Posted by admin on Sep 1, 2010 in Articles | 0 comments
We all believe that genetics play an important part in why there is so much cancer nowadays. When one is informed the reason they’ve got cancer was because of genetics they have a feeling of despair and helplessness and that it was all because of whom they were descended from and bad luck. The facts are that this information might not be true and that blaming faulty genes passed down from your parents or grandparents for your cancer is but an excuse to cover up the ignorance of the real cause.
Human genes have not significantly changed for thousands of years so why would they suddenly change now and kill tens of thousands of people. If your doctor has told you that your cancer has been caused by your faulty genes, those changes in your genes have more typically been triggered by a combination of nutritional deficiencies, toxins in your environment, your sedentary lifestyle and emotional conflict. Those are the real and only causes of cancer.
If cancer was transmitted essentially through genes, the cancer rate among adopted children would be the same as their natural parents. It is not, and it was found to be habits from the adoptive parents which brought on cancer. Also genetically identical twins who share every single gene in their bodies usually do not share the risk of developing cancer. These studies showed that lifestyle is fundamentally involved in people who get cancer.
Cancer is a modern day problem; it has been steadily climbing over the last 100 years. It was exceptionally rare prior to that. Also cancer is not evenly distributed around the world as there is very little of it in undeveloped countries so their genes aren’t changing.
So called genetics are nothing more that bad habits passed down from one generation to the next. Who are our teachers in life, it’s our parents, so any bad habits they had we more that likely adopt. For instance its been proven that overweight people who smoke and drink, which are all known contributing factors in causing cancer, will more than likely pass those bad habits down to their offspring. Remember any genetic disposition can be broken by making changes to your lifestyle, which will automatically lessen your risk of getting the disease.
To avoid cancer if your family has a history of the problem, simply remove from your lifestyle many of the known factors that are causing it. It’s not our family heritage that is causing the problem of cancer, it’s the way we are living today, especially with the change in the foods we are now eating. It’s our high consumption of processed foods, our lack of healthy fresh food, the toxic substances we encounter on a daily basis, and our lack of exercise. Correct those factors and see what a difference they make to your overall health, including cancer.
Alan Wighton is an independent health researcher, having spent many years gaining knowledge, especially on the subject of cancer. If you’ve found this article helpful and want to learn more, go to my website where there’s a free download of facts and information that can help people overcome their struggle with cancer.
www.cancerhealed.com
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Posted by admin on Aug 27, 2010 in Articles | 0 comments
Is there a cure for Peyronies Disease? The answer to this question is both yes and no.
Although there are methods in place that can help reduce, if not cure, peyronies completely – such as Manhood corrective surgery and manhood Enhancement devices – actually preventing peyronies before it occurs is still not possible. All you can do is learn how to handle it.
What is Peyronies?
Caused by the development of fibrous tissues on the inner lining of your manhood, peyronies is reputed to affect 388 out of 100,000 men across the world between the age groups of 40-60 years old.
Yet despite this classification peyronies has been found in men as young as their teens causing Manhood curvatures of between 30° to 60°. But the main problem with this condition is the health risks it can cause if left untreated.
Alongside its ability to make penetration uncomfortable, peyronies can cause impotency removing your chances of having children in the future. For this reason manhood Enhancement devices and surgeries could make the difference to helping you lead a better life.
Manhood correction surgeries
There are various surgeries available, but the best 3 would have to be: placation, excision-grafting and prosthetic implantation. Known to be effective in correcting Manhood curvatures, these surgeries do as a whole work. The only problem with them is the possible risk they each incur, as we shall now explain.
Plication surgery
Designed to reduce the length on one side of your manhood to match the other, this method should remove the curvature and straighten your manhood. That being taken into account, this surgery as a result will shorten the length of your manhood as a whole.
Excision-Grafting surgery
Based around applying a graft to your manhood once an incision has been made into the lump on the tunica albuginea, this procedure on the one hand does straighten your manhood. Its only consequence is a risk of deformity that can come as a result of blood vessels dying in the graft.
Alongside risks of deformation, grafts are known to cause the manhood to shorten (with time) and induce impotency.
Prosthetic Implantation surgery
Utilising a semi-rigid silastic inflatable cylinder, this device is inserted into the corpora cavernosa to promote the straightening of your manhood. You need to be careful with this procedure though as this too can cause impotency.
Manhood Enhancement devices
Specifically designed to encourage tissue cell generation in your manhood chamber, the use of Medical Type 1 materials within a manhood traction device means users can experience the benefits of increased blood flow, a manhood length increase of up to 3 inches and Manhood corrections of 60%.
Surgery or Manhood Enhancement devices?
Both Manhood correction surgeries and manhood Enhancement devices can ease Manhood curvatures, but out of the two methods available traction devices can by far offer users the most security.
Size Genetics is a Risk free and medically backed by European CE standards, manhood traction devices hold none of the risks that can come with surgery. Deformities and impotency… none of these are evident within these types of devices.
Instead consumers can use a credible, affordable device such as Size Genetics that can cure their curved manhood by 60% whilst naturally increasing their manhood size by up to 30%.
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Posted by admin on Aug 22, 2010 in Articles | 0 comments
Obesity tends to run in families, suggesting that it may have a genetic cause. However, family members share not only genes but also diet and lifestyle habits that may contribute to obesity. Separating these lifestyle factors from genetic ones is often difficult. Still, mounting evidence points to heredity as a strong determining factor for obesity.
Obesity rates have doubled in the last twenty years, and in children the rate has tripled, according to research conducted by the American Dietetic Association. Obesity is much more than simply a cosmetic problem. Being considerably overweight causes serious health problems, and when obesity starts in childhood, unfortunately it often sets the child up for a lifetime of poor health.
Research indicates that the rates of obesity have, at best, doubled with some sections of society. But among children, the rate of obesity has tripled. People who suffer from obesity cannot just slough it off as an appearance issue. They need to educate themselves about the possible health consequences of being overweight. This is even more important in children who become obese at an early age.
Childhood obesity is caused 77% by genetic makeup and only 23% by lifestyle and environmental factors. Newspapers love these Nature vs. Nurture arguments as they can fill their pages with endless pontificating and claim it’s based on fact.
The obesity is a world wide problem. It is increasing at an alarming rate among people of all ages, genders, races and countries. When the Body Mass Index (BMI) is greater than 30 kg/square meter in a person, that person is classified as obese. The officially accepted reasons of obesity are genetics, behaviour and endocrine. So far the infectious etiology has not been explored fully. The study of viral infection as a cause of obesity was done on animals and humans. The results were published in respected journals. It is quite clear that viruses can not be ruled out as a cause of fattening in humans.
Obesity may seem harmless enough, but when you investigate its health implications you realize just how bad it is. Try these examples for size:
1. Young people that have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 35 or more have double the risk of death compared with people the same age that have a normal BMI.
2. Obese people are much more likely than ‘normal’ weight people to suffer from high blood pressure and other cardiovascular problems, increasing the likelihood of dying prematurely due to Myocardial Infarction (heart attack) enormously – 1.5 times the normal risk for men and 3.2 times the normal risk for women.
3. Being obese has been shown to greatly increase the risk of contracting many forms of cancer, including cancer of the colon – 3.0 times the risk for men and 2.7 times the risk for women, compared with non-obese people.
4. Obesity greatly increases the risk of contracting Type 2 Diabetes – by 5.2 times for men and a massive 12.7 times for women.
You can blame your obesity on is genetics. Other members of your family may have or still do suffer form obesity. This is in no means an excuse to get big but rather it should be a good warning that you have to be extra careful in watching your weight
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Posted by admin on Aug 17, 2010 in Articles | 0 comments
Prostate cancer is still one of the leading cancers among men, and it is projected that roughly one in every six American men will be diagnosed with this type of cancer within their lifetime.
Add to that the fact that these statistics may not account for those that have not been diagnosed, and you have a full fledged “epidemic”, if you look at it from a percentage of population standpoint. In fact, many people reading this probably know someone that has been diagnosed with this cancer, or may have even had a brush with it themselves.
Aside from the fact that it is a leading cancer form in men, it also is considered in males to be a second leading cause of death. It’s no wonder that prostate cancer is at the forefront of men’s health and prevention in medical research when it comes to prevention, detection and treatment.
Researchers have been hard at work to come up with alternative testing to the still most popular form of testing, the PSA test. PSA stands for Prostate Specific Antigen, which is an enzyme that is released by this male-specific gland, which tends to be released in much higher amounts when the gland is inflamed or enlarged, or is fighting cancer.
It is a test combined with a digital rectal exam, that many men find uncomfortable for obvious reasons, and may want to naturally avoid after they reach the age of fifty years old. This is the age when doctors recommend their male patients start getting this test, since after fifty years old the risk of getting this cancer increases significantly.
The PSA test itself is actually a simple blood test, and has been criticized for sometimes being unreliable and creating false positives and false negatives, hence the search for better screening methods. The screening method that is being worked on currently is one that may be more spot-on than the current mode of detection via rectal exam combined with the PSA test.
It is the new buzzword in the scientific community for a variety of diseases and cancer in the world of detection : genetic testing. Genetic testing has proven to be a very promising method of finding cancer markers in individuals because it can be more detailed in it’s individual assessment, and finding genes responsible for cancers and other diseases is pretty much a fool proof method of detecting likelihood of cancer or actual cancer itself.
While genetic testing can definitely help either to rule out prostate cancer or to give the doctor and patient a pretty good idea if further prevention or treatment should take place, it cannot as of yet be used in and of itself as a test, but instead is a stepping stone to determining the validity of PSA screenings and digital rectal exams.
It’s basically giving a more complete answer as to whether tests that are done are actually an accurate predictor of whether a patient has it, and whether treatment should be commenced. Many doctors and patients feel that with a more complete and definitive answer in testing, they feel more comfortable with diagnosis and prevention testing, and more confident that they are getting the correct results. This renewed confidence could lead more men to take part in prevention and detection screening.
Currently the largest studies in genetic testing for prostate cancer are being carried out in Sweden, and are looking promising, but as of yet they are not conclusive and the method needs more defining and sharpening.
One thing is for sure, that genetic testing is proving to be an up and coming tool in the definitive and more accurate detection of many different kinds of cancers, including breast cancer in women. With continued research and refining, genetic testing may prove to be of great benefit for men in the prevention of prostate cancer advancement.
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