Cancerians are intelligent, hard working and absolutely devoted to their family. They form fast friendships and stand by their family and friends in hours of need. They prefer peace and quiet to busy public places. Their seemingly calm nature hides their true potential.Finances: Money seems to be in limited quantities in the beginning of 2012. Cancerians will accrue money by sheer dint of their careful habits. Professional and work front will...more
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, type of cancer and location. This treatment is usually complicated. Most of the treatment plans several doctor"s concerns are involved. Mainly doctors team includes neurosurgeons (neurosurgeons are specialists in nervous and brain system), radiation oncologists, oncologists (these doctors practice on radiation therapy). Doctor"s team may include dietitian, physical therapist, social worker and other specialists. In some treatment of meningitis cases symptoms can be cured completely by removal of tumor surgically. There is a new technique stereo-tactic radio surgery that is called knife-less, this technique destroy brain cancer without even opening skull. MRI or A CT is used to find out the exact position of the tumor in brain. There are...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...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 percent to something much closer to the general population average of 1.4 percent. Ten years ago, when genetic testing for BRCA mutations was a relatively new option, the decision I faced seemed pretty cut and dry. Keep the breasts and ovaries and very likely develop breast and/or ovarian cancer, or surrender some body parts and live a cancer-free life. If only genetic mutations were so simple. Since making that decision, science has had a lot more to say, mostly in the form of questions.In addition to breasts and ovaries, BRCA mutations may also increase a womans risk of developing melanoma, cervical, uterine, pancreatic, stomach, gallbladder, and bile duct cancers. For the most part, medical researchers dont know just how much BRCA mutations increase our risk of all these other cancers. So what does a BRCA carrier do? Wait? Watch? Push...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...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