Everybody loves spending time outdoor on a hot summer day. Whether it is at the local swimming pool or just trying to get that perfect tan, too much sun is bad for your skin. If you are exposed to too much of the harmful ultraviolet sunrays, you can develop not only a really bad sunburn, [...]
Prostate cancer survival rates indicate the chances a cancer patient has of surviving the disease for a specified length of time. The rates are by no means a definite indicator of what will happen to a patient; they can at best predict a patient’s chances of what might happen to him, if a type of [...]
Evidence exists that suggests that ovarian cysts may be inherited. Heredity may play a big role in why ovarian cysts are formed in certain women. If a woman has ovarian cysts, more than like her mother, sister and aunts may have or suffered from them too.
Although ovarian cysts may be inherited, it is not guaranteed [...]
Mesothelioma is a rare type of cancer that is believed to affect around 2000 people in the UK each year. It develops when the cells of the mesothelium (a thin membrane that covers the chest and abdomen) start to multiply in a rapid and uncontrollable way and can take up to 60 years to fully [...]
I won’t be able to change the nomenclature of the medical profession but I refer to myself as a client, not a patient. By definition, a patient is “One who receives medical attention or treatment.” The archaic meaning was “One who suffers,” from the Latin verb meaning “to endure.” A client on the other hand [...]
Colorectal cancer can be cured in most cases, when it’s diagnosed in early stages. It is the medical oncologists, gastroenterologists, radiation oncologists and surgeons, who specialize in treating such cancers in women.
Colorectal cancer may be treated depending upon the exact location of the tumour present, its stage and size. Although surgery and chemotherapy (radiation therapy) [...]
Hormone therapy is a treatment option for women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer. Like chemotherapy, hormone therapy is a systemic therapy, meaning that is works throughout the entire body. Breast cancer hormone therapy should not be confused with hormone replacement therapy, which is used to replenish hormone levels in post-menopausal women. As the two therapies [...]
According to statistics, one in three Americans are getting cancer! This month, global health experts announced, cancer is on pace to supplant heart disease as the No. 1 cause of death worldwide in 2010, with a growing burden in poor countries thanks to more cigarette smoking and other factors. Would you like to know how [...]
Cancers of the skin are the most common types of cancer that afflict people. A shocking one in five people in the United States will have a skin cancer diagnosis, and for Caucasians, the chances are a sobering one in three people will face skin cancer.
Fortunately, most of these brushes with cancer are limited to [...]
Ah… the prostate exam; could there be a more awkward reason to have two men in the same small tiny room? For many men the idea of having a same sex peer ask you to pull your pants down and bend over while he moves his well-lubricated finger inside your exit, is as close to [...]
