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11 Health Benefits of Beet Juice

HEALTHLINE – Beet juice contains antioxidants, electrolytes, and other compounds that may help support heart and brain health, among other benefits. The beet is a bulbous, sweet root vegetable that most people love or hate. It’s not new on the block, but it’s risen to superfood status over the last decade. Research shows that drinking beet juice, or beetroot juice, may benefit your health. Here’s how. 1. May help lower blood pressure Beet juice may help lower your...

Mayo Clinic Minute: Why Black women need to be screened for cervical cancer

MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK – While all women can develop cervical cancer, non-Hispanic Black women are more likely to be diagnosed and die of cervical cancer, compared to white women in the U.S. This disparity is not due to genetic differences among white, Black or Hispanic women, but rather related to systemic racism, access to healthcare and socioeconomic factors, says Dr. Olivia Cardenas-Trowers, a Mayo Clinic urogynecologist. That is why she encourages women to learn more...

They Signed Up To Serve In The Air Force, Not To Get Cancer

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force is expanding its study of whether service members who worked with nuclear missiles have had unusually high rates of cancer after a preliminary review determined that a deeper examination is needed. The initial study was launched in response to reports that many who served are now ill. The Air Force isn't making its initial findings of cancer numbers public for a month or so, but released its initial assessment...

China’s cancer drug finally approved in the US – but it will cost 30 times more to buy

A new Chinese cancer drug has been approved by the FDA, but there's one big financial catch.

Can Certain Foods Really Reduce Your Cancer Risk?

You won’t find a silver bullet in a single food, experts say, but there are some that may help you build the best defense.

Toby Keith To Explore New Treatment Amid Ongoing Cancer Battle

COUNTRYNOW.COM – Toby Keith says he is feeling “pretty good” and reveals he is trying other treatment options amid his ongoing battle with stomach cancer. The country music icon first shared his diagnosis with fans back in June of 2022 and since then, he has taken the necessary measures to spend time with family, focus on his health, and slowly creep his way back into the spotlight. According to Keith’s recent guest appearance on the sports...

Sunblocks provide a false sense of security leading to more cancers

INTERESTING ENGINEERING – Sunblocks helps to protect the skin from the sun by absorbing, reflecting, or scattering its UV rays but it does have its limitations leading to something called the sunscreen paradox. Now, two new studies are highlighting its dangers. Studies conducted in Canada and the UK First, researchers put together 23 focus groups in order to determine the factors that contribute to the different rates of skin cancer, called melanoma, in Canada's Atlantic provinces. They found...

Toby Keith’s Cancer Journey

SURVIVOR NET – Toby Keith was diagnosed with stomach cancer in the fall of 2021. The “Red Solo Cup” singer has not said much publicly about his cancer journey outside of limited interviews and announcing it on his social media last year. Keith told Country Music Television in an interview, “I need a little bit of time to just rest up and heal up.” “I’m thinking about getting back to fighting shape…It’s pretty debilitating to have...

‘Dancing With the Stars’ judge Len Goodman dies at 78

LONDON (AP) — Len Goodman, a long-serving judge on “Dancing with the Stars” and “Strictly Come Dancing” who helped revive interest in ballroom dancing on both sides of the Atlantic, has died, his agent said Monday. He was 78. Agent Jackie Gill said Goodman “passed away peacefully” on Saturday night. He had been diagnosed with bone cancer. A former professional ballroom dancer and British champion, Goodman was head judge on “Strictly Come Dancing” for 12 years...

Philadelphia Phillies cancer deaths “should be a red flag”

THE GUARDIAN – The lawn replacement – largely fallen out of favor in professional sports these days – contains large amounts of toxic chemicals A report on a possible link between a rare brain cancer that killed six professional US baseball players and toxic chemicals in artificial turf is raising a new round of questions over whether synthetic sports fields pose a health threat to athletes and others who use them. The six athletes, who all...

$38,398 for a Single Shot of a Very Old Cancer Drug

KAISER HEALTH NEWS – Dr. Josie Tenore and Paul Hinds were introduced by a mutual friend in 2017 and hadn’t been going out long when she laid down the law: He had to get a physical. “I don’t date people who don’t take care of their health,” said Tenore, who practices cosmetic dermatology and functional medicine in suburban Chicago. One of Hinds’ blood tests that summer came back with an alarming result: His prostate-specific antigen, or...

The Food Cure for Cancer

The Epoch Times – Over a million people in the United States are diagnosed with cancer every year. Despite cancer being one of the most common causes of fatalities in the world, there are a striking number of cancer survivors who successfully manage their conditions with a range of treatments and lifestyle changes. According to statistics, the rate of cancer survivors is on the rise, with an estimated 17 million as of January 2019, and a...

In America, Cancer Patients Endure Debt on Top of Disease

KAISER HEALTH NEWS |  RAPID CITY, S.D. ― Jeni Rae Peters would make promises to herself as she lay awake nights after being diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago. “My kids had lost so much,” said Peters, a single mom and mental health counselor. She had just adopted two girls and was fostering four other children. “I swore I wouldn’t force them to have yet another parent.” Multiple surgeries, radiation, and chemotherapy controlled the cancer. But,...

Harvard Doctor Discovers That This Drink Increases Liver Cancer Risk by 73%

Avoiding sugary drinks, according to a major study of postmenopausal women, may help reduce the risk of getting liver cancer
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