Optimistic for Cancer Cancer affects society more than any other disease. Continually, with a wide range of types, a not-so-long list of treatment options, and no definite cure, cancer embodies evil. If society embraces this evil as it is, no improvements will occur. Nonetheless, opening the eyes of humanity to other options than what appears on the surface is a large factor in future cancer success rates. Optimism is the cause of an increase of successful cancer treatments because of several causal chain arguments. Innovative technology and cancer research surround today’s world; experts are learning new things daily. At first glance, chemotherapy or radiation therapy seem to be the only options of treatment; however, this
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This is very important as the immune system takes a major attack in the presence of cancer, thus if there is chance for improvement in the hands of stimulants and endorphins is major. Linda Geddes approaches this idea in her “Happiness is Catching” paper; "It used to be thought that the immune system and the nervous system were worlds apart," says John Bienenstock of McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. Now it seems the immune system, and infections that stimulate it, can influence our moods, memory and ability to learn” (Geddes). In saying this, Geddes serves as an example that much of human’s actions and capabilities lie in the hands of the immune system. Continually, there are many factors that play into the success of the immune system, however scientists are conducting groundbreaking studies that change what experts and doctors have previously thought to be true. In reading this, some may conclude that only germs and bacteria determine illness. “It is becoming clear that antibodies, signalling molecules and even immune cells often get through, sometimes with radical effects. In fact, immune cells do not even need to reach the brain to influence it” (Geddes). Geddes allows one to see the impact that immune cells begin a long chain of ripple effects that not only affects the outcome of a serious illness, but also something as simple as the movement of a finger. While an increase of stimulants and endorphins affects the immune system, the immune system has a much bigger impact on the increase in successful cancer
This is very important as the immune system takes a major attack in the presence of cancer, thus if there is chance for improvement in the hands of stimulants and endorphins is major. Linda Geddes approaches this idea in her “Happiness is Catching” paper; "It used to be thought that the immune system and the nervous system were worlds apart," says John Bienenstock of McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. Now it seems the immune system, and infections that stimulate it, can influence our moods, memory and ability to learn” (Geddes). In saying this, Geddes serves as an example that much of human’s actions and capabilities lie in the hands of the immune system. Continually, there are many factors that play into the success of the immune system, however scientists are conducting groundbreaking studies that change what experts and doctors have previously thought to be true. In reading this, some may conclude that only germs and bacteria determine illness. “It is becoming clear that antibodies, signalling molecules and even immune cells often get through, sometimes with radical effects. In fact, immune cells do not even need to reach the brain to influence it” (Geddes). Geddes allows one to see the impact that immune cells begin a long chain of ripple effects that not only affects the outcome of a serious illness, but also something as simple as the movement of a finger. While an increase of stimulants and endorphins affects the immune system, the immune system has a much bigger impact on the increase in successful cancer