My article came out of Men's Journal and was titled "What Can You Do To Live Longer". It had tips on how to cut your prostate cancer risk, lowering your risk of heart disease preserve your brain, slimming down, staying fit, reducing your risk of colon cancer, not drinking to much, an...

Skin Cancer Of all different kinds of cancer, skin cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the United States. Skin cancer is a disease which cancer cells are found on the outer layers of the skin. Your skin protects the body from heat, infection, light, injury and infection...

Government steps in when Tobacco Industry steps out Back a few years ago, all we heard on the news was John Doe vs. Big tobacco industries. Every day, people who had been harmed by smoke-related illnesses sued tobacco companies for liability in respect that they would compensate the medical bills...

MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES The mitochondrion is the energy manufacturer of the cell. It is equivalent to the engine of a car. These tiny biological machines combine the food we eat with oxygen to produce energy to keep our bodies going. The energy produced by the mitochondria is stored in the form of a...

What is Lung Cancer? The lungs are two sponge-like organs found in the chest cavity. The right lung has three sections, called lobes. The left lung has two lobes. It is smaller because the heart takes up more room on that side of the body. The lungs bring air in and out, taking in oxygen and gettin...

Cognitive Effects of Radiation There have been many terrible consequences of the Chernobyl accident, the worst of which has been the suffering and death of millions of Ukrainian people due to radiation exposure. The Physical deterioration of the residents exposed to high amounts of radiation h...

Breast Cancer Cancer is not just one disease but rather a group of diseases. All forms of cancer cause cells in the body to change and grow out of control. Most types of cancer cells form a lump or mass called a tumor. Cells from the tumor can break away and travel to other parts of the body. Th...

Breast Cancer Cancer is not just one disease but rather a group of diseases. All forms of cancer cause cells in the body to change and grow out of control. Most types of cancer cells form a lump or mass called a tumor. Cells from the tumor can break away and travel to other parts of t...

Obesity and the resulting medical problems have become an overwhelming American condition, and it seems to be getting worse every day. One Newsweek writer notes, "While searching endlessly for just the right diet, we're consuming ever more calories, growing ever more obese, and suffering ...

NATURAL THE BEST Most people think it's especially important to drink milk when you are a kid. That's for sure. But also it's very important to know what type of milk you should drink. Almost every American drinks Homogenized milk, in re...

Food and Nutrition Cleo Chana Nutrition refers to the study of the way in which the substances in food affect our health. Over the last one hundred years, American diet has changed drastically. It was not uncommon for a ...

In today's society it seems as if anything can be accomplished through technology. Though most advancements are being made to help cure and care for sick and disabled people, many believe that scientist have gone to far and are playing the role of God. One of the most asked questions today i...

Breast Cancer Cancer is not just one disease but rather a group of diseases. All forms of cancer cause cells in the body to change and grow out of control. Most types of cancer cells form a lump or mass called a tumor. Cells from the tumor can break away and travel to other parts of the body. Ther...

Cigarette smoking is one of the most common drugs been used, probably after alcohol. Cigarette companies want you to believe that smoking is 'cool'. The U.S government is doing a good job in terms of banning cigarette ads in media. However in many part of the world, cigarette companies ...

The Cancer Prophecy Cancer, the untamed disease that infects our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, uncles, aunts, and grandparents. Doctors tell you if you eat certain food items and vitamins that it can be prevented. Do you believe them? You hear about it on television, the radio, and just abou...

Please Stop Drinking I write you this letter with the hope that it will be encouraging and inspiring thing to stop drinking. I know you can recognize the feeling when you hang over but consequences of drinking that you always ignore are so violent. Alcohol is beginning to be drunk by younger peopl...

Part of our American culture is based on food and the way people treat themselves biologically by deciding what is acceptable to eat. Unfortunately a great portion of our society does not carefully think about the biological effects of certain foods. We live in an era of fad diets and health cons...

Cloning Will Help Us in the Long Run. One issue that has come up within the past five years is the issue of human cloning. This issue has made many people quarrel about if it is morally right or not. One argument against human cloning that many people are looking into now, is whether cloning is...