It has been a busy year online when it comes to cancer-related news and issues. According to the Year-End Google Zeitgeist top ten lists for general and news searches on the internet in 2006, cancer was third in the top ten Google news searches, following Paris Hilton and Orlando Bloom.
Wonder what the readers of The Cancer Blog were reading the most during the last year? With one look back, here are the top ten most-read posts and categories:
Top 25 ways to stay healthy
Partnership for Prevention released a report, Priorities for America's Health, that ranked the top 25 preventive health services that are most effective. Of the top 25, ten were related to cancer. We featured a list of the top ten ways to practice cancer prevention. [read more here]
Chewing gum prevents cancer for smokers and drinkers
Researchers developed, and patented, a specially-designed chewing gum that works to eliminate the cause of mouth and upper digestive tract cancers. [read more here]
Cancer Breathalyzer: pocket-size device for detecting cancer
State University of New York at Buffalo researchers are building a chemical sensor that will test a person's breath to detect diseases because, based on previous studies, human breath from the body changes when disease is present. [read more here]
100,000 chemicals may cause breast cancer
How do 50 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer develop breast cancer, if they had none of the known lifestyle risk factors or family history for the disease? According to State of the Evidence 2006: What Is the Connection Between the Environment and Breast Cancer?, a report released by Breast Cancer Action, there is compelling scientific evidence pointing to some of the 100,000 synthetic chemicals in use today as contributing to the development of breast cancer, either by altering hormone function or gene expression. We provided a link to the pdf document of the report. [read more here]
Henna ingredients may cause cancer
The main ingredient in henna is hydroxynaphthaquinone which is obtained from leaves of the Lawsonia tree. Hydroxynaphthaquinone alone is not carcinogenic, but when combined with para-phenylenediamine (PPD) the mixture has been documented as causing problems. [read more here]
Going pink mmm...mm good for Campbell's soup
In an opinion piece, we took a look at the pink campaigns. [read more here]
Brilliant cancer scientist animal rights activist jailed
Doctor of molecular biology Joseph Harris, 26, was convicted and jailed under the Serious and Organized Crime Act for causing damage to the premises of three companies connected to animal testing, and painting ALF (Animal Liberation Front) on walls, windows and vans belonging to the companies. [read more here]
The three most read categories within The Cancer Blog were breast cancer, ovarian cancer and lung cancer. There you have it. What were your favorite posts this past year?
