Cancer- Inside Cancer Blog

Cell Phones: Where’s my earpiece?...

Posted by rios in Cancer, Prevention on January 29, 2010 | 5 Comments

Cell phone usage has increased dramatically in recent years, with the number of subscribers exceeding 3 billion subscribers worldwide. Numerous case-control studies have examined the possible correlation between long term use of cell phones (specifically, the electromagnetic radiation emitted by cell...

Cancer-free mole rats may hold a key to ...

Posted by nash in Cancer, Prevention on January 11, 2010 | No Comments

I was always under the impression that sharks never got cancer. It turns out that isn’t true – they do get cancer, but less often than people. There is an animal that doesn’t get cancer though, and that is the naked mole rat. These cute little creatures live long lives underground, so I’m...

Six Tips on Avoiding Cancer...

Posted by nash in Archived Content, Cancer, Prevention on November 30, 2009 | 4 Comments

Most of us know that smoking cigarettes and excess exposure to the sun can increase the risk of getting cancer. In fact, much of cancer can be avoided by changing behavior. For examples of some causes of cancer, check out Inside Cancer. Some of the causes of cancer are less obvious. An example is maintaining...

HPV twist?...

Posted by rios in Archived Content, Cancer on November 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is a family of small, non-enveloped DNA viruses which infect epithelial cells, and of which there are over 100 subtypes. HPV is divided into two major categories, high risk types which includes types 16, 18, 31. 33, 35. 39, 45, and low risk types 6 and 11. HPV 16 is implicated...

Canines and cancer...

Posted by nash in Archived Content, Cancer, Prevention on October 21, 2009 | 4 Comments

For my blog, I thought I would talk a bit about dogs and cancer. Why, you might ask? I’m not a dog owner, but recently a few stories about dogs and cancer were brought to my attention and I thought they might be interesting to others. You may not know this, but dogs can actually smell some cancers....

Hildegard’s Dilemma...

Posted by rios in Archived Content, Cancer on October 14, 2009 | No Comments

Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th century nun was celebrated for her intellect, writings, and notably for her extraordinary visions – also known as migraine auras. Ask any migraineur about the scintillating scotomas preceding a migraine, and you’re likely to receive a flinching look in return....

Coffee and cancer – good or bad?...

Posted by nash in Archived Content, Cancer, Prevention on August 31, 2009 | 10 Comments

Welcome to my first post to the Inside Cancer Blog… I hope you enjoy. I’m a bit of a coffee drinker, so I often wonder if this is good or bad. Growing up, it was always presented as a vice. Yet, I have been drinking coffee all my life- and coffee has thousands of chemicals in it. Should I...