Cancer screening planned for women Saturday, April 17 in Roseland
ROSELAND – The Roseland Board of Health will conduct a Women’s Cancer Screening from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 17, at the Senior Citizens Center, 96 Mount Pleasant Ave., East Hanover Township.
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The best “treatment” for cancer is to prevent it from occurring. Research is ongoing to evaluate environmental and lifestyle factors that may be associated with an increased incidence of cancer. Identifying such risk factors may allow individuals to modify lifestyle choices in order to reduce their risk of developing cancer.
The Million Women Study in the United Kingdom involved over 1.3 million middle-aged women who responded to a questionnaire regarding sociodemographic and personal information, including alcohol consumption. These women were followed for several years in an effort to determine how reproductive and lifestyle factors affect women’s health.
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Research studies concerning resveratrol and prostate cancer have been promising. Researchers believe the results warrant future investigations concerning resveratrol prostate cancer prevention and treatment.
The antioxidant appears to inhibit the growth of cancerous cells, according to studies sponsored by the National Institute of Health in the United States. In later studies concerning resveratrol and prostate cancer, researchers included other phytochemicals, which are plant components with activity similar to, but different from, those of resveratrol.
Some phytochemicals inhibit the grown of cancerous cells while others cause them to commit suicide. Living cells are amazing things. You really wouldn’t believe everything that’s going on within them every minute of every day.
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