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Cancer is a disease that transcends race gender
and age. Over the last half decade, cancer has lost its reputation
as the leading killer while heart disease has earned first place.
Nevertheless, cancer is still a major concern for the cigarette
smoking population. Based on a report released by the American
Cancer Society (ACS), the most prevalent cause of cancer related
deaths of American women is lung cancer.
Approximately,
over 73,000 the female gender in the United States will perish
as a result of lung cancer in 2005. More than 85 percent of
the deaths are associated with cigarette smoking. Claiming its
place in the death rates, breast cancer takes second- place
in the cancer death rate amongst women across the nation. Medical
statistics shows that more than 210,000 women will be diagnosed
with breast cancer. Estimations released by the ACS predict
about 40,000 women die annually from breast cancer.
Another
major cause of death amongst American women is colorectal cancer.
Verisimilar to the popular misnomer that heart disease is a
masculine disease, colorectal cancer is mistaken quite often
as a man's disease. In reality, women perish from colorectal
cancer each year with an estimated 28,000 women in the United
States.
Based on the findings, clinical trials and other patient reports,
nutrition accounts for a third of cancer diagnoses as well as
other controllable lifestyle factors. Although the following
recommendations are not a 100% guarantee in the prevention of
cancer, they may reduce your cancer risks by 30 percent:
• Refrain
from nicotine/tobacco chewing and smoking or chew tobacco
• Follow
a regimented fitness program or exercise on regular basis
• Ingest
fruits, vegetables and make other healthy dietary choices
• Protect
your skin by avoiding excessive exposure to the sun
• Limit
all alcoholic beverage intakes
• Make
regular visits to your physician’s office |
