Prevention
Living a healthy lifestyle can reduce your risk of cancer. Proper dieting, exercising regularly, sun safety, and avoiding use of tobacco products are some of the ways to reduce your risk.
Kishwaukee Community Hospital offers many Community Wellness Classes that help to promote healthy lifestyle choices, including: smoking cessation, healthy eating, weight loss and more.
Protection should be year-round not just when packing for a sunny day at the beach or pool.
- Use a sunscreen of SPF 15 or higher everyday, even when it is cloudy
- Seek for shade if possible between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
- Cover up with long-sleeved shirts and pants when appropriate, a broad-brimmed hat, and UV-blocking sunglasses
- Avoid tanning and UV tanning booths
- Examine your skin head-to-toe every month
- See your physician every four years for a skin exam
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Smoking damages nearly every organ in the human body, is linked to at least 15 different cancers, and accounts for some 30% of all cancer deaths. And it costs billions of dollars each year. Yet one in five Americans still light up.
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Eating right, being active, and maintaining a healthy weight are important ways to reduce your risk of cancer, as well as heart disease and diabetes.
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Environmental factors can include smoking, diet, sun exposure, and infectious diseases, as well as chemicals and radiation in our homes and workplaces.
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