Where do you think stretch marks would list in a survey of most embarrassing health problems?What if this survey was a cross section of all types of people? The beautiful & ugly, big & small, confident & shockingly shy....etc etc.Well the results of a 2009 survey in the UK have them at number 3! Coming in only behind bad breath and sweating.The full list is;1.Bad breath2.Sweating3.Stretch Marks4.Facial hair5.Spots / pimples6.Warts7.Foot odourThis...more
Breast reconstruction is necessary in cases when the breast or some part of the entirety is taken out due to disease, injury or trauma. Most, if not all, cases usually concern women who may have had cancer at this particular area a certain point in their life or have had an operation with which part of it or all of it has been removed. There are two basic approaches to this problem and these include flaps and implants.Implants: These have long...more
Are you concerned about undergoing boob surgery? It should make you feel at ease to learn that bosom augmentation surgeries have been performed and perfected over a hundred years ago. There were many failures, and discoveries made in the early days of boob surgery but so much has been learned and now over 300,000 surgeries are performed annually and thousands of women enjoy the physical and psychological benefits of successful breast surgeries.The first boobs surgery recorded was an augmentation performed by Vincenz Czerny in 1895. After removing a tumor from a woman's breast, he removed a benign growth the woman's back and attempted to implant it on chest to avoid asymmetry. In 1889, bosom augmentation was attempted again by injecting paraffin. This however led to infections and lumps would often form in the breast. By the 1920's, paraffin injections were finally discontinued. In the 1920's surgeons tried to implant fat from another part of the body, usually the bottocks or the belly. However, the body usually reabsorbed the fat leaving the breasts lopsided and full of lumps.The procedure was no longer performed after 1940.During the 1950's polyvinyl sponges and sponges of other...more
If you plan to get pregnant in the future and would like to feed your infant the natural way then it is helpful to know that breast feeding is something you will still be able to do following a cosmetic procedure. To what extent you will be able to breast feed is dependent upon the kind of operation you had.Of all of the breast surgeries, reduction...more
ClassificationThe accepted form of Breast Cancer classification divides all the different forms of breast cancer into four distinct groups, viz. pathology, the particular grade of the tumour, the expression (by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a gene product, such as a protein) of proteins and genes, and the stage at which...more
Getting cancer is very common nowadays. It may be a loved one, a relative or your next door neighbour, who has got cancer and is now desperately trying to find a cancer cure. Finding a cure when one is already diagnosed with cancer is definitely more difficult and nerve wrenching than adopting good cancer prevention habits in the first place. Learning how to prevent cancer is a must for everyone because cancer does not discriminate - anyone can get it.To treat and prevent cancer, new ideas are being thrown out there everyday, but all of them are based on living a healthy lifestyle. Going on a detox diet is a newer form of cancer prevention that has really taken off. Preventing cancer is possible if you keep your body healthy and free of toxins. Eating healthily is always advisable no matter what disease you are fighting. The reason for this is that healthy foods contain vitamins and have properties that make your body function better. A body that functions properly and at an efficient level stays healthier. That brings us to exercise. Exercise helps your body to burn fat and keeps your muscles toned. It also helps your heart and lungs work better which allows your blood to flow...more
There is no known cure for breast cancer. More than 1.5 million people will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year worldwide. Scientists don't know why most women get breast cancer, yet breast cancer is the most frequent tumor found in women the...more
Several lung cancer treatments are currently available and the determination as to which one is prescribed depends on the lung cancer stage that has been diagnosed, the location of the cancer, and the patient's health. The most common treatments for...more
Lung Cancer PreventionDid you realize that approximately 10% of lung cancer patients have never in their lives smoked cigarettes? When asked about lung cancer prevention, most people will tell you that the easiest way to prevent lung cancer is to...more
Once a diagnosis of lung cancer has been made, the doctor will attempt to determine the stage the lung cancer is at. The staging system is somewhat like a measurement system, with the numbers indicating: whether the cancerous tumors are localized or...more
Abnormal cell growth in either one or both of the lungs is the simple answer to the question, "What is lung cancer?" In healthy individuals, the cells within the lungs go about their business duplicating at a normal rate and turning into more and...more
Cancer is a very deadly disease. This disease is one of the most deadly in terms of numbers killed year in and out. According to statistics one in three people will be affected by cancer. And one in four people will die of cancer. However cancer...more