When the internationally renowned composer Andrew Lloyd-Webber recently spoke about being impotent following prostate cancer surgery, he opened up an important but not widely discussed issue. There are an estimated 36,000 men who develop prostate cancer in the UK each year and around one third of them will opt for surgery. Known medically as a […]
Shingles is a skin rash caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. This virus is called the Varicella zoster virus (VZV) and belongs to the herpes family of viruses. After an individual has chickenpox, this virus lives dormant in the nervous system and is never fully cleared from the body. Under certain circumstances, such […]
Radiation side effects are often the result of what we call radiation therapy or simply radiotherapy. It is the use of ionizing radiation to treat cancer or control the spread of cancer cells. Combined with surgery, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or hormone therapy, radiotherapy becomes more effective. In some way, most common cancer types can be treated […]
This is the huge fear—cancer is now the leading cause of female deaths in the 40 to 44 age groups and the primary cause of cancer deaths among women of all ages. All women can develop breast cancer but some seem more susceptible; those in the mid to late forties who mother or sister has […]
What if you learn that one of your loved ones is suffering from thyroid cancer? You may go through the feeling of helplessness and hopelessness. After all, you hear a lot of stories where sufferers don’t last for months or a year. One of the first things you would probably think is “I wish there […]
Cancer is a failure in genetic control of cellular growth and multiplication. The cells are not differentiated, possess abnormal nuclei, don’t require growth factors and are not constrained by neighboring cells. After forming a tumor, they metabolize and begin new tumors in other areas in the body. Thus, cancer is a malignant tumor, which spreads […]
To deal with your breast cancer sensibly, you must learn some basic information. What is cancer? What’s the nature of the conventional cancer “system?” What do physicians think about “alternative” cancer treatment? What’s a sound strategy for treating the cancer and what specific treatments work the best? About 20 - 30% of women with […]
Mesothelioma is a cancer that attacks the inner lining surrounding organs of the human body. That inner lining is called mesothelium. Cancerous cells start to divide rapidly and randomly, typically spreading to internal organs. The cancer continues spreading; it is a fatal disease without a cure.
As the number of people suffering from mesothelioma has increased […]
Throughout the occasion of a prostate biopsy and also the confirmed being there of a prostate cancer malignancy, the Gleason Score is judged primarily based on the looks of the prostate cancer cells beneath the microscope. A Gleason attain is so awarded with the upper the Gleason level of the prostate, the severity of the […]
Since there is so much talk in the media about Japan’s Nuclear Disaster and the fallout from Radiation and it’s effects, I thought I would attempt to bring about everything that Radiation can do to us, our food, our precious pets and what could become a pet lovers nightmare. That is if you want to […]