(25) – Immune to Cancer
Believe it or not, but there is one disgusting animal in the world we live in called naked mole-rat that is 100% immune to cancer, and no one is completely sure why this particular animal is immune to cancer, but there is one theory about that and we will tell it to you later.
Now, although we may find the looks of this rodent disgusting, we should all be pretty aware that this weird animal holds the key to cancer cure. Scientists believe that naked mole-rats are immune to cancer due to the fact their body contains a lubricant called hyaluronan which somehow stops the growth of cancer cells. We hope that scientists will research into naked mole-rats and their immunity to cancer so we could finally cure cancer!
(24) – The Left Breast
Breast cancer is one of the worst and most aggressive types of cancers. If not caught early, this cancer can wreak havoc on a woman’s or a man’s organism (men can also get this type of cancer!).
To prevent such a sinister disease as breast cancer, you need to examine both of your breasts on a monthly basis. Now, especially pay attention to your left breast and examine it twice, and if possible examine it thrice. We say this because breast cancer is more likely to develop in your left breast than in your right breast.
(23) – 200 Types of Cancer
There are still people out there who believe that cancer is a single disease. However, such people aren’t aware of the fact that there are approximately 200 types and subtypes of cancer and that there is no one-size-fits-it-all approach to every cancer. In fact, the reason why we still didn’t find a cure for cancer is that there are so many types of cancer and no cancer treatment works the same for all cancers.
And out of those 200 types of cancer we mentioned, the rarest ones include Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia, uterine serous carcinoma, teratoma, Krukenberg tumor, and astrocytoma.
(22) – First Description of Cancer
Although some people believe that cancer is the disease of the modern age, this dangerous disease has been first described by the Ancient Egyptians! That’s right – Ancient Egyptians were first ones to taste the bitterness of cancer.
One papyrus, called the Edwin Smith Papyrus, which dates back to 1600 B.C., describes several removals of breast tumors by a special tool called the fire drill. Even the Ancient Egyptians knew that there is no treatment for cancer because they wrote in the Edwin Smith Papyrus that there is no treatment for the tumors they removed.
(21) – Sleep Deprivation
Sleep deprivation is one of the scariest things one can experience. However, this serious condition doesn’t only affect our mental health and our emotional health, but it also affects our physical health. In fact, being sleep deprived can increase our risk of developing a number of serious types of cancer, including colon cancer.
So if you don’t want your life to be ended up by colon cancer, hit the sheets early and avoid being sleep deprived as much as you can.
(20) – Foods That Destroy Cancer
Every ailment, including cancer, has a natural cure. Now, we aren’t telling that there are foods that cure cancer, but what we are saying is that there are foods that slow down cancer and foods that prevent cancer.
Some foods that prevent cancer and that slow down the progress of cancers that already developed include green tea, red wine, avocados, turmeric, berries, dark chocolate, kale, and garlic. Cancer patients and people who don’t want cancer in their life should consume these foods regularly.
(19) – Sunscreen Causes Cancer
As you may know, people are advised to put on sunscreen on their skin so they could prevent the development of various types of skin cancers, including basal cell carcinoma and melanoma. However, what most people don’t know is that, ironically, the sunscreen they are advised to put on their skin can cause skin cancer and other types of cancer.
Most of the sunscreen products contain a dangerous chemical called OMC. Once you apply a sunscreen that contains OMC, the OMC contained in a sunscreen will become toxic when exposed to the sunshine and it will enter your bloodstream where it will damage your cells.
(18) – It Causes Millions of Deaths
Other dangerous diseases that take millions of lives, besides cancer, are malaria, AIDS, and tuberculosis. However, if we would combine the number of deaths caused by these diseases with the number of deaths caused by cancer, we could clearly see that cancer takes more lives away than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined.
This sad fact only makes us hope that we will find cancer cure soon and that no one diagnosed with cancer will be on death row in the future.
(17) – 50% Chance
One recent cancer study found out that every man in the world has a lifetime risk of developing cancer of 50%. However, this chance of cancer developing in a man increases significantly if a man will expose himself to various cancer-causing chemicals and if he will lead a sedentary lifestyle.
However, we still say that it is better to have a 50% lifetime risk of developing cancer than having a 90% lifetime risk of developing cancer. And remember, cancer prevention is the only way to avoid cancer! When you make an effort to take cancer preventive measures, you will have a 0% lifetime risk of getting cancer!
(16) – 30% of Cancers Could be Prevented
One of the hardest things a cancer patient can hear from its oncologists is that he/she could prevent cancer he/she suffers from now. According to statistics, approximately 30% of all new cancer cases could be prevented by avoiding alcohol, tobacco, and leading an active lifestyle.
So if you don’t want to get cancer and you don’t want that an oncologist’s office becomes your new home, avoid tobacco, alcohol, and lead an active lifestyle.
(15) – 28 Million Survivors
Not everyone diagnosed with cancer will eventually die from cancer after being diagnosed with that disease. Some people, after being diagnosed with cancer, will beat the disease and continue with their cancer-free life.
It has been estimated that there are approximately 28 million people who beat cancer and who we call cancer survivors. These people who luckily survived cancer were diagnosed with the disease in its early stages, but there are cases where people were diagnosed in late cancer stages and who survived.
(14) – Walking Against Breast Cancer
You don’t have to drink fancy teas, eat fancy foods, and perform complex exercises to reduce your risk of developing breast cancer. In fact, you don’t have to do anything to lower your risk of developing breast cancer besides walking. That’s right. You only have to walk to reduce your risk of breast cancer.
Various types of research into breast cancer have found out that walking every day for at least one hour can reduce a man’s and a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer by 25%.
(13 )– Marijuana-derived Compound
There must be a reason why many countries in the world have prohibited the recreational use of marijuana. They probably learned that marijuana has properties that kill cancerous cells but they don’t want their pharmaceutical industry to go down the drain so they prohibited marijuana.
However, more and more pieces of evidence about marijuana’s anti-cancer properties are convincing us that marijuana could be the cure for cancer. One recent study conducted in the UK found out that a marijuana-derived compound forced cancer cells to freeze and it prevented them from spreading. This way, we urge every country in the world to legalize marijuana. Marijuana isn’t a drug; it is one of the possible cures for cancer!
(12) – Cigarettes and Cancer
It is far easier to abet a drunkard to stop drinking alcohol than to abet a cigarette smoker to stop smoking. Smoking is an addiction that is hard to get rid of once you get used to it. If you are a smoker and you are reading this text now, you should know that smoking is extremely bad for you. It can cause a number of diseases to develop in your organism, including lung cancer.
One cigarette contains approximately 4,800 chemicals, and out of that number of chemicals in a single cigarette, there are 69 chemicals that are known to cause cancer. Just please smoking for the sake of your health and financial situation!
(11) – Multivitamins
If your doctor prescribed you multivitamins, stop taking them for the sake of your health immediately! Now, you probably wonder why you should stop taking multivitamins when they are something that every doctor in the world prescribes to its patients.
Well, recent studies into multivitamins have shown that these supplements actually increase one’s risk of developing various types of cancer and heart disease. This is why you should stop taking multivitamins immediately.
(10) – Taller Women
Being a tall woman is either a blessing or a curse, depending on who you ask. However, recent scientific studies have shown that being a tall woman is more likely a curse than a blessing. And why is that so? Well, scientific studies have shown that tall women are more likely to develop any type of cancer than short women.
If you are a tall woman, don’t worry. There are numerous ways how you can prevent cancer despite the fact that you are likely to get cancer in the future.
(9)– Borderline Diabetes and Cancer
More and more people today suffer from a special type of diabetes called borderline diabetes. Borderline diabetes actually isn’t diabetes, but it is a disease when blood sugar is extremely high but not that high to be counted as diabetes.
Now, people who have been diagnosed with borderline diabetes weren’t probably told by their doctor that having borderline diabetes increases their chance of getting cancer by 15%. So if you experience some pre-diabetes symptoms, make sure to get yourself tested for borderline diabetes.
(8)– Pilots and Flight Attendants
Pilots shouldn’t only be concerned about will their plane fall to the ground. They should also be concerned about their risk of developing skin cancer. And why is that so? Well, several studies have shown that people who work as flight attendants and pilots have an extremely high risk of developing melanoma.
This mainly comes from the fact that pilots and flight attendants are constantly exposed to dangerous UV rays that cause melanoma.
(7) – Men and Breast Cancer
What most people don’t know about breast cancer is that this disease can also occur in men and not only in women. In the last year, 350 men in the United States were diagnosed with breast cancer and almost half of them died this year from breast cancer.
Breast cancer in men has the same symptoms and signs as breast cancer in women. This is why men should also perform breast exams every month and check for lumps in their breasts.
(6) – Plants Also Get Cancer
Not only humans and animals get cancer. Even some plants can get cancer! Plants such as trees are especially susceptible to developing cancer. One interesting thing about plants which get cancer is that they usually get cancer from getting infected by fungi or bacteria.
What is also interesting about plants which get cancer is that they aren’t vulnerable to the effects of cancer, like humans and animals.
(5) – Air Pollution
Air pollution is the second main cause of lung cancer in people after smoking. Living in areas where the air is polluted increases your chances of developing lung cancer by up to 20%. And guess what? Air pollution doesn’t only increase the risk of developing lung cancer.
Air pollution, besides increasing risk of lung cancer, also increases the risk of developing bladder cancer.
(4) – Redheads
You must admit that redheads are extremely sexy girls. But, there is one fact about redheads that will probably make you sad. That fact about redheads that will make you sad is that they are more likely to develop skin cancer called melanoma than people that have other hair colors.
So dear redheads, don’t forget to visit your dermatologist at least twice a year.
(3) – Elephants and Cancer
If you would ask us which animal is least likely to get cancer, we would tell you it is an elephant that is least likely to get cancer. This comes from the fact that elephants have 40 copies of a special gene that codes for the tumor suppressor protein called p53.
And do you wonder how many copies of a gene that codes the tumor suppressor protein p53 do humans have? Only two.
(2) – An Environmental Disease
Forget about other people saying that cancer is mostly a genetic disease. In fact, only 10% of new cancer cases are attributed to genetics. The other 90% of cancer cases is due to environmental factors.
Forget about other people saying that cancer is mostly a genetic disease. In fact, only 10% of new cancer cases are attributed to genetics. The other 90% of cancer cases is due to environmental factors.
(1) – Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder
Did you know that the use of Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder can increase your risk of ovarian cancer? No one knows why that is so, but it is believed that Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder contains several cancer-causing chemicals.
So if you don’t want to get ovarian cancer, stay away from Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder.
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