24th November 2009
For a woman, being diagnosed with breast cancer is one of the most traumatic experiences in life. Once the disease is detected the uphill climb of physical exhaustion due to medical treatment and the emotional trauma of going through the side effects of t...
24th November 2009
Symptoms associated with menopause are often treated by estrogen therapy. It helps reduce hot flashes, dryness, and itching or burning around the vagina. It also reduces the risk of developing osteoporosis with age.
There were studies conducted on the n...
24th November 2009
Several research findings seem to conclude that there are disparities in health care based on ethnicity of the patients. Now, new reports come out with the indication that minority women are not getting their mammograms done as regularly as desired. Since...
24th November 2009
There is important research being done on breast cancer and almost everyday new findings are being revealed. An important piece of information that will directly affect one out of every four women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer is that Hercept...
22nd November 2009
Dementia
Dementia is not really a specific disease. It is used to denote a group of symptoms that are cause by disorders of the brain. People with dementia undergo drastic changes in the personalities and cognitive abilities. They may find it difficult e...
10th November 2009
For a woman, breast cancer is one of the most dreaded diseases that she can ever develop. The incidence of breast cancer also seems to be quite high, what with almost everyone having someone in the family with breast cancer or at least knowing someone wit...
10th November 2009
Cancer is such a devastating disease that it takes an intense toll not just on the physical well being of the patient, but the emotional and social aspect as well. This may lead to other health problems during and after treatment or even during recovery f...
28th October 2009
The fatal effect that nicotine has on human bodies has been well documented. It may be especially injurious to women, however, because it seems to aid the spread of breast cancer tumors to other parts of the body.
The harmful effects of this lethal c...
26th October 2009
A significantly higher number of African Americans die from cancer than Caucasians - a recent study corroborates statistical figures that seem to remain almost unchanged from as early as 1981.
While the death rate for cancer has drastically decreased in...
15th October 2009
When diagnosed with something as deadly as cancer, fertility may not be the immediate concern. However, once cancer is cured and life goes on, the harmful effects of the treatment undergone may show up in the form of impaired fertility.
Ironically, fe...
15th October 2009
When diagnosed with something as deadly as cancer, fertility may not be the immediate concern. However, once cancer is cured and life goes on, the harmful effects of the treatment undergone may show up in the form of impaired fertility.
Ironically, fe...
12th October 2009
We all know that smoking kills, but what many don’t realize is that it is exposure to Radon that causes the lung cancer that inflicts most smokers, and is the single greatest factor of lung cancer in non-smokers. The US Environmental Protection Agency a...
07th October 2009
Typically, breast tissue includes the underlying pectoral muscle, blood vessels, fibrous tissue, lymph vessels and nerves. Does the structure of breast tissue have any bearing on a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer? Apparently it does. A recent s...
06th October 2009
Being diagnosed with breast cancer is a traumatic experience for any woman. It was no different for Rosamond Stallings, a 45 year old African American woman, as the physician broke the bad news to her. An immediate mastectomy was advised as six malignant ...
02nd October 2009
The battle of mankind against cancer has been an ongoing one. Even with several cutting edge technological breakthroughs we have not yet been able to completely cure this deadly disease. However, there is hope yet, because recent research findings show a ...
