Breast cancer is the cancer most often affects women (in fact, one in eight women in the world), and is the second leading cause of death among women worldwide. The risk of contracting it increases with age and is 2 to 4 times higher in women with a family history. The study of genetic predisposition is...
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When discussing the most common cancer in women, breast cancer always appears first on the list. Although it is the leading cause of cancer death among Hispanic women, lung cancer follows very closely in second place. But if we see women as a whole (U.S.), regardless of race, lung cancer has moved into first...
Maggie Alvarez never thought the word “cervical cancer” would be part of your everyday vocabulary until she was diagnosed with the disease at 49 years of age.
All women who have sex may be at risk for cervical cancer, but Hispanic women as Maggie, face the highest incidence rate compared to...
ATLANTA (AP) – For the first time in 45 years, murder has disappeared from the list of the 15 leading causes of death in the United States, said Wednesday the federal health agency.
Homicides down in 2010 so they were evicted from the 15 box for a respiratory ailment called pneumonitis, which mainly...
A new study suggests that stress reduction programs mindfulness meditation (MBSR, for its acronym in English) could benefit breast cancer survivors.
The MBSR is a structured, standardized method for teaching stress reduction groups. MBSR The term was originally used by Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., to name a ...
If you are one of those people who love coffee and take a cup all the time, maybe you’re tired of every time you remember that coffee is bad. A new find gives you a good argument in defense of your habit: daily consume more than four cups of this tea can help reduce the risk of developing...
