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Do you smoke? One word: STOP! Hopefully, you should know that by now. There are other ways to prevent your body from being diagnosed with this dreadful disease.

According to EverydayHealth.com, there are seven different cancer risks that you should steer clear of:

* Tobacco…DUH! Smoking tobacco will damage practically every organ in your body and 15 different types of cancers are possible. This includes smoking not only cigarettes but pipes, cigars, chewing tobacco and snuff. Secondhand smoke can also cause cancer, asthma, pneumonia and SIDS.

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On or about August 27, 2002 I awoke in the morning and went to work as usual. I did not know that my world as I knew it was about to change irrevocably. On a subliminal basis I knew that I had cancer of the soul. My marriage was in name only, my family dissipated, my work was my passion. I did not understand that in a few hours, a Kafkaesque moment, I would turn yellow and the cancer in my soul would become the cancer in my pancreas. That was then — now I am a 7 year survivor of a cancer that few get to tell about.

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Solution To Diabetes

by Lauren Meyers on February 12, 2010 · 1 comment

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According to BBC News, scientists in Cambridge have shown that an “artificial pancreas” could be used to help regulate blood sugar in kids with Type 1 diabetes. The Lancet study shows a sensor that measures glucose levels with a pump that delivers insulin, which could boost overnight blood sugar control and could significantly shorten the risk of blood sugar levels from dropping too low.

Type 1 Diabetes is a chronic, fatal condition where the pancreas cannot produce insulin…

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