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The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) located in the UK, analyzed calories in iced coffee drinks and found that many of them had as many calories as a whole meal.

Starbucks's Dark Berry Mocha Frappuchino had a shocking 561 calories for the “venti” or largest order. The WCRF said that it is over 25 percent of a women's daily calorie intake. If you opt for no whipped cream on top it would still be 457 calories. If you order the smallest version of this drink it would be 288 calories.

The reason that WCRF was pointing out the high calorie content is because being overweight increases your risk of cancer. The organization suggests that you should be as lean as possible without being underweight as a means of preventing cancer.

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Some of the things that we think are fun and hip can actually harm our body. No one will argue that smoking and excessive drinking play a big chunk in the deterioration of one’s body. Yet, we still do it everyday.

Aside from our conscious self destruction, there are other factors which harm our body without us noticing it. These are things that we don’t pay attention to like environmental pollutants and certain chemicals that we are exposed to everyday.

The food choices that we take everyday play a great role in our body’s health. Most people don’t get enough fiber and nutrition in their diets which affect our digestion and bowel movement.

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(Best Syndication News) Colonoscopies don’t reduce the risk of death due to colon cancer in the right part of the colon, but they do significantly reduce the risk if the cancer is located on left side. The colon travels up the left side of the body from the anus and then traverses across and down the right side (ascending) of the body to the intestines (see diagram below).

The right side of the colon is responsible for absorbing water and electrolytes. The left section of the colon is responsible for preparing the stool for evacuation. According to cancer answers, more than 50 percent of the cancers are in rectum near the sigmoid. About 25 percent of the cancers are in the ascending portion, 15 percent are in the transverse portion and 10 percent in the descending portion of the colon. They say there has been a shift towards the right side over the past two decades.

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If cancer is a possibility, it is your doctor’s responsibility to order the necessary tests to accurately and quickly diagnose your cancer. The faster your cancer is diagnosed, the more quickly you can begin treatment and increase your chance of survival. Here are some tests that should be run if you suspect cancer:

Skin cancer

If your doctor thinks you have melanoma, he or she should take a biopsy from the area around the melanoma and send it to a pathology lab for analysis. If your biopsy shows melanoma, you may need to have more tests, like another biopsy or a lymph node dissection to determine whether the cancer has spread to your lymph nodes.

Breast cancer

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Many cases of cancer are preventable or can be completely treated if it is detected early and accurately. Even a minor delay in treatment will affect survival rates and your future quality of life. There are certain types of cancer that respond especially well to early treatment and diagnosis in most cases. Here are a few:

Skin cancer (melanoma)

In a case involving failure to diagnose melanoma cancer, medical negligence usually means that your doctor did not take the proper steps to determine whether your mole was benign or precancerous. A medical lab can be negligent for the same error.

During an examination, your doctor should look examine every area: