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Prostate cancer is one of the greatest scourges of the male sector of the population. It is also one of the most common diseases within that social branch, and early diagnosis can save many lives. There is a massive aversion to the conduct of tests for the detection of this cancer, but is very necessary to be carried out in order to treat properly in the event of his appearance.

After 40 years of age is almost obligatory to do prostate exam every year. The most common is the digital rectal examination performed by a urologist, although there are several studies and analysis that can be used for the detection of cancer. Older people are more prone to this disease, which is very important to make an annual inspection to avoid any kind of surprise.

The list of symptoms of this disease is quite varied. If you experience any of these, you better do a check with your doctor you trust: painful urination, loss, blood in excreta and muscular pain in the spine area, groin and testicles. Remember that early diagnosis can help an effective treatment that reduces the risk of death.

Nor is it a matter of living scared, but it is always useful to encourage prevention. Note that maintaining good eating habits and physical activity significantly decreases the risk of prostate cancer. Also, remember that familial predisposition is also a condition to have this condition.

Just recently the University of California brought us good news about the broccoli, a vegetable that makes a little more time proved to be good for the heart. The fact is that broccoli helps prevent respiratory diseases, and today we have similar stories.

This time the news comes from the John Hopkins School of Medicine, where a group of researchers conducted a study that relates to the broccoli to the prevention of lung cancer published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Studying the lungs of 39 patients, researchers found that lung cancer can be prevented by adding broccoli to your diet, which helps protect NFR2 gene activity, which produces a protein that regulates many of the processes that allow us to eliminate toxins from the lungs.

By adding broccoli to feed the defenses of the patients returned to normal and the body’s antioxidative activity was restored to baseline, which ranks this plant as a resource to draw upon to prevent lung cancer is in the case of non-smokers or addicted to snuff consumption.

SYMPTOMS OF LUNG CANCER

People who suffer

People over fifty years of age who have smoked cigarettes for many years.
The incidence of lung cancer among women in general has increased, which is clearly attributable to the increased number of women who smoke.

Symptoms

Cough or chest pain does not go away and may be accompanied by expectoration.
A whistle in breathing, shortness of breath.
Coughing or spitting up blood.
Hoarseness or swelling of the face and neck.
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No Smoking Signs are reading this, then you have already taken the first step. Thinking about how to quit smoking! The decision to stop smoking can seem overwhelming, but with help from this guide and support your family and friends can do it! Half of all people who have ever smoked have quit, so can you. If you’ve tried to quit before smoking, but did not work, you can use what you learned before you to be successful this time. It can be very difficult to quit, but once you do, you’ll look better, smell better, feel better and be healthier!

Why should I quit?

Everyone knows that smoking can cause cancer when you get older, but did you know that also has negative effects on your body right now? A cigarette contains about 4000 chemicals, and at least 43 of the chemicals cause cancer in humans. Some of the other chemicals found in poisons. Some of the worst are:

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Fruits and vegetables of all kinds can rescue her from the ravages of lung cancer but the best are those rich in beta carotene, an orange pigment in carrots isolated 150 years ago.

Beta carotene is concentrated in orange vegetables and green (the green chlorophyll hides the yellow), and the darker the color, the higher the beta carotene. I recommend reading the article (lung cancer and deficiency of vegetables)

This substance, which counteracts the lung cáncer has been described as the morning after pill because it cancels cancer in animals fed a potent carcinogen.

In humans, the probability of getting lung cancer is reduced by 40% to 70% in regular consumers of beta-carotene, as indicated by almost all epidemiological studies conducted over the past ten years.

A typical study is that of the State University of New York at Buffalo. He showed that eating vegetables rich in beta carotene more than once a week, significantly decreased the risk of cancer, when compared with the risk of people who did not eat these plants.

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The best way to escape dietary lung cancer, whether you smoked or not, is to eat plenty of vegetables, especially those rich in carotenoids, including beta-carotene.

These include carrots, broccoli, spinach, dark green lettuce, pumpkin, sweet potato.

If you smoked or still smoke, the council is much more important, it is vital to eat at least half a cup of vegetables, dark green or deep orange every day once you have stopped smoking. These foods can act positively during the long, slow march toward lung cancer, which lasts for ten years or more after stopping smoking.

The plant chemicals can slow the promotion of cancer and tumor formation.

It also seems a good idea to drink tea, especially green, and eating more legumes, although not proven completely ineffective.

If you have been diagnosed with lung cancer, add to your diet more of anticancer agents by eating more vegetables, particularly tomatoes, broccoli and other rich in carotenoids like beta carotene.

The lycopene and lutein, to help your body fight cancer and prolong life.