Lifestyle changes can help prevent cancers: WHO

 

Among key risk factors for cancer are tobacco and alcohol consumption, a diet low in fruit and vegetable intake and lack of physical activity.

 

“Tobacco use is the most important risk factor for cancer causing 22 percent of global cancer deaths and 71 percent of global lung cancer deaths,” the UN health agency said.

 

Halting tobacco use, for instance, could therefore help cut cancer mortality rates.

 

According to latest available figures dating to 2008, cancer caused 7.6 million deaths worldwide during the year, making up about 13 percent of global mortality.

 

Lung, stomach, liver, colon and breast cancers caused the most fatalities.

 

About 70 percent of all cancer deaths in 2008 occurred in low- and middle-income countries.

 

The WHO projected that deaths from cancer will continue rising, and will hit an estimated 13.1 million in 2030.
 

WHO issues guidelines for contested breast implants

PARIS: The World Health Organisation (WHO) intervened for the first time in the roiling global scandal over faulty breast implants, urging women with the devices to seek medical advice if they have any concerns.

“Persons with PIP or M-Implant prostheses should consult their doctor or surgeon if they suspect rupture, have pain or inflammation or any other concerns,” UN’s health agency said, referring to the brands implicated in the controversy.

“Affected persons and physicians should take note of their national health authority recommendations and act accordingly,” it said in a “Global Alert and Response” statement issued on its website.

Around 300,000 women in 65 countries are believed to have received implants made by Poly Implant Prothese (PIP), a now-defunct manufacturer in southern France, although some figures are much higher.

France, Germany and the Czech Republic have recommended that the devices be removed as a precaution but Britain has said it will not follow suit.

The prostheses were withdrawn from the European market in 2010 after France’s health watchdog discovered they were made from sub-standard, industrial-grade gel.

The WHO said data about adverse events from the implants was sketchy and hoped for stronger reporting of episodes in order to get a clearer picture.

“While the rupture rate of PIP prostheses was observed to be higher than expected in France, rates reported by other national authorities vary,” it noted. AGENCIES

Wjla Breast Exam Video

Wjla Breast Exam Video, WJLA Washington says it will demonstrate breast self-examination without concealing any part of the body during a four-part series in 5 hours and 11 hours of news in the next two days (October 29 and 30).

“Touch of Life: The Guide to Breast Self Examination” is in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month, according to spokeswoman Abby station Fenton, director of community relations. It also comes in the first days of November sweeps period, when ratings help determine ad rates for the stations.

“This unique television event will include a clinical manifestation of breast self-examination without hiding any of the chest area,” says station in bold, underlined type in the statement announcing the series. Series of news involving mammograms and self-tests are not unusual and confusion is the usual practice, but the station said her news team found that many women do not know the correct way to perform the test.

“I do not sweep the room is as important as the fact that we’re doing a play about breast cancer because we have discovered that women in this area do not know how, when or how often, and that is really what we are coming, “says Fenton.

What about the appearance that could be a hoax? “It’s irrelevant,” she says. “If people want to take a piece sweeps, that’s their business. But we’re also doing something that is really important for women”.

The series will include an interview with Elizabeth Edwards, fighting his own battle with cancer, and will be supported with a phone bank in partnership with Inova Breast Care Institute.

Jasmine Fiore Death Pictures

Jasmine Fiore Death Pictures, The body was found stuffed into a suitcase in a Buena Park, CA, Dumpster on August 15. At the time, the body was flagged as a Jane Doe due to lack of identification. Since her teeth and fingers had been removed, it was only after tracing the serial number on her breast implants that a positive identification was made the following Tuesday.

The popularity of death photos is nothing new, let’s remember how people massively searched for Michael Jackson’s death pictures and also David Carradine’s pictures.