What Causes Cancer? 7 Strange Cancer Claims Explained

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why didn't they debunk the microwave cancer myth??

Gregor of OH 4:59AM October 28, 2010

Smokers who use mouthwash can get cancer.

Josh Smith of SC 3:47AM October 28, 2010

Yes Felipe, it would be much better to do tests on YOU!

David of SC 2:08PM October 27, 2010

I find it creuel to test on animals,even rats

Felipe Fernandez of NC 1:31PM October 27, 2010

It has become more evident that getting some form of cancer has come to the point of not "if" we get a cancer, but instead "when" we will get a cancer. Live your life as healthy as you can and enjoy every day. Life is always too short.

Gary of IN 9:32AM October 27, 2010

Trying to do well by your body sometimes comes back on you - for instance, Vitamin D. It's a good thing in moderation. If one takes it who does not need it, there is Vitamin D intoxication. One of the effects is KIDNEY STONES. It mobilizes calcium in the blood which has nowhere to go except to accumulate in the kidneys. Yes, it's a good thing, but talk to your doctor first to be sure it's indicatede.

mary of AL 9:00AM October 27, 2010

Having survived breast cancer and bilateral mastectomy does not make me an expert but I did my homework. The single greatest factor is heredity but if I knew then what I know now I would never have ingested artificial sweeteners or colors, or taken birth control pills. I have a multiplicity of allergies, with systemic effects, such as fluid levels in response to sulfa, all kinds of inflammation from rubber, liver pain with statins, etc. It's a very high-tech world with a lot of danger today, but it always has been a risky place to live. Understanding that hindsight is 20/20, we made choices and took chances we did not intend to take, in an effort to live a better life. And a better life we did have, although there were unexpected consequences.

mary of AL 8:56AM October 27, 2010

Cancer, like any other disease in my opinion, is never caused or cured by one thing.
It sometimes takes an entire lifetime for cancer cells to actually manifest into a detectable tumor. Who knows which influences, environmentally, emotionally and diet-wise, have contributed to this?
As well, using a combination of allopathic and natural cures is sometimes the best route.
Common sense goes a long way as well: if it sounds too easy to be true, it usually is.

Mary of OH 8:27AM October 27, 2010

"Be afraid of the sun" is the biggest myth out there. If you have an illness or cancer and low in vitamin D then raising your D will help. The key however is to keep your vitamin D levels high through out your lifetime, starting at conception. Babies with the highest vitamin D levels have the least birth defects, allergies and strongest immune system.
Search your illness and vitamin D to see if there is a link. If there is not yet (unlikely) then keep your levels high anyway. There is no downside. There is a vitamin D receptor in every cell of your body for a reason!

John of NJ 11:15PM October 26, 2010

Being part of the baby boom, through the early fifties, we were exposed to every type of canned goods. Mothers thinking that it was just fine and dandy to feed their children all these great canned foods with ingredients they couln't even pronounce, let alone understand them.
Nitrates, and all the preservatives, in those items has to have had an affect on us. As they were not natural. Now, we find if we stay natural, not eating all the preserved products and nitrates, we can live longer.
Personally, I believe that if you live long enough you will have one form or another of cancer. I have had an enormous amount of various cancers in my family. Now I have CLL, which is not fast growing, but it has decreased my ability to fight infections. Immune deficiency. High white blood cell count.
The only thing to do is to try to have my children and grand children try to live
chemical free and natural foods only.

Deborah A. Gladysz of MI 2:56PM October 25, 2010