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- Lifestyle Changes And Screening Will Decrease Risk Of Cancer, Which Is Especially Deadly In Kentucky
This Kentucky Cancer Consortium graph shows the deaths from cancers with evidence-based prevention or early detection methods in Kentucky in 2005-09.By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has the nation's highest rates of newly diagnosed...
- Avoid Virus-linked Cancers, Including Cervical Cancer, With Shots
With a simple vaccine, you can avoid HPV-linked cancer, including cervical cancer and many cancers of the mouth, throat, anus and genitals, which constitute more than 3 percent of all U.S. cancer diagnoses. Vaccination against the human papilloma...
- Markey Cancer Center At Uk Says Its Patients Have Higher Survival Rates Than Those Treated Elsewhere In Ky. And The Nation
"Patients at the University of Kentucky's Markey Cancer Center who have certain types of cancer have higher rates of survival than patients with the same cancers treated elsewhere in the state or even the nation according to new data released today,"...
- Is Breast Cancer Preventable?
By Dr. Madelyn FernstromOctober is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While there are no specific instructions for breast cancer prevention, there are many things you can do to reduce your risk. Here are six lifestyle steps that research shows contribute...
- Genes And Breast Cancer
By Deb Kirkland, RN, BSN, MPH Nurse Navigator, Herman & Walter Samuelson Breast Center at Northwest Hospital Cancer is caused by mutations in our genes. Sometimes our body can repair these changes, but other times it cannot. About 90 percent of cancers...
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Losing just a little weight can reduce the risk of cancer
Losing even just a little weight ? just 5 to 10 percent of total body mass ? can help reduce the risk of getting common types of cancer, the National Cancer Institute has found. That's an important fact for Kentucky, which has high obesity and cancer rates.
Officials with the Office of the Surgeon General and the American Cancer Society say being overweight or obese can increase the risk of a wide variety of cancer, including prostate, kidney, colon, ovarian, cervical, thyroid, gall bladder and post-menopausal breast cancer.
"Fat cells produce estrogen, which promotes cell growth," reports Karina Christopher, a Lexington Herald-Leader contributor. "They also make a variety of proteins that cause inflammation and insulin resistance, which can promote cell growth and reproduction. People who tend to be 'apple-shaped' have even more fat activity, because fat cells around the middle of the body divide even more rapidly. The faster the cells divide, the higher the risk of developing cancer."
But losing just a small amount of weight by controlling food portions, getting active and planning meals ahead of time can help. (Read more)
- Lifestyle Changes And Screening Will Decrease Risk Of Cancer, Which Is Especially Deadly In Kentucky
This Kentucky Cancer Consortium graph shows the deaths from cancers with evidence-based prevention or early detection methods in Kentucky in 2005-09.By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has the nation's highest rates of newly diagnosed...
- Avoid Virus-linked Cancers, Including Cervical Cancer, With Shots
With a simple vaccine, you can avoid HPV-linked cancer, including cervical cancer and many cancers of the mouth, throat, anus and genitals, which constitute more than 3 percent of all U.S. cancer diagnoses. Vaccination against the human papilloma...
- Markey Cancer Center At Uk Says Its Patients Have Higher Survival Rates Than Those Treated Elsewhere In Ky. And The Nation
"Patients at the University of Kentucky's Markey Cancer Center who have certain types of cancer have higher rates of survival than patients with the same cancers treated elsewhere in the state or even the nation according to new data released today,"...
- Is Breast Cancer Preventable?
By Dr. Madelyn FernstromOctober is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While there are no specific instructions for breast cancer prevention, there are many things you can do to reduce your risk. Here are six lifestyle steps that research shows contribute...
- Genes And Breast Cancer
By Deb Kirkland, RN, BSN, MPH Nurse Navigator, Herman & Walter Samuelson Breast Center at Northwest Hospital Cancer is caused by mutations in our genes. Sometimes our body can repair these changes, but other times it cannot. About 90 percent of cancers...