Filed Under (Cancer) by Parimal on 08-08-2009

Treatment and Symptoms for Bladder Cancer
By Tom Cash
What Exactly is The Bladder
The bladder is an organ that stores urine (Urine is a fluid that contains water and waste soluble in water that are not required by our body), it has a muscular balloon shape. The kidney separates the waste product from our blood and passes it on to the bladder in order to throw it out of our body.
Filed Under (Lung Cancer) by Parimal on 08-08-2009
Facts On Lung Cancer: Causes, Symptoms And Treatment For Lung Cancer
By Rick Shack
Acquiring information on lung cancer is an vital in preventing or treating the disease. As the number one cause of death among men in America and one of the major causes of death cases throughout the world, health experts are trying to increase their knowledge and understanding on the general facts of lung cancer, and how this disease can be so deadly.
Filed Under (Lung Cancer) by Parimal on 01-07-2009
Lung cancer is the majority regularly deadly cancer in the United States. Surrounded by all causes of mortality , lung cancer position second after heart disease especially for males, and third after heart and cerebrovascular disease for females. Since 2002 alone, larger than 150,000 people in the United States died of lung cancer.
The two main types of cancer lung are small cell and non small cell. The last mentioned covered nearly 80 % of people who suffered by lung cancer fatality.
Smoking or inhaling second hand smoke, environmental exposures such as asbestos and radon gas, and a family history of lung cancer increase the risk of an individual getting lung cancer. But, some lung cancers arise in the absence of these risk factors. About 25 percent of people with lung cancer report no symptoms at the time of diagnosis. A diagnosis of lung cancer is made on the basis of cell type, x-ray findings and symptoms. Treatment of lung cancer depends on the cell type and on the stage of cancer at the time of diagnosis. Survival rates depend on the type and stage of lung cancer at the time of diagnosis.
More and more often, I come across cases of nonsmokers who develop lung cancer. Among patients with lung cancer, only about 14% live five years after their diagnosis.
First, assess your risk for lung cancer; then take measures to prevent the disease.
What are the risk factors for lung cancer?
Gender: Unfortunately, women seem to be more vulnerable to lung cancer. A family history of lung cancer: Evidence suggests that there is a lung cancer gene which predisposes offspring to develop lung cancer. Scarring from previous lung disease: Scarring in lungs caused by tuberculosis or other lung disease can be a risk factor for lung cancer.
Second-hand smoke: Exposure to second-hand smoke has been shown to be a certain risk factor. Radon has been implicated as a potential cause of lung cancer.
Air pollution: Long-term occupational exposure to diesel exhaust fumes may increase lung cancer risk by 47%. Past Cancer Treatment: Researchers in Sweden who looked at the medical records of 140,000 breast cancer patients found that there was an increase of lung cancer 5 to 20 years after breast cancer treatment. Diet: An apple a day may keep lung cancer away. This study found that people who ate the most apples were 58 % less likely to develop lung cancer. Other studies suggest that lung cancer risk is lower among smokers and non smokers who ate at least 5 servings of vegetables and fruits daily.
A Finnish study reported 18% more lung cancer cases among heavy smokers who took beta carotene supplements. And a National Cancer Study on the effects of vitamin A and beta carotene was halted because smoke risk lung cancer taking the supplements had 28% more lung cancer than those taking a placebo.
In one study, people taking 55-200 mcg of the mineral daily had a 46% lower rate of lung cancer.
Losing weight is no simple task, and sometimes diet and exercise alone seem to make small difference. It isn’t uncommon for dieters to hit a wall and see small to no results for a long period of time. Some find that patience and will power can help them get over this obstacle, but others may need some outside help to start to see results once again.
There are many natural methods that can help you in your weight loss goals. None of these are miracle pills. They won’t make you wake up thin or give you your dream body; but, many can help you see improved results from your efforts. They also help enhance overall health and well-being. Here are some commonly used herbal diet supplements.
Growing death rates associated with Growing degrees of obesity
The Unshakable Fact
Yes! It is right. In the United States alone, obesity is accounted to over 300,000 deaths a year. According to a study conducted by well known researchers in the country a few years ago, they had found out that death rates increased substantially with increasing weight category, ranging from 68.39 deaths per 10,000 person-years in women with normal BMIs or Body Mass Index to 116.85 deaths per 10,000 person-years in extremely obese women.
Filed Under (Cancer Prevention) by Parimal on 27-05-2009
What is Cancer?
There are lots of types of malignancies – Bile Duct Cancer and Plasma Cell Neoplasm and Endometrial cancer – just to mention a couple of examples. But, all of these types of cancer have something in common.
Loss of Control
Every individual cell in the body is regulated by hormones like Epinephrine and Oxytocin from outside the cell and some other chemicals in the cells. These regulating chemicals will control the actions of the cell. They will instruct the cells when to grow and how much, their amount of activity and how they will interact with other cells.