Cancers: what are the established risk factors?

Tumors in recent years are talked about a lot: both because, Unfortunately, they are diseases that affect millions of people; both because, fortunately, biomedical research makes continuous progress in the understanding of their causes and in identifying strategies preventive and therapeutic measures that help counteract them. Being informed on the topic is important, but the excess of information on such a complex can be a bit confusing and lead to unnecessary behavior or wrong. For example, do you know what the main known risk factors of the Cancers and how to avoid them? Test yourself with this quiz.

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Itching: a symptom with many causes

Mosquito or other insect bites, dehydrated and sensitive skin, contact with stinging plants or irritating dust, allergies, mycosis or colonization by parasites (lice in primis). These are just some of

Discovering ANT: the nonprofit association for home care for cancer patients

Established in 1978 by oncologist Franco Pannuti, 1985 to present Foundation ANT Italy ONLUS – the largest nonprofit for free home-based specialist care for cancer patients and prevention – has

Is memory faltering? These are the most frequent causes

Decline mild cognitive, Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are so widespread and feared that, by now, when it comes to memory disorders it is immediately led to think

Endometrial cancer: what is it?

The endometrial tumor is usually an endometrioid adenocarcinoma. It usually manifests as postmenopausal vaginal bleeding. Diagnosis is made by biopsy. Staging is surgical. Treatment requires hysterectomy, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, and, in

Alternative therapies: do they work or not?

In most cases, those who rely on alternative therapies exercise an act of faith. Scientific evidence supporting its objective, or at least probable, efficacy is in fact often lacking, and

Cerumen this unknown, or not?

Earwax, like many other bodily secretions, is unfairly considered a useless organic material that can sometimes even create quite serious problems. For example, when too much accumulates in the ear

Intimate itching

A type of itch that is certainly more embarrassing is one that can target the genitals, often forcing real contortions to try to quell it. In women, intimate itching can

Do I perhaps have a food allergy?

An unexplained food allergy or even a simple food intolerance can cause drowsiness or fatigue.

Diseases that pets can transmit to us

Our furry friends, feathered or scaly, can be the cause of all sorts of diseases: from cat scratch disease to salmonella, rabies or even plague.

Helpful actions against knee pain

After age 50-60, it is rare not to suffer from it occasionally, especially if you are predisposed to osteoarthritis. But even as young people the knee pain is one of

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Tuberculosis is a chronic-onset infectious disease that primarily, but not only, affects the respiratory system. Dreaded until the 1940s in Western countries, tuberculosis was almost forgotten in the following decades,

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Laryngitis refers to inflammation of the larynx, the anterior tract of the trachea, where the vocal cords are located and which is the fundamental organ of phonation. In cases of

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