Cancer is a lethal disease that has forced many innocent people around the world to take their last breaths. “I’m not afraid of being dead. I’m just afraid of what I might have to go through to get there.” ― Pamela Bone ― Cancer does not only take lives‚ but it tortures souls and absorbs spirits. This disease causes the cells to viciously betray the body that they create. The cells grow rapidly and out of control‚ which causes the organs to disfunction and work oddly. Patients have to go through
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Running head: EXERCISE AND BREAST CANCER Exercise and Breast Cancer Approximately 211‚000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. Forty-thousand of those diagnosed lose their battle with this disease and die. Breast cancer is the most common and second biggest cancer killer‚ after lung cancer‚ among women. The number of women with breast cancer has risen by 81% in the past thirty-three years. These numbers are significant because although the death rate is decreasing
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Breast Cancer‚ Causes‚ Risk Factors and Prevention By Istvan S Diego Introduction Notwithstanding that male breast cancer is a rare phenomenon‚ it is still possible. Such cases account for only 1% of all breast cancer. The American Cancer Society forecasts that over 1‚000 new cases of breast cancer in men will be diagnosed in 2010 ("Male Breast Cancer"). The survival rate in men is lower than in women‚ mostly because men often report the symptoms of breast cancer too late ("Male Breast Cancer"). The
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having this test? Colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in men and women. Testing for colon cancer before symptoms develop (screening) reduces your risk for this cancer. Stool DNA testing‚ also called the FIT-DNA test‚ is one method of screening for colon cancer. Colon cancer grows slowly‚ so finding the cancer early means a better chance for effective treatment. Colon cancer screening is recommended for everyone who is 50–85 years old. Your health care provider may recommend having
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High fat diet = cancer? OH NO!! Breast cancer is a global disease that even though it is very serious‚ early detection can make a huge difference in a female individual. My article discusses the idea‚ and it is an idea because as stated‚ it is a preliminary finding which requires further investigation‚ nevertheless‚ I think it’s good to start from somewhere. The article states that high fat diet during puberty increases the risk of breast cancer. The finding was made through a study from the Breast
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The end of men The End of Men is an article from the magazine The Atlantic‚ from July / August 2010. The articles main focus is how women have an increasing influence in the society‚ and how this ultimately will lead to the balance of power between women and men is switching‚ in that women become dominant race. More women than men have high education‚ and there are now for the first time‚ more women in the working industri in the United States. People can nowadays determine the sex of their unborn
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INTRODUCTION I. There are many diseases that currently do not have cures‚ for example cancer‚ or my disease which is Neurosarcoidosis! There are some treatments that can help the disease but those treatments do not cure the patient. There are many other diseases that do not have cures as well. Why is that you ask? Well because scientists do not have enough real examples of the disease or enough examples of healthy people that could potentially help find the cure to all the different types of diseases
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Cancer What is cancer? Cancer is a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of unusual cells in a part of the body. It is a disease of mitosis‚ which begins when one cell is transformed from a normal cell to a cancerous cell. Mitosis is a type of cell division which has 6 steps (Interphase‚ Prophase‚ Metaphase‚ Anaphase‚ Telophase‚ and Cytokinesis) that result in two daughter cells that are clones of the parent. Cancerous cells do not abide by the normal instructions of mitosis. Instead‚ the
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1.What Is Cancer? CANCER‚ a 6 letter word that makes our world upside down. Cancer is not just one disease‚ but a large group of almost 100 diseases. Its two main characteristics are uncontrolled growth of the cells in the human body and the ability of these cells to migrate from the original site and spread to distant sites. If the spread is not controlled‚ cancer can result in death. 2.How does cancer occur? The body is made up of trillions of living cells. These cells grow‚ divide‚ and die in
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for a second before the Doctor looks up at me and replies‚ “your results have come back...I’m sorry Jason; it seems you have lung cancer”. “Currently there is nothing we can really do and I’ve discussed your case with specialist in the field and we have predicted that you may not have that long left”. Two words‚ two words are all it took to destroy my life‚ lung cancer .My body instantly became numb and my stomach felt as if it had exploded. I stared at the ground my eyes becoming out of focus like
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