Cancer Risks You Can Avoid

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Control your cancer risks: take control of the risk factors you can change, and raise your chance of a cure with early detection.(preventing cancer risk) (Focus on Healthy Aging)

"I thought I was too young for skin cancer": skin cancer--plus diabetes and arthritis--can occur in women under 40, as these four women found out. Do you know how to lower your risk?(health check) (Marie Claire)

Move it! Regular exercise can improve the function of the immune system and may help lower the risk of cancer. (includes excuses commonly used to avoid exercise) (Vibrant Life)

Keep your skin safe in the sun: men face an increased risk of deadly skin cancer, but checking your skin and using sunscreen can keep you safe this summer.(Skin Cancer) (Men's Health Advisor)

How sex keeps you healthy: want to cut your breast-cancer risk? Feel happier? Live longer? Sex can bring you all these benefits and more. (Marie Claire)

Make time for green tea: studies support the many benefits of drinking green tea, which appear to include cancer protection.(NEWS YOU CAN USE) (Food & Fitness Advisor)

Taking proactive cancer protection against nuclear threat.(You Should Know)(potassium iodide reduces risk of thyroid cancer) (Environmental Nutrition)

Besides a sunburn, what can the sun do to you if you stay outdoors too long? (sun as a cause of skin cancer)(Ask Doctor Cory) (Child Life)

How can you avoid having too much iron? (Scientific update: a review of recent scientific papers related to vegetarianism).(Brief Article) (Vegetarian Journal)

The anti-cancer diet. (foods that researchers say can reduce cancer risk drastically; includes related articles) (Good Housekeeping)