Cancer

Most cancers can be prevented
Most cancers are related to diet and lifestyle and about 80 percent of cancer cases can be prevented, according to Dr Albrecht, cancer specialist and research coordinator

Tips on avoiding cancer
Everyone wants to avoid cancer. Here are some practical tips on everyday things you can do from one of South Africa's top cancer researchers.

Lifestyle and diet as causal factors of cancer
Sticking to these three simple rules, will prevent 80 percent of cancers.

Smoking and cancer
Research has shown that twenty-five thousand people die from smoking-related diseases in South Africa every year,” according to Welile Shasha, head of the World Health Organisation in South Africa. How does smoking affect your health?

Prevent cancer through nutrition
Eighty percent of all cancers are due to identified factors, and therefore are potentially preventable. And 35 to 50 percent of cancers are linked to food.

Day-to-day foods that fight cancer
A recent WHO report estimates that a lack of exercise and being overweight account for up to one third of all breast, colon, endometrial, kidney and oesophageal cancer.

Cutting your risk
We can make a difference to our chances of contracting cancer. Judy Bass and Joanne Lillie suggest the following lifestyle changes.

Our cancer-causing world
We can beat it if we clean up our act: over 90% of cancers are caused by our toxic environment and habits. Cancer is mostly made, not born.

16 ways to avoid cancer
Here are 16 simple, everyday things you can do to avoid cancer. You want to read this.

What is Bisphenol A (BPA)?
The Cancer Association of South Africa has compiled a fact sheet explaining why we should be worried about Bisphenol A (BPA).

Non-smokers can also get lung cancer
Although smoking is one of the major causes of lung cancer, non-smokers are often diagnosed with the disease as well.

Viruses and cancer
It is reasonably certain that viruses can cause cancer. Much research is being done on this. People who travel a lot are at particular risk.

Chemicals and cancer
Whether chemicals cause cancer or not is still being hotly debated. This is a very murky area. There is some indication that some chemical compounds can lead to a very high

Preventing skin cancer
Worldwide, the highest incidence of skin cancer is found amongst the Europeans living in South Africa and Australia.

Cancer and your diet
All you need to know about cancer and diet.

Early warning signs of cancer
Vigilance and immediate action can save your life, as early diagnosis and treatment can save your life if you have developed cancer.

How you can prevent cancer
Most people think getting cancer is one of the worst things that can happen to them. But there are two pieces of good news.

Cancer: the good news
Amidst all the dire predictions for the spread of cancer in the developing world, researchers are making huge strides in the fight against the disease.

Cancer risks: truth and myth
From Facebook and power lines to deodorants and pesticides, the world is allegedly teeming with cancer-causing agents. Which are real and which are urban legend?

Beware of BPA in baby bottles
The danger of BPA in baby bottles has been highlighted again by the Cancer Association of South Africa. They are renewing their call for a national ban.

Early lymphoma diagnosis critical
One million people worldwide live with lymphoma, yet most South Africans know very little about this type of cancer. Lymphoma Awareness Day is the ideal time to get informed.