In the UK, bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men and the eleventh most common cancer in women. Around 10,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with bladder cancer each year. It's rare in people under 40, but the rate rises with age.

Now, new research published in Cancer Causes and Control has shown that vitamin E, carotenoids (yellow, orange, and red pigments synthesized by plants), niacin, thiamine, and vitamin D may reduce the risk of bladder cancer in older people.

The findings of a new French study, published in the October issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology, once again support this fact. According to the researchers, the incidence of breast cancer may be lowered in postmenopausal women through following a diet comprising mostly of fruits, vegetables, fish and olive/sunflower oil.

I sat in horror as the news announced the death of a 14 year old girl, Natalie Morton, who died hours after being given Cervarix - the cervical cancer vaccine.

It’s difficult not to be sceptical about vaccines when confronted with tragic cases like this, even though the mainstream media reports that it is ‘unlikely’ that the vaccine was the cause of death.

The latest study has found that diets high in red meat and in processed meat shorten life span not just from cancer and heart disease but from Alzheimer's, stomach ulcers and an array of other conditions as well: Women eating the most processed meat were 25 per cent more likely to die early than those eating the least processed meat, while men had a 16 per cent increased risk.

More than 11,900 girls and young women have reported adverse events after receiving the Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine - including paralysis, coma, seizures and more... Cervical cancer has been in the news since September last year with a massive national awareness campaign since Jade Goody was diagnosed with it.

Vitamin B17/Laetrile is probably one of the most controversial medical topics in the last 30 years. When the B17 comes into contact with cancer cells, there is no Rhodanese to break it down and neutralise it, but instead, only the enzyme Beta-Gucosidase is present in very large quantities. When B17 and Beta-Glucosidase come into contact with each other, a chemical reaction occurs and the HCN and Benzaldehyde combine synergistically to produce a ‘poison’ which destroys and kills the cancer cells.

Vitamin B17 is found in almost all fruit seeds such as the apple, peach, cherry, orange, nectarine and apricot, as well as some beans and many grasses such as wheat grass. The seeds of these fruits (particularly apricots) hold the source of one of the most important nutrients known to man. It is one of the main food sources in cultures such as the Navajo Indians, the Himalayan Hunzas and the Abkhasians. Did you know that within these tribes there has never been a reported case of cancer? Research has shown that these tribes never contract cancer or suffer from heart disease if they stick to their native diet, which is exceptionally high in both apricots and millet.

Now in a combined study from China and the US, researchers say that regular consumption of green tea may reduce a woman’s risk of breast cancer by about 12 per cent. Tea has been used as an alternative medicine in China for thousands of years. In China, tea has been hailed as a miracle elixir with the power to do almost everything from lowering stress hormones and soothing the symptoms of PMS to protecting against disease.

It seems that we’re in for a bumpy ride in more than one way this year. Whilst I can perhaps still excuse the government for not finding clear answers to our economical prospects for 2009, I cannot excuse them in any way for not presenting solutions in fighting cancer and helping to prevent this disease form causing so much pain and suffering. Why am I saying this? Let’s look at the four cancer culprits mentioned in the headlines...

So which ‘powerhouse vegetables’ exactly do we need to incorporate in our diets? Cruciferous vegetables includes not only cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower, but also arugula, Brussels sprouts, collard greens, daikon, garden cress, horseradish, kale, kohlrabi, mustard, radish, rape (canola), rapini, rutabaga, tatsoi, turnip, wasabi and watercress.