The following cancers may (rarely) cause diarrhea:
A swollen lymph node or gland is a term commonly used to describe lymphadenopathy, a condition associated with enlarged lymph nodes in a specific area of the body (localized) or throughout the entire body (generalized lymphadenopathy). Lymphadenopathy is an indicator of a disorder affecting a certain area of the body or a generalized condition throughout the body.
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Skin cancer prevention includes avoiding sun and other causes of skin cancer, protection against these causes, regular self-examination, and checking suspicious skin changes by a dermatologist.
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The most common cause of skin cancers are ultraviolet (UV) rays, either from the sun, or from UV-emitting lamps like those in tanning saloons. Both UV-A and UV-B rays may cause skin cancer.
Other possible causes of skin cancers include:
Treatment of skin cancer depends on cancer type, stage, location, patient’s age, and his/her general health state. It is a dermatologist – a specialist for skin diseases - who treats cancer. Methods of skin cancer treatment include:
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Hot flashes (flushes) are episodes of intense warm feeling on the face and upper trunk that last from few seconds to few minutes. They are not the same as the low-grade fever that usually lasts at least for several hours, and can be detected by the thermometer, while hot flashes can’t be.
Hot flashes may appear in menopausal women, in healthy middle aged men, in psychic stress, and in some diseases.
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Skin cancers are malignant growths on the skin. They mostly arise from the upper layer of the skin – epidermis. Skin cancers may develop anywhere on the skin, including scalp, lips, or under-nail skin.
Skin cancers are most common after 50 years of age, but they may occur at any time.
Any chronic skin growth or discoloration that increases in size with time is suspicious for skin cancer.
Skin Cancer Causes and Risk Factors
There are three common types of skin cancer:
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Dietary factors play a key role in much of our risk for developing cancer and this link between cancer and diet is not new, as a report issued by Scientific American in 1892 showed that the cases of cancers were common in those people who had excessive meat-eating habits. Similarly, the results of many other studies have shown that cancer is quite common in the people who consume diets rich in fatty and meaty foods. Contrarily, the people who consume such foods as contain grain, vegetable and fruits, the chances of developing cancer are the least common in them. The reason is that these foods not only affect the action of hormones in the body, but also affect the strength of the immune system. There are many such vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals and antioxidants in the body as help it to avoid cancer and boost immune system as well.
The results of a Chinese study (considered the largest on diet and lifestyle) showed that low-protein diets not only inhibited the initiation of cancer, but also proved quite helpful to block cancer growth. But we must keep in mind that all proteins don’t have cancerous effects and especially the proteins receive from plant sources do not promote cancer, even if high levels of these proteins are consumed.
Aside from obesity and inactivity, almost one-third of cancer deaths are related to a poor diet every year. No doubt, none can guarantee that you won’t develop cancer, but you can at least avoid it if you quit smoking and eat healthy diets.
There are many quit smoking methods that you can apply in order to kick away your bad habit of smoking. Some may work and some may not work for you. Whatever method that you choose, you must have a strong desire and determination to make it work. Here are 5 of the top quit smoking methods that you can try today.
1) Patches
Patches are not that expensive and you can get it at pharmacies or you can get a prescription from your health doctor. Let me point out that you might not get good quit smoking results using patches. As you can see, patches are only tools that can aid you in your quest to stop smoking. If you do not have any willingness to stop buying those cigarettes, patches will not do you any good.
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Recently there was a lot of buzz in news about how dangerous bleached teabags may be. The fact is that during chlorine-bleaching some toxic substances, like dioxin, may be created. So, let’s find out if small amount of dioxin in chlorine-bleached teabags may actually be dangerous.
Picture 1. Teabags
First teabags were made from silk and muslin. Nowadays teabags are mostly made from paper, produced from a blend of wood and vegetable (hemp) fibers. Both wood and vegetable pulp are usually chlorine-bleached, meaning that small amount of toxic chlorine compounds may end up in teabag paper.
To avoid chlorine toxicity, today some tea sellers use only teabags from non-chlorine (oxygen) bleached teabag paper, completely non-bleached paper, or teabags from synthetic fibers (1).
Wood consists of about 50% cellulose fibers, 30% lignin fibers, and 20% of other easily extracted substances (2). Lignin gives wood its strength and color. In order to get white paper (almost 100% cellulose), lignin and other substances have to be removed. Pulp cooking removes the most lignin from the pulp, and remaining lignin can be removed by bleaching.
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