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121. Eating Right During Cancer Treatment
     

     When you're being treated for cancer, it's more important than ever to eat a healthy diet and get good nutrition -- but it can also be more difficult than ever. Your body is working overtime to fight the cancer, while it's also doing extra duty to repair healthy cells that may have been damaged as a

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122. Emailed Health Warnings: Hoax or Fact?
     

     A busy Boston architect, Brooke Trivas gets tons of emails. She usually responds to them quickly, replying or deleting as needed. But a recent email, sent by a friend, was so unnerving it required more attention. Leading brands of lipstick contain lead, the message warned -- at levels high enough to

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123. Skin Cancer Danger: Not Just in Summer
     

     I said goodbye to summer when I packed away my bikini for cold weather hibernation, only to fish it out weeks later for a trip to Australia, where the seasons are opposite what they are in the U.S. The fall and winter months here are seasons of spring and summer there. Down under, I discovered a goo

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124. Exercise for Cancer Patients: Fitness after Treatment
     

     Surviving cancer and making it through cancer treatment are major accomplishments. Most, if not all, survivors find a new priority in life: keeping cancer from returning. The latest research suggests that exercise for cancer patients may help. If you've made it through the rough road of cancer diagn

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125. A Cancer Diagnosis: What to Do Next?
     

     "Cancer" may be the most frightening word in medicine. Life changes suddenly and profoundly after a cancer diagnosis. Initial shock gives way to a realization of the tremendous physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges that lie ahead. Beyond the emotional turmoil that accompanies a cancer diagno

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126. Life After a Brain Tumor: One Man's Story
     

     During the fall of 1995, I had just turned 40 and was at the top of my legal profession. But I suddenly found myself getting totally exhausted each weekend. I was of no use to my wife, Ellie, or my kids. One morning while using the treadmill, I saw stars. I drove myself to the emergency room; the do

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127. Testicular Cancer: Self-Exams at Home
     

     Testicular cancer makes headlines because it strikes young men in the prime of life. Thanks to modern treatments, most men survive testicular cancer. World-class cyclist Lance Armstrong not only survived testicular cancer -- he went on to win the Tour de France seven times! The biggest key to beatin

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128. Exercise for Cancer Patients: Fitness After Treatment
     

     Surviving cancer and making it through cancer treatment are major accomplishments. Most, if not all, survivors find a new priority in life: keeping cancer from returning. The latest research suggests that exercise for cancer patients may help. If you've made it through the rough road of cancer diagn

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129. Esophageal Cancer On the Rise
     

     The past 25 years have seen the rates of some cancers fall, thanks to better prevention efforts. During the same period, though, the frequency of some esophageal cancers rose dramatically. The cause of this increase remains a mystery, although important risk factors have been identified. Understandi

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130. Is There a Prostate Cancer Diet?
     

     Scientists don't yet know how to prevent prostate cancer through diet. This article is about nutritional research on prostate cancer.