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Regardless of how long you have been smoking and how much you smoke, the moment you put out your last cigarette there are changes that begin to take place within your body that signifies the beginning of the repair process. While some of the benefits from quitting smoking are the obvious long term ones, there are many little things that take place almost instantaneously. If you haven't stopped smoking, you should seriously consider it now. You will actually become healthier and add more years to your life the longer you quit smoking.

Within 20 minutes after your last cigarette your blood pressure begins to return to normal and the temperature of your hands and feet also increase. This is due to the improved circulation in the body.

Posted in Health on July 20th, 2009
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Cancer has a way of shaking our world; we suddenly begin to think of the future far more often, and we may look to this future in trepidation, fearing the worst for our loved one. We may spend too much time wondering what our life will be like if we lose our loved one, even when they are in remission. But, as the old saying goes “Attitude is everything?. 

This excerpt from Their Cancer: Your Journey discusses ways to look to the future with hope even as you face the fears that cancer inevitably brings.

Posted in Health on March 4th, 2009
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The cells of the human body do not become cancer cells without reason. We are fearfully and wonderfully made and yet cancer has almost caught up with heart disease as the #1 killer in the U.S., together causing more than 80-90% of all deaths.

Many factors are involved in cancer cell dominance in the human body and the good news is we can change almost all of those factors, drastically lowering our risk of losing the cancer battle - even after the battle has started. But we must be very proactive in changing our lifestyle.

Posted in Health and Fitness on March 1st, 2008
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My search for a possible cancer cure began in late 2004 when I found out that my cousin, lifelong friend and running buddy, Jeff Johnson, had been diagnosed as having stage-three melanoma. The cancer had appeared out of nowhere and so it was quite a shock to my cousin and everyone close to him. As luck would have it, I had spent a lot of time the previous four years or so working on my dream of someday posting a website aimed at helping aging baby boomers and others live longer, healthier and happier lives. Naturally, a lot of my research involved searching for ways to ward off and treat diseases and ills such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, heart disease, high blood pressure, kidney and liver disease, and so forth. When I found out about my cousin, I already had a head start on knowing where and how to look, and so I began to redouble my efforts and focus my research more on cancer. As a result of my research, I found a lot of very good information about fighting cancer and other diseases, boosting our immune systems and improving health in general - much of which you may find in my simple “How to Live a Long and Healthy Life” book. However, it was not my research that led me to finding out about the magical, miraculous oleander plant – it was a card game!

Posted in Health and Fitness on March 1st, 2008
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Skin cancer is a term used to identify cancerous cell growth on the epidermis of a person, but it really breaks down into three types. Melanoma skin cancer is by far the most deadly one.

When people discuss skin cancer, they are really talking about a general term that applies to cancerous problems with the skin. There are actually three subcategories of skin cancer – basal, squamous and melanoma. Melanoma is by far the deadliest.

Melanoma skin cancer is a malignant form of cancer. It occurs when cells that color the skin become cancerous. These cells are called melanocytes. Melanocytes are generally found in the lower layers of the epidermis. When you go out in the sun, the body reacts to protect itself by having melanocytes produce pigment to color the skin. In practical terms, this is what happens when you get a sunburn or tan.

Posted in Health and Fitness on February 17th, 2008
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From the day of diagnosis, to incredible relief of the “all clear”, living with cancer can be a stressful, painful but in many cases curable experience. It may be hard to see how a cloud so potentially devastating as cancer could have any silver lining, but the rise of self help groups is one of the more positive aspects to come out of cancer suffering.

Self help groups provide a setting in which people can share similar experiences and offer each other practical and emotional support in a reciprocal and mutually beneficial manner. People go to self help groups for many different reasons; some simply want information and will then move on; others may want to make sense of what is happening to them by listening to the experiences of those who have been through something similar.

Posted in Health and Fitness on February 9th, 2008
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The first large study of the experimental cervical cancer
vaccine found it was 100 percent effective, at least in the
short term, at blocking the most common forms of cervical
cancer.

The cervical cancer vaccine, known as Gardasil, is a
genetically engineered vaccine which prevents cervical
cancer by blocking infection with two viruses called HPV 16
and 18. These two virus together cause about 70 percent of
cervical cancers.

The final-stage study of the cervical cancer vaccine
Gardasil included more than 10,000 women ages 16 to 26 in
the United States and 12 other countries. All were
sexually active and were not infected with HPV 16 or 18.
Half got three vaccine doses over six months; the other half
received dummy shots.

Posted in Health and Fitness on February 3rd, 2008
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About 80 percent of men who reach the age of 80 have prostate cancer. About one man in six will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, but only one man in 34 will die of the disease. Prostate cancer is the third most common cause of death from cancer in men of all ages and is the most common cause of death from cancer in men over 75 years old.

It’s estimated that approximately 234,460 men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year, and approximately 27,350 will die of the disease. Detected in its early stages, prostate cancer can be effectively treated and cured. The prostate is a small, walnut-sized structure that makes up part of a man’s reproductive system; it wraps around the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body.

Posted in Health and Fitness on February 2nd, 2008
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