Last Sunday when I met my cousin, my heart bled when she told me that she failed in her recent interview. Ratna, my beloved cousin is a management graduate from a top tier B school. Her strong credentials reflect in her body language and her intelligent conversations. It was obviously impossible to discard such a worthy candidate like trash. I asked her to recall every event with the minutest details that took place that day. Everything sounded...more
Brain is a very soft and spongy mass tissue. Which is protected by three very thin membranes and bones of skull? These three membranes are called meninges. Brain stem connects to the brain with spinal cord. That controls thirst and hunger. Its also manages body temperature, breathing, blood pressure and some other basic functions of body.Treatment of brain cancer should be individualizing. This treatment should be based on age, health, the size,...more
Detecting cancer on early stages is a very rare thing mainly because not many people are aware of its symptoms. Therefore it is important that you know these symptoms so that you know it is the time for you to get your cancer treatment. Cancer is a very dreadful disease which might even lead to death. Therefore getting cancer treatment is very important in case you are having this disease. However the main issue here is that it not detected at a very early stage in normal cases. Most of the times people come to know about it either when its too late or when treating it becomes a very difficult task. Therefore it is important for everyone to know the prior symptoms of this dreadful disease. To know the cancer symptoms in detail have a look at the below stated points:Experiencing fatigue from a persistent time A very common symptom of cancer is fatigue. However this symptom is generally seen at the advanced stages. However there are few types of cancer in which fatigue is seen in the initial stages also. This occurs due to malignant condition in your body and also due to non malignant. Thus make sure that you get in touch with your physician to deal with this condition. Losing weight...more
I bet even those living on the moon have heard about Steve Jobs passing due to pancreatic cancer. Like many, I feel very impacted by his death. Like many who have lost loved ones to that terrible disease, I have mixed emotions. I am very sorry for his passing, for the loss to his family and to the world. I am feeling grateful that Jobs death has...more
How many surrendered body parts does it take to truly cheat cancer by BRCA mutation? 4 and counting.A majority of women who test positive for a BRCA mutation view prophylactic mastectomy as the most effective strategy for reducing breast cancer risk. Take out the ovaries too and we BRCA carriers reduce our risk of ovarian cancer from as high as 40...more
Not so fast Myriad Genetics. Back to court with you so the judicial system can reconsider the decision to uphold your patents on OUR BRCA genes. Good news for we BRCA mutation carriers, bad news for you. Or is it?Myriads stock rose 56 cents on Monday, following the Supreme Court ruling that their right to patent our genes needs to be reconsidered. Thats after it had fallen a week ago following the news that the Supreme Court had ruled that Prometheus Laboratories was not eligible for a patent because its blood test merely reflects a law of nature. The ruling on the Prometheus Lab patent was clearly bad news for Myriad, so how is that a Supreme Court order to reconsider the decision to uphold Myriads own patents good news for Myriad stockholders? I wondered the same thing.Instead of hearing and ruling on the case, the Supreme Court opted to instead send it back to what the New York Times refers to as the presumably more patent-friendly appellate court. There are those distinguishing between Prometheuss efforts to patent a testing method, while Myriad seeks to maintain its patent on stuff, our genes that is.Stockholders, lawyers, academics, the biotechnology industry, and humanity...more
More and more studies are telling us that breast cancer screens lead to unnecessary treatment. I think it all boils down to your focal point, population vs. individual. Medical recommendations based upon population-level outcomes differ from those...more
Prostate health is one key aspect to men's health. Prostate health is something that should be treated with a balanced diet your whole life. If not detected and treated soon, prostate cancer is life threatening. Prostate cancer causes the...more
According to health experts, Prostate cancer has emerged in recent years as the number one hidden killer of men who are 45 years and older. Although advances have been made in education and in public awareness, men are still reluctant to acknowledge...more
Avail of radiation therapyCancer is a lifestyle disease that is found all over the world now. It is the abnormal growth of white blood cells in a part of the body, in the form of a tumour. There are many reasons that can be attributed to the growth...more
From the 1940s, endocrine therapy has become first-line treatment for advanced metastatic prostate cancer. However, previous research has found that almost all patients with the start of endocrine therapy sensitivity of prostate cancer ultimately...more
Lemongrass tea has a wide application in a variety of medical fields but its prospects as a potential partner in cancer treatment has increasingly captured the attention of observers. Lemongrass tea is an herbal tisane derived from the aromatic...more