Reduce Your Risk For Breast, Colon, Prostate Cancer And More

Dr. Taketa-Wong said, “What I’d like viewers to take away from this video is that – when it comes to cancer – prevention should be our single focus. Cancer treatment, even when it works, can be painful, exhausting, and expensive. Medical research and scientific studies have clearly shown that there are many effective ways to reduce our risk.”
 
     Here’s what’s important to take in:  Currently, 40% of Americans will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes.  That’s 132 million individuals – moms, dads, siblings, children, relatives.  Each year, close to 2 MILLION people are diagnosed with cancer and over 600,000 die from it.  In fact, most of us know someone, perhaps in our own family, who has had cancer.  So reducing risk is important not just to for as individuals, but for our entire ohana.
 
     Exercise is a “wonder drug” for reducing  the risk for 13 different types of cancer.  These include breast, prostate, colon, lung, uterine cancer and more.  Also, if people have cancer, exercise assists in recovery and increases the likelihood of survival.  It very likely makes anticancer treatments more effective and can also improve sleep, which is one of the most important factors in cancer prevention.  That’s when our body does its repair work.
 
     The doctor’s video includes specifics about the cancers mentioned above and more.  For example, with breast cancer, certain birth control pills and hormone replacement therapies can increase the risk.  In addition a woman’s risk increases with the more alcohol she drinks.
 
     Knowledge can be powerful.  This video can help people incorporate cancer prevention into their everyday lives.