Information about different types of cancer
Posted in Lung Cancer on Aug 27th, 2008
Now I know that all of you smokers out there know darned well that smoking isn\’t good for you, so I\’m not going to go on and on about the main problems that smoking can cause you, these things are already well documented, but I will say this; you can eat five portions of fruit and veg a day and exercise regularly, but healthy behaviour means little if you continue to smoke.
Posted in Lung Cancer on Aug 10th, 2008
With so many tips and suggestions on how to stop smoking it is really easy to see why so many people really do not quit. The vast majority of people are completely confused by the entire process! What of the conflicting messages passed around?
Posted in General, Lung Cancer on Mar 14th, 2008
The government is introducing legislation requiring tobacco manufacturers to print graphic images on cigarette packets in a move designed to reduce smoking rates and cut the number of people requiring cancer treatment.
Health minister Alan Johnson announced the development, saying that the range of 15 picture warnings were the next step in reducing the number of [...]
Posted in Lung Cancer on Mar 14th, 2008
New research has shown that lung tissue can be permanently damaged by smoking, meaning that smokers who have quit still stand the possibility of getting lung cancer.
The study, from the British Columbia Cancer Research Centre in Vancouver, has shown that smoking can permanently affect the actions of key genes, particularly those that may be involved [...]
Posted in Brain Cancer, General, Lung Cancer, Skin Cancer on Mar 1st, 2008
Author: Peter sams
Cancer
The organs and tissues of the body are made up of tiny building blocks called cells. Cancer is a disease of these cells. Cells in different parts of the body may look and work differently but most reproduce themselves in the same way.
Cells are constantly becoming old and dying, and new cells [...]