cancer
Healing cancer: what does it mean ?
Frequently, the interaction between illness and treatment is described as a battle or a war. If we hold with that analogy, then cancer can best be described as a civil war. A cancerous cell operates as if it believes that martial law has been declared in the body. Sadly, bec...read more
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B is a blood borne infection transmitted through contaminated body fluids. It affects 0.1% to 0.5% of low risk people in the US (128,000+ annually) and 200 million individual worldwide. Hepatitis B is the primary cause of liver cancerread more
Hysterectomy
What is hysterectomy and when is it necessary? Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus. It does not necessarily mean that the ovaries or fallopian tubes will be removed. These organs can, however, be removed at the same time as a hysterectomy is ...read more
Keep babies out of the sun
Sun Protection Can sunscreens be used on babies and young children? We have no evidence to suggest that sunscreens are harmful to young children when used in small amounts on the face and hands. Their skin, however, is more likely than an adult's to absorb...read more
Lung cancer and smoking
Lung cancer is one of the worst of all the diseases caused by smoking. It is a very difficult disease to cure. Double the numbers of people die from this each year from road deaths. How common is it? • Over 1500 people develop lung cancer each year an...read more
Make your own baby food
Parents have been advised to consider making their own baby food after the discovery of a toxin linked to cancer in jars of manufactured food sold all over the world.The alarm was raised yesterday after experts at the European Food Safety Authority confirmed...read more
Making up for mother nature: folic acid
What if I told you that according to an authoritative government survey, there is an essential nutrient which is deficient in the diets of 8% to 23% of normal healthy Brits – but which can influence their risk of heart disease, some ty...read more
Melanoma, a well known malignant tumor
Melanoma is tumor of the skin that is cancerous (malignant). It grows from the melanocytes, the cells that color and tan the skin. Melanoma is also called cutaneous melanoma or malignant melanoma. The incidence of melanoma is increasing worldwide at a rate of about 5% per ye...read more
More on skin cancer
There are three types of skin cancer, according to the type of tumors that develop on the skin. The most common and less dangerous types feature basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Approximately nine in ten skin can...read more
Optimum health for women and men
Optimum Health for Women General health & well-being Many demands are put on a woman’s body throughout her life; menstruation, pregnancy and menopause all have an impact on health. In addition, the popularity of dieting among wom...read more
Pay attention to bladder cancer's warning signs
People need to pay attention to the early warning signs of bladder cancer and get prompt medical help, says a University of Michigan Health System bladder cancer expert. "It's very important for patients to pay attention to the symptoms that they may experience. For exa...read more
Placenta size may affect breast cancer risk
The heavier the placenta during pregnancy, the greater a woman's risk of breast cancer before menopause, a Swedish study suggests. "Compared with mothers whose placenta at first delivery weighed less than 500 grams, women whose placenta weighed equal to or greater than ...read more
Prevent cancer
The general term for all forms of tumour which are malignant in nature. Cancer mainly affects the elderly. In most developed countries it is the second most common cause of death after heart disease, accounting for 20 per cent of all deaths.Cancer is, in m...read more
Prostate cancer: risk factors
Age The majority of men with prostate cancer are aged over 60 years and the disease is very rare in men under 50. Family History Men with a brother or father who developed prostate cancer at a young age have an increased risk. Men with a family history of breast cancer al...read more
Reduce the risk of developing bowel cancer
Get to know your bowel pattern – This will enable you to know what is normal for you and to recognise when and if changes occur. Check your motions – look in the toilet pan, use a torch if the light is poor and inspect your motions. They should be mid to da...read more
Signs and symptoms of prostate cancer
One of the problems related to prostate cancer is that, in its early stages, it often does not cause symptoms. When they do occur they may include any of the following problems: Having to rush to the toilet to pass urine Passing urine more often and/or at nig...read more
Signs and symptoms of testicular cancer
Regular self-examination will help you become more aware of the normal feel and size of your testicles so that any abnormalities can be spotted early on. A lump in either testicle Any enlargement of the testicle A feeling of heaviness in the scrotum ...read more
Skin cancer: should you be concerned ?
What is skin cancer? Cancer is a disease in which certain body cells don't function right, divide very fast, and produce too much tissue that forms a tumor. The skin is the body's largest organ. It protects us against heat, light, injury, and infection. It regulates body te...read more
Some types of cancer
Cancer of the bone There a number of different types of bone cancer but the ones that young people are most likely to develop are osteosarcoma and Ewing’s sarcoma. We don’t know what causes them but do know that the bones that tend to be affecte...read more
Stages of cancer
"Staging" of cancer is a means to help categorize the severity of the disease, establish a prognosis for the individual, and determine a recommended treatment for the condition based on the location and severity of the disease.A current standard format for staging ...read more
Sun safety
Having fun once the sun comes out is wonderful - but it is essential that we also stay SUN SAFE. Skin cancer is on the increase and it is one of the most common cancers in the UK. What causes skin cancer? It is the damage and change caused to skin ce...read more
Symptoms of bowel cancer
The most common symptoms of bowel cancer are: a persistent change in bowel habit, especially needing to go to the toilet more often or having diarrhoea for several weeks bleeding from the back passage or blood in the bowel motion severe abdominal painread more
The Prevention of Cancer
Cancer, like all other diseases, has a multi-factorial cause. There is never just one reason for any single cancer. A set of ongoing circumstances need to be influencing our life for quite awhile before the disease will manifest itself. Researches even believe that cancer ce...read more
Therapies to fight of breast cancer
Radiotherapy Radiotherapy is usually given post-operatively to the breast and sometimes armpit regions. Courses range from 3-6 weeks or more, with patients usually receiving one dose a day, five days a week. The side effects of radiation can be slight reddening or discomfor...read more
Types of skin cancer and their appearance
Over 1,350,000 new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed in Americans in 2001. Most cases are preventable and for those that do occur, many are treatable. One type of skin cancer, malignant melanoma, is often lethal. Reducing exposure to the sun and ultravi...read more
