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Anyone who has been given a cancer diagnosis makes an immediate recalibration of every previously held ambition. Friends and loved ones often don't understand how priorities held for a lifetime can change overnight when someone learns he or she has cancer. Reactions to a cancer diagnosis, regardless of the prognosis, will vary according to personality, but each person will experience an onslaught of fear, worry and uncertainty.

Were you aware that chronic stress is linked to the six leading causes of health issues? Heart disease, cancer, stroke, lower respiratory disease, and accidents. Chronic stress can affect your brain, raise your blood pressure, and reduces your immunity and ability to heal.

At least 75% of doctor office visits are for stress-related complaints stemming from job stress. It’s a $1 trillion per year "under the radar" health epidemic, according to Peter Schnall, author of Unhealthy Work.

The room was green, I remember that much. That moment should be more memorable; it changed my life after all. Instead, that memory on the operating table has been lost in the haze of the passing years (and whatever they give you in that oxygen mask to make you feel so freaking loopy right before surgery). When I woke, I had a new reality. The tumor the doctors had removed from my leg wasn’t a benign nerve tumor. It wasn’t a fatty cyst. It was cancer.

If you live a life of arguments, fighting, and conflicts in your family and at work, you are killing yourself. Danish researchers have found that people who frequently fight and argue with partners, relatives, friends or neighbors are 2 to 3 times more likely to die than those who do not—the study found that nearly half the deaths were from cancer, and the rest were due to heart disease, accidents, suicide and liver disease from alcohol abuse.

The researchers found that stresses related to excess demands, conflicts, and arguing were linked to a 50 percent to 100 percent increased risk of death from any cause. Among all these stresses, arguing was the most harmful.

Whole grains are exactly what their name implies. The grain is left in its whole, originally harvested state. It is not cracked, crushed, rolled or cooked down; otherwise known as processed or refined. A whole grain is more nutritious than a processed grain because the processing removes some of the nutrients. Research shows that people who regularly choose whole grains over processed grains are less prone to obesity, heart disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes. Whole grains are a good source for fiber, magnesium, Vitamin B and Vitamin E. Making the small change from processed white bread to whole grain bread is an easy way to improve your diet.

So often a new beauty gadget comes along that makes bold statements, but is nothing more than the subject of a slick infomercial. Red Light Therapy is not that. In fact, Red Light Therapy is a technology developed by NASA for plant growth on shuttle missions when it was discovered there are many more benefits. It is a highly effective age-proofing device that's non-invasive and can be performed in the privacy of your own home. Many beauty professionals and doctors use these actual devices. The results you will achieve are outstanding.

The American Cancer Society (ACS) recently updated its guidelines on preventing cancer and its recommendations offer few surprises. Basically, current research confirms what we’ve known for decades–a healthy lifestyle (at least moderate amounts of exercise and a nutritious diet) is cancer-protective.