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Parents: The importance of educating your children about cervical cancer
There comes a time when you will need to have the ‘talk’ with your female children, about the ...
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Eat more whole grains to decrease bowel cancer risk
Eating more whole grains, like brown rice and whole-wheat bread, may reduce bowel cancer risk...
What is holistic cancer care?
When facing the cancer journey, Dr Michiel Botha advises on holistic cancer care that takes into consideration every ...
CANSA offers free skin cancer screening
The most serious type of skin cancer is melanoma, with South Africa having the highest incidence in the ...
Vitamin C may kill cancer cells
Vitamin C may 'tell' faulty stem cells in the bone marrow to mature and die normally, instead of ...
Could tomatoes reduce our skin cancer risk?
Daily tomato consumption cut the development of skin cancer tumours by half in a mouse study, which means ...
How you can help people with leukaemia
Nonkululeko Malinga was pregnant when she was diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia. Doctors advised that she required a critical ...
4 Habits that could cause cancer
It takes just 21 days to form a habit - but it can take a lifetime to break ...
What to eat to stave off prostate cancer
Dining on curry and baked apples could play a role in staving off - or even preventing - ...
Red onions pack a cancer-fighting punch
Researchers have discovered that Ontario-grown red onions have the strongest cancer-fighting power…
The connection between cancer and sugar
In a new study, scientists at The University of Texas at Dallas have found that some types of ...
Garlic – a cancer prevention superstar
With cancer cases on the rise each year, it’s important to equip yourself with the most effective cancer-fighting ...
Powerful new weapon in fight against cancer
Cancer patients can now benefit from a faster, more targeted treatment introduced at a leading oncology centre in ...
A glow stick that detects cancer
From rock concert glow sticks to the doctor’s office, researchers have devised a type of ‘glow stick’ that ...
Don’t be fooled by these health myths
If you think you’re immune, see if you can pick out the one truth among these health myths…
Global tobacco control treaty reduces smoking rates
The adoption of tobacco reduction measures around the world has led to a 2,5% reduction in global smoking ...
A big reason to eat broccoli
Research has discovered one of the underlying reasons why broccoli is so good for you. Here’s a hint, ...
The science of stopping cancer
Amazing – scientists have discovered that a chemical found in tumours may actually be used to help stop ...
Get your boys to check their balls – it could save their lives
Moms have an important role to play when it comes to keeping their boys safe from testicular cancer ...
