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Greetings! I imagine if you have chosen this article to read either you or someone you know has Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML). This is actually the first of three short articles describing the side effects I have experienced from the three medications I have taken over my last 8 years…
How Does The Body Deal With Cancer? What a wonderful thing to understand. The body is an incredibly complex group of “systems” that are designed naturally to work together to support the body’s survival. It is programmed with all the “right stuff” at a molecular and cellular level to fight…
By:
Steve Newton in
Cancer
Aug 18, 2012
If you are wondering how to help your father quit smoking on Father's Day, then you know he's gonna have to Green Smoke, right? I mean, #Imjustsaying. As far as I know, everyone that Green Smoke love it and will reccomend it to any tobacco smoker.
In most cases, for…
In a nutshell, a coffee enema is related to the procedure wherein the coffee is inserted into the anus. Moreover, the enema procedure has also been used for many years to treat illnesses like encopresis, constipation and other medical condition. Recently, it is being promoted as the coffee enemas to…
By:
Sunny Walters in
Cancer
Jun 22, 2011
There is great news for men who deal with the causes of incontinence. Each year there are people who are diagnosed with Prostate cancer, suffer accidents, or have other ailments that leave them dealing with causes of incontinence. Urinary incontinence is the loss of control of the flow of urine.…
Breast cancer occurs in both men and women. The cost in human lives and suffering is tremendous but newer treatments and better methods of detection is saving lives everyday. Masive surgery is not always needed and consultation with several doctors can help a patient make a better decision on treatment.…
Are Tanning Beds Safer Than Natural Sun?
With all the emphasis on safe sunning and the dangers of ultraviolet rays, many people have chosen to get a healthy tanning glow in what may actually be a most unhealthy way – the use of a tanning bed or tanning salon.
Statistics…
In 2007 after many tests to try and locate the reason for pelvic pain I had been experiencing, a cyst on my ovary was shown on an ultrasound so my doctor decided to send me to a gynocologist to see if the cyst should be removed and if this was…
I think that this quote by Mark Twain is particularly relevant to the theme of this article: "The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like and do what you'd rather not." It appears that there is a lot of…
By:
Steve Newton in
Cancer
Aug 18, 2012
Now-a-days, many people become unable to maintain a healthy lifestyle due to various reasons. Eating unhealthy foods and no spare time for exercise have increased peoples chances of falling victim to diseases. Being a woman, you need to be more aware of your health. If you maintain a healthy life…
There are some basic things you should know about cancer and your body so that you can develop the approach that works best for you. The majority of cancers are caused by environmental and/or preventable influences. There is a small percentage that is linked to genetics. That doesn’t mean that…
By:
Steve Newton in
Cancer
Aug 18, 2012
Telomerase are the end tips of the eukaryotic cells. Problems often occur with these regions durining the process of replication. Replication is the process at which a DNA moleculae is copied resulting in an identical daughter chromosome. In the process of replication there is a leading strand in which is…
Why do you insist so much on the risks of smoking? What do you inhale the cigarette smoke? How substances in the smoke for the development of cancer? What is the maximum number of cigarettes you can smoke without risk? It is better to choose "light" cigarettes? Pipe and cigars…
By:
Antonio KAtende in
Cancer
Nov 24, 2011
"We are sorry to have to tell you this, but you have an inoperable tumor. We are not really sure how much longer you have to live." These words are enough to chill even the strongest man to his very soul. To some, it is perfectly understandable as to how…
By:
Scott Dorff in
Cancer
Feb 20, 2012
Studies say there is a link between working long hours at night and the risks of women breast cancer. Women who were working on night shifts for almost 30 years ave been diagnosed for cancer twice the rate than women who never worked at night.
Coincidence?
Of-Course not.
So what…
Fact - Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer that occurs among women. Research studies reveal that cervical cancer kills more than 300,000 women annually.
Fact - Cervical cancer can be medically prevented. But although this is a very well-known and medically proven fact, women tend to take this…
Dr. Jennifer Griggs, a breast cancer specialist at the University of Michigan has authored a new study that was recently published in the journal, Clinical Oncology. That study reveals new dosing guidelines for a number of chemotherapy drugs meant to be given to obese cancer patients. In many cases, the…
By:
amie nogrady in
Cancer
Apr 04, 2012
Lung cancer and a condition called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are much more tightly linked, even in life time non-smokers according to research. An estimated forty to seventy percent of people diagnosed with lung cancer will also have been diagnosed with COPD. That link is strongly established that doctors are…
There is much circulating false information about cancer, if some of it may be harmless, other has a negative impact on people's behavior. Here is some clarification.
No disease like cancer is the subject of myths and beliefs, superstitions and false information. This is because for many years on this…
By:
Antonio KAtende in
Cancer
Nov 21, 2011
Life has many twists and turns. You never know what's coming your way, so you have to be ready for the challenges that will inevitably come. In December of 2013, I was faced with the biggest challenge of my life when I was diagnosed with Non - Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
Unfortunately,…
A woman's risk of stenosis, or narrowing of the arteries may increase if she develops breast cancer on the left side of the body and is treated with radiation. In a Swedish study, the risk for women developing narrowing arteries leading to the heart increases between four to seven times,…
The interchangeable terms: large intestine, colon, large bowel, rectum, refer to the part of the body, used to break down food, for the body's nutritional needs. It is a complex process.
What we eat has an effect on the colon. If we consume foods that are beneficial to the bowel,…
Much evidence supports the idea that tumors take a lot of time, often decades, to progress into being visible. Tumors are also a series of increasingly neoplastic phenotypes, in which progression is driven by mutations. The current understanding of tumor progression in humans shows that cancer cells acquire their malignancy…
Breast cancer is a global phenomenon and women of all ages are at life time risk of developing this cancer as this disease does not recognize any limit of age. A large number of people around the world are trying to prevent women from this deadly disease but still no…
It is not a shock when we say "All living things are made up of DNA." DNA is a code of nucleotides spun up into a double helix. In order to read this code that turns a flower purple, that gives squirrels the fur to survive, or and a shark…
By:
Scott Dorff in
Cancer
Mar 19, 2012
New research from AArhus University Hospital in Denmark suggests that aspirin and other non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs, called NSAIDs, may help reduce the risk associated with the various kinds of skin cancer. That research, published in the journal CANCER, was performed by doctors who reviewed the health information of more…
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in western societies.
Cancer or neoplasia is malignant tumour of epithelial cells.
Tumour is an abnormal mass of soft tissues which serve no useful purpose in the body and can be benign, posing no real risk to health or malignant which…
Cancers collectively cause some 8 million deaths per year worldwide. The diverse nature of cancer emphasizes the importance of research in winning against this disease. Hence, organizations have started popping up with the sole purpose of raising money for cancer research and/or for aid directed towards cancer patients. With funds…
By:
Harris Goonetilleke in
Cancer
Jan 18, 2014
Barbara is 24 years old and has 3 younger brothers Frederick 17 years, Beatrice and Benedict 14 years 13 years. Andrea, who is engaged to marry soon.
At the age of 9 years playing volleyball after a strong ascent to the leg swells. Within 10 days becomes twice the size…
By:
Antonio KAtende in
Cancer
Dec 23, 2011
Greetings! This is article 2 in a series of 3 articles describing the side effects I have experienced on each of the three drugs I have been prescribed while treating my CML the last 8 years. Article 1 "Side Effects From My Second Medication for CML 2004" referenced the side…
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