Getting the big C diagnosis can sometimes serve as an excuse to stop exercising. This is a mistake. Patients are encouraged to continue or start working out, and spend as much time possible outdoor since this can promote better and faster recovery and heighten the survival rates.

There are some well-known risk-increasing factors. Yet, most of us ignore this knowledge until it’s already too late. In this blog, H&B is attempting to raise awareness of the fact that most cancer types are preventable. Let’s learn what we can do to fight cancer before it even forms.

Even though the sun’s presence normally makes us feel good, everyone knows that prolonged exposure to the sun’s rays can have negative effects on our health. Actually, the sun radiates harmful ultraviolet rays. Learning how to protect from it is important.

Malnutrition in cancer patients can happen when patients are intaking less energy and nutrition than they need. When compared to the rest of the population, people with cancer can be at a higher risk of malnutrition.

Whether you’re a patient or caregiver, self-care is necessary to obtain some much-needed relief from what can be an overwhelming disease. Self-care is one way to regain much-needed control over our life.

Every year, over half a million women get cervical cancer and more than 300,000 die from this disease. It’s tragic, and even more so when we know it’s a preventable disease. More than 85% of new cervical cancer cases happen in developing countries.

Cancer is a horrible disease, and it’s only understandable that the “big C” diagnosis would bring anybody down. But can we still be happy even with cancer? Living is not (only) surviving.

The flu can be really uncomfortable as it is, but it can be even more so for people whose immune systems have been impaired by cancer or cancer treatment. Cancer patients and survivors can be at higher risk for complications from the flu. This is why it’s necessary for their caregivers and family members to take steps to prevent flu from spreading in the first place.

A lot of cosmetics we can find on shelves of stores have hormone disruptors in their ingredients. Hormone disruptors are known to affect how estrogen and other hormones act in the body, by barring them or imitating them, which throws the body off its natural hormonal balance.

Carcinoid syndrome is a rare type of cancer. People often ask: why the zebra for carcinoid and neuroendocrine cancer awareness? In medical school, students are told, “When you hear hoofbeats, you assume it’s horses, not zebras.” This is analogous to what happens in medicine.