September 17, 2010 Written by: Tyna LewisOctober is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the signature color of the movement is pink. As many individuals prepare to host fundraising and charity events for the cause, why not hold your very own pink party to honor those who have beat the disease and also shed light on the research that is being done to find a cure.Luckily, there are countless pink decorations and items available to throw the perfect...more
Lots of cutting-edge research is emerging in the field of cancer prevention, much of it from Scandinavian researchers, and it is emerging rapidly. Every month, the results of more and more studies are released which show the benefits of fish oil (DHA and EPA) supplementation in the prevention and treatment of cancer. Several very important studies, done in Sweden, showed that the polyunsaturated fatty acids DHA and EPA, found in...more
Thankfully, these harmless bumps in a somewhat alarming location are extremely common and fairly easy to get rid of. Since they are so common and completely harmless, a man could theoretically have them his entire life and not be bothered by them. For some men this is fine. But for a single man fresh on the dating scene after a messy divorce, I was suddenly self-conscious about the appearance of my penis. What would my partners think? Would they be worried that they might "catch" something from me? Would they think I have herpes? Or, even worse, HIV? It almost didn't matter that I knew they were harmless and not at all contagious. Suddenly I was worried about what someone else might think. And so, I decided to find out how they could be removed. What's involved in pearly penile papules treatment?Pearly penile papules treatment involves laser ablation with carbon dioxide. My doctor offered to do it in his clinic as an outpatient procedure. He said there would be minimal recovery time with only a little scab formation and virtually no scarring as long as I didn't touch or pick at the healing wounds. There are very few risks or side effects associated with this procedure. However, if...more
Finding a piles treatment that works permanently is what many persistent sufferers of piles want. Many people find piles, also known as hemorrhoids or hemroids, too embarrassing a complaint to talk with their doctor about and instead choose to treat their condition with one of many 'over-the-counter' treatments or creams.The first point that...more
More than 215,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year. For many of them, surgery to remove the tumor is just the first step in the battle against the disease, often followed by radiation and/or chemotherapy. After that, these women may need to decide with their doctor whether to have "adjuvant therapy"-medication to help prevent their...more
One interesting study is called, "Determinants of restrictive lung function in asbestos-induced pleural fibrosis" by D. A. Schwartz, J. R. Galvin, C. S. Dayton, W. Stanford, J. A. Merchant and G. W. Hunninghake - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242. J Appl Physiol 68: 1932-1937, 1990. Here is an excerpt: "We evaluated whether restrictive lung function among asbestos-exposed individuals with pleural fibrosis was caused by radiographically inapparent parenchymal inflammation and/or parenchymal fibrosis. All 24 study participants were sheet metal workers who were nonsmokers with normal parenchyma on posteroanterior chest radiograph. These subjects had either normal pleura (n = 7), circumscribed plaques (n = 9), or diffuse pleural thickening (n = 8). After controlling for age, years in the trade, and pack-years of smoking, we found that sheet metal workers with diffuse pleural thickening had a lower forced vital capacity (P less than 0.001), total lung capacity (P less than 0.01), and CO-diffusing capacity of the lung (P less than 0.05) than those with normal pleura. Similarly, sheet metal workers with circumscribed plaques were found to...more
One interesting study is called, "Hemizygosity of Nf2 is associated with increased susceptibility to asbestos-induced peritoneal tumours" by Jocelyne Fleury-Feith, Céline Lecomte, Annie Renier, Mireille Matrat, Laurence Kheuang,...more
One interesting study is called, "In vitro approaches for determining mechanisms of toxicity and carcinogenicity by asbestos in the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts." By B T Mossman - Environ Health Perspect. 1983 November; 53:...more
One interesting study is called, "A retrospective mortality cohort study of chrysotile asbestos products workers in Tianjin 1972–1987" by Wei-nan Cheng and Jian Kong - Environmental Research - Volume 59, Issue 1, October 1992, Pages...more
One interesting study is called, "Asbestos-induced lung inflammation" by Marek Rola-Pleszczynski, Sylvie Gouin and Raymond Bégin - Inflammation Volume 8, Number 1, 53-62. Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - In a recently developed sheep...more
One interesting study is called, "Asbestos exposure enhances the release of fibroblast growth factor by sheep alveolar macrophages." By Lemaire I, Rola-Pleszczynski M, Bégin R. - J Reticuloendothel Soc. 1983 Apr;33(4):275-85. Here is...more
One interesting study is called, "Histologic type of lung cancer and asbestos exposure" by Oscar Auerbach MD, Lawrence Garfinkel MA, Verta R. Parks BS, Alfred S. Conston MD, Vincent A. Galdi MD, Lou Jouberti,- Cancer Volume 54, Issue...more