Early Signs of Skin Cancer Can Be Inherited

By Kirsten Whittaker

To protect against the early signs of skin cancer, we all know to wear sunscreen and stay out of the sun between those peak hours, but a pair of recent studies both suggest a genetic component to this form of cancer that we cannot escape.

Earlier work in this area suggested that melanoma and other skin cancers might run in families, but researchers often find it hard to distinguish between genes and the environment, and so the question remained unanswered.

An Australian study out of the University of Queensland attempted to address this challenge by looking at twin pairs where one twin had been diagnosed with melanoma. Using 125 twin pairs (27 sets of identical twins, 98 sets of fraternal twins) the researchers found that having an identical twin who had melanoma increased a person's own risk of developing the same disease nearly ten fold.

Having a fraternal twin with this form of cancer nearly doubled the other twin's risk of being diagnosed as well.

This suggests that some of the increased melanoma risk can be attributed to your genes, in particular the interaction between genes. The Australian researchers estimate that genetics account for about half of the difference in skin cancer risk between two people.

The second study, conducted by a team out of the University of California, Los Angeles used the Swedish Family-Cancer Database to look at the risk of several types of skin cancer among the brothers and sisters or children of those diagnosed with the condition.

They found that a person's risk of cancer (of various types, not just the ones a family member had) increases if they have a sibling or parent with a non-melanoma skin cancer.

It may well be that your family history can be used to assess your own risk of developing cancer of the skin.

This year, an estimated one million cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. alone. What's more, it can happen to anyone, at any time, even if you're free from risk factors (fair complexion, family history, severe sunburn early in life or age) which is why you should always, always talk to your doctor about any growth on your skin that change shape, bleeds or doesn't heal.

If you have a close family member who has (or had) skin cancer, your best weapon is your awareness of the increased risk you may carry. Be extra-careful about the sun, limiting your exposure during peak (10:00 am - 2:00 pm) hours and using sunscreen or protective clothing year round.

Look over your own skin on a regular basis (using a mirror as necessary) for any mole, sore or skin growth that appears or changes. Watch for...

Asymmetry - one half of the area is different than the other.

Border - the outlines of the area are irregular

Color - can vary from one area to another in shades of tan, brown or black, sometimes even white, red or blue

Diameter - almost always bigger than 6 mm (the size of a pencil eraser)

Remember, a family history is only a risk factor according to these latest findings - the genes you carry don't guarantee you anything, good or bad. Your best bet if you're worried about the early signs of skin cancer is to make changes to limit the risks you can control, be aware and stay informed.

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Cancer Cure, Prevention, Treatments and Diet

By Clara Nolt

The dream of curing cancer is no longer a dream. Alternative cancer cures are being hushed because drug companies wants no competition. The foremost step to curing cancer is to get as far away from American pharmaceutical medicine as possible! The horrible truth is that curing cancer is no longer about the cure or the patient, but about greed and politics. For instance, doctors prescribe high cost treatments that haven't been tested or uncertain in the effectiveness of curing cancer, and in some circumstances are, without doubt, cancerous themselves.

How long is it going to take before Americans will ultimately stop supporting the cancer industry at the expense of thousands and thousands of lives each year, and begin to be arduous about cancer prevention and the true cures that exist already. Cancer prevention and cures are simply a threat to the cancer industry. The prevention, cure and cause of one kind of cancer also applies to other kinds and possibly all degenerative diseases as well. Cures are now realistic because we have learned what triggers cancer and we also know how to stop these deadly diseases in their tracks.

If you or a loved one are facing a frightening diagnosis of cancer and are feeling pressured into using mainstream conventional treatments, such as radiation, chemotherapy and surgery, you are not alone. The less you know about cancer, the easier it will be for the cancer industry to manipulate you and seduce you into their system of harmful treatments. Too many people have watched loved ones miserably die after suffering the horrible side effects of toxic conventional methods. More and more are turning to alternative methods instead. The pharmaceutical industry uses their huge amounts of money to pay others to keep quiet and crush the truth about alternative treatments for cancer. Until a medical facility is established that incorporates all potential therapies into individualized treatments, cancer patients, along with their families, must become self empowered and fully educated about their disease. Medical treatments do retard disease progression, but have done little to prolong life.

The AMA tries to discredit all of these alternative therapies and at the same time is making a fortune managing all of these diseases that are easily preventable and curable if people will just turn to therapies like raw or slightly cooked foods and eliminate all animal products and processed foods from their diets. Diet, exercise, reducing exposure to environmental risks and not smoking will greatly improve your over all health. Eating foods of different colors will have a tremendous effect in preventing and curing cancer. Curing cancer is very easy when you make fundamental changes to your diet and lifestyle.

The fiber content of our diets began going down as we began eating more and more refined foods. A high fiber diet moves through the intestines faster and easier and produces a soft stool that is easy to discharge. A low fiber diet, on the other hand, will produce adverse effects. A high fat diet may play a part in the development of particular cancers. An alkaline diet is composed of very little meat and sugar and lots of fruits and vegetables. A healthy diet is fat and sodium restricted and high in vitamins, minerals and nutrients. A diet lacking in basic nutrients can weaken the immune function and raise the risk of several types of cancer. Natural cancer cures are being squashed because drug companies do not welcome competition. If you are going to be healthy, you must acknowledge your human nature as well as how you interact with the natural world around you.

A variety of alternative treatments exist, although you are unlikely to hear much about it from your doctor. Many of the treatments consist of every day foods. Many cancer cures are accredited to going on a total fruit and vegetable juice diet. Every one should know that most cancer research is mostly a fraud and that large cancer research organizations are dedicated in their duties to the people who support them. After all, natural cancer cures are a curse to Big Medicine, Big Pharmacies and the governments who are heavily under their influence. This is why so many cancer cures are being ignored by the medical profession.

Clara Nolt is a successful Internet marketer located in Indiana, USA, and has recently launched a new book. Clara is also a successful Internet Marketer & mentor, helping others to succeed online. http://www.CancerCure-Book.com http://www.NoltsAffiliateMarketing.com

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How To Help During Cancer Treatment

Having a family member, friend or co-worker battle against cancer is one of the hardest and worst realities in life. No one likes to help someone deal with cancer, but at some point almost all of us will have the opportunity to walk beside someone we care about through one of the most difficult times of their life: cancer treatment.

I have had the privilege (and I do mean privilege) of helping out both of my parents and one of my closest friends during their weeks and months of cancer treatments. At first I was quite intimidated and unsure of how to help in such serious and life-threatening situations. I thought because I didn't know the perfect things to do that I couldn't do anything at all. Was I wrong.

Some of the best ways to help out a friend or loved one as their undergo cancer treatment is in the most practical ways. Don't look past how helpful cleaning their bathrooms, doing their dishes, or collecting their garbage can be. It is an amazing thing to get down and dirty on behalf of someone else. Look around and simply see what needs to be done. Mow their lawn, plant some fresh flowers, or get their car cleaned on the inside and out.

Taking care of the family of the one getting cancer treatment is one of the most helpful things you can do, especially when there are children involved. Offer to take the children to school and pick them up, or invite the kids over to your house for frequent sleepovers during the cancer treatment. It will be good for the parents and good for the kids to be separated during such a hard time. Involve the kids in doing something special for their parent who is in cancer treatment. Take the kids to a boutique that allows you to paint your own pottery, for example. Help the kids make something memorable for their loved one. You can do simple things for the family of someone who is in cancer treatment like go grocery shopping, prepare meals or take their family out to special meals.

Far too often people think that helping out during a time of crisis such as cancer treatment that they have to do extraordinary things. The truth is that it is the ordinary things that need to happen long before anything else will be helpful. There is no doubt that dealing with cancer or undergoing cancer treatment is extremely hard. But the support and help of friends and families can make even the worst things in life better.

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* About Martin Stoleman

Martin Stoleman has had practice helping out during cancer treatment, and he believes that doing the common things help the most. See more at www.finecancertreatment.info

THE COVER-UP CONTINUES!:Nigerian President Yaradua suffers massive stroke

This may indeed be the truth!

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Umaru Musa Yaradua is severely brain damaged and suffering from a severe stroke, it has been authoritatively confirmed.

Previously, it had been reported that he was dead. This was largely due to the fact that ever since he arrived at the King Faisal Hospital in Jeddah, he had been in an unusual coma in which he lay on bed the entire day with his eyes closed which led to some staff thinking the President was actually dead. However, it has been confirmed that the first family has bribed staff of the Hospital not to give information to the media about the true state of the President´s health.

The President of Nigeria has been bedridden since November 23 2009 and has not spoken a word since then. He spends his entire day on bed, staring blankly on the ceiling. Even though his wife, Turai has been by his side, he is said to hardly recognize her and sometimes just stares at her blankly as if she is ghost.

I don´t think your president can ever rule that country again. He is as good as dead,´ said a nurse at the Hospital who is close to Hodderway Books.

He has not said a word since he came in here. For the first two weeks, he just lay still in bed and did not wake up for days. We were so sure that he was dead and that the doctors were hiding something from us. He is not dead but he is seriously brain damaged. I don´t think he´ll make it,´ she said.

Also, the President is said to be suffering from much more than one ailment. ´He may have Lung cancer as well,´ our source said. ´For some reason the doctor has been secretive about the health of the President.´ The president is known to be a chain smoker.

Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that the phone call in which the President supposedly called the BBC to confirm that he will return to the country when his heath got better was a prank call. According to an anonymous source in the Information technology department of the Presidency office, the first lady and close friends of the presidency used voice-morphing software in which one of the president´s childhood friends spoke to the BBC in the guise of the president. The Nigerian ruler has not said a word in the last three months. Not even to Turai. He is in such a terrible condition that the first lady has been making frantic efforts to ensure that nobody sees him in the state he is in.

Meanwhile, last week the Nigerian Parliament sent a delegation of five members of Parliament to see the ailing leader. However, the five were reportedly denied seeing the President as the Hospital staff was under strict instructions from the First lady not to allow anyone see the President in his deplorable state,

Vice President Goodluck Jonathan was declared acting President last week by the Oil-producing nation.

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Hodderway Books

February 16, 2010

Fighting Off a Deadly Cancer

By Sana Khimani

It was October 2001 when Rhio O' Connor, a sixty-one year old man, was astounded to hear about the deadly cancer disease, Mesothelioma, that he was reported to be suffering from. It is a rare kind of cancer that is caused due to malignant cells found in the lining of chest and abdomen. More risk develops if exposed to airborne asbestos. Rhio was told by the doctors that he will not be able to survive longer than a year. But the high-spirited man was ready to take the initiative of fighting the disease through his strong self-determination. Thus, this old fighter left the world stunned as he lived seven and a half years longer than his prognosis.

Rhio spent endless hours in the library, studying books in order to find a treatment to the cancer disease he was suffering from. As a result of his research, Rhio came up to work with a panel of professional clinicians and formulated a regimen of more than one hundred supplements a day. He changed his diet and started practicing mind-body medicine. Thus, Rhio completely supported the theory of Hippocrates that "The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well."

Learning from Rhio's inspirational story, I decided to keep myself in his shoes and think as to what I would have done if gone through a similar situation. Knowing about my ill-health and being aware of my dire cancer prognosis, I would have, first of all, researched about the cause of the disease. Having my major as Biology and having an appreciable Science background I would have researched about the target organs Mesothelioma is going to affect. Obtaining a thorough knowledge about the disease, its cause and effect and the biological theory behind it, I would have discussed the situation with the best professional experts to come up to an approachable conventional treatment.

If my cancer stage would have been critical such that surgery could not have been possible or if chemotherapy would not have been any better, I would have chosen to treat this cancer disease of mine on my own by taking other forms of treatment.

Of course, there are several alternative treatments that I would have taken on my own. I would have used resources like the official websites of cancer societies that provide ways of making the lifestyle of cancer patients better. Many colleges, universities and medical school libraries provide books, electronic resources, and databases that provide other forms of treatments for cancer patients. Also, I would have taken the advice of my uncle who is an oncologist. His advice would also have been helpful in the improvement of my condition.
One of the options that I have discovered through an official website of "Cancer National Institute" is naturopathic treatment. These series of treatments aim to restore our internal body imbalance and makes our immune system strong, thus slowing the tumor growth. This treatment involves taking a good nutrition to fight off infections and getting a quick recovery. Acupuncture, also a part of this treatment, causes the flow of energy in our body. Nutrition from Botanical medicine like green tea contains cancer fighting compounds that are beneficial for cancer patients. Also, I would consult different specialists on aspects of physical recovery. These include physical therapy that will bring physical strength, speech pathology that will improve my communication skills, and occupational therapy that will restore independence within me. From the inspirational story of Rhio, I learned that mind-body medicine also induces a self-healing process. It will enable me to deal with my emotions that will not only keep me in a happy mood but will also make me cope up with the cancer effectively. I have learned through my own experience of meditation that practicing spirituality through religion, private prayers, meditation, taking an evening walk or even listening to music brings inner peace and removes a sense of loneliness in one's life.

Learning about the thought-provoking story of Rhio O'Connor, I set a new aim in life. And that aim is to make the health care field as my future career in life, so that, like Rhio, I will be able to make a difference in the life of some people who dream to live longer.

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Sana Khimani,

sophomore at University of Texas at San Antonio.

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