am always taken back and remember those who never had a chance to celebrate this day. Having practiced medicine for more than three decades, as physician I was deeply involved with the care of little children. As a hospitalist, I saw my fair share...

Lymphoma - Early Detection Is Key

No matter if we look at lymphoma symptoms in children, lymphoma cancer symptoms in dogs or lymphoma symptoms in general, they are just that, symptoms. They will raise your attention, maybe your awareness and curiosity, and probably the level of fear of the unknown, but neither one means anything if action is missing. Good old saying - for the circumstances to...

Lymphoma Cancer Symptoms in Women - Be Aware - Stay Alive

Lymphoma symptoms and especially lymphoma cancer symptoms in women are easy to be missed. It is so, because they can be taken for standard discomfort, to which we women are so familiar with by the default of being female. Lymphoma is a form of cancer of the lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. Because our knowledge about this disease is so limited, it comes to...

Bone Marrow Transplant - What the Media and Medical Profession Do Not Want You To Know!

After I was diagnosed in January of 1989 the medical profession tried their best to use me as a guinea pig. I believe they do this because they know you are in shock and very vulnerable. At age 29 and three small children, I was definitely in shock. The doctor who diagnosed me said I would be dead in 3 to 3 and one-half years. The fear was overwhelming and I know...

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