What are the Chances of Getting Cancer? It probably goes without saying that if cancer runs in your family, there is a great risk that you may get cancer over the years. However, even the increased risk does not necessarily mean genetics are completely at odds with you as much as the next person without a family history. If you are looking for ways to prevent cancer, implementing a healthy lifestyle is the way to go, and this means avoiding – or quitting – smoking, exercising, and eating healthy. Of course, most people are aware of this, but do not...

The Role Antioxidants have on Cancer Our body can help us prevent or get rid of invaders that can inhabit our system and cause disease. Free radicals, for example, which is a normal byproduct found in our cells, has the potential of harming us at high concentrations. Our cells along with our proteins and DNA that have a role in our immunity can become damaged to a point where it can no longer spring back to normal. Since free radicals are naturally occurring, it is impossible to completely get rid of, but there is something we can do to ensure...

How Cancer Spreads Cancer comes in a variety of hideous forms that can attack our body on the inside and out, and lit begins in the cells. There are some people who may not know we all live with carcinogens in our bodies. However, cancer does not typically develop because of our immune system normally does not give those carcinogens a change to multiply and take over. Cancer can also occur due to our own cells  that become faulty due to a DNA mutation and rapidly divide, causing what we know as tumors. Mutations within our bodies and foreign bodies...

Life with Chronic Pain Pain is something everyone can relate to on some level because we understand the sensation is something that is not comfortable. Chronic pain tends to loom when a person is diagnosed with an illness, cancer, or is a burn survivor. For some the pain is something that will come and go and for others, it is constant. Having chronic pain can ruin a person’s life, self-esteem, and independency. The extreme changes an individual goes through is perhaps one of the saddest thing. Loved ones may feel as if they lost their father, mother, loved one, friend,...