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Testicular cancer is cancer that develops in the testicles, a part of the male reproductive system. In the United States; about 8,000 to 9,000 diagnoses of testicular cancer are made each year. Over his lifetime, a man’s risk of testicular cancer is roughly 1 in 250 (four tenths of one percent, or 0.4%). It is most common among males aged 15-34 years, particularly those in their mid-twenties. Testicular cancer has one of the highest cure rates of all cancers: in excess of 90%; essentially 100% if it has not metastasized.

Testicular cancer that forms in tissues of the testis (one of two egg-shaped glands inside the scrotum that make sperm and male hormones). Testicular cancer usually occurs in young or middle-aged men. Two main types of testicular cancer are seminomas Continue Reading

Cancer affects more people than the sufferer alone. Although they bare the brunt of the physical pain, their suffering has a huge affect on friends and family too, which can be very distressing. It’s therefore not surprising that in addition to cancer help groups for sufferers themselves, many forms of support for friends and families of cancer sufferers have also risen up. Help is available in a range of mediums; self help groups, one on one councillors, phone lines, internet forums and traditional publications such as books and leaflets.

Cancer tends to have more than just emotional implications; the cost of cancer can be very substantial, especially if the sufferer is a bread winner. However, help is at hand as there are benefits that sufferers and their families can Continue Reading

Women know more about men’s health than men do themselves and that’s a fact. Why is that? Is it because we find it hard to discuss these things? Is it because it’s not macho! From the time that we are young, we are taught that boys have to act tough and shouldn’t cry. You must have heard the saying “Big Boys don’t cry!”

Most of us carry this thought process into adulthood and feel by showing concern for our health, it will be seen as a male weakness. I am guilty of that myself.

I know when my prostate troubles began, I knew absolutely nothing about the prostate. I was one of the 96%. Mainly because it didn’t cross my mind that I’d ever have any problems.

In addition, the prostate is in a “private” Continue Reading

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) recently reported the results of a study that successfully reversed and prevented type 1 diabetes with the administration of two cancer treatments. The drugs, known as imatinib (Gleevec) and sunitinib (Sutent), are normally used to treat a variety of cancers including gastrointestinal stomach tumors (GIST).

During the study, researchers found that 80 percent of the time type 1 diabetes entered into remission among test mice and worked permanently in 80 percent of those that go into remission, according to news reports on the study. Additionally, researchers found that by administering the two cancer treatments before the onset of autoimmune diabetes, prevented development of the condition.

The study, funded Continue Reading

I think anyone diagnosed with cancer of any kind would like to find a natural cancer remedy, so I have gathered a list of 5 beneficial foods that may not be as well known as most you might run across.

1. Pineapple. This fruit contains vitamin C, a powerful antioxidant, meaning it thwarts free radicals which are unstable oxygen molecules that can cause damage to cells and contribute in the development of cancer cells. Everyone has heard of eating oranges and citrus fruit but few reach for this little-known fruit that contains quite a lot of vitamin C. A glass of pineapple juice contains 60 milligrams!

2. Okra. Now here is a vegetable we don’t hear a lot about, and who would ever think of this as a natural cancer remedy, but okra contains a compound called glutathione Continue Reading