A person who is psychotic is out of touch with reality. People with psychosis may hear “voices” or have strange and illogical ideas (for example, thinking that others can hear their thoughts, or are trying to harm them or that they are a famous person). They may get excited or angry for no apparent reason, […]
Prostate cancer occurs when cells in the prostate gland grow out of control. There are often no early prostate cancer symptoms, but some men have urinary symptoms and discomfort. Prostate cancer treatment options are surgery, chemotherapy, cryotherapy, hormonal therapy, and/or radiation. In some instances, doctors recommend “watchful waiting.”
Prostate cancer kills thousand of patients every year. […]
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The population of overweight adults has now reached 1 billion, of which 300,000 are […]
ScienceDaily (Jun. 5, 2008) — New data from a randomized, controlled trial found that acupuncture provided significant reductions in pain, dysfunction, and dry mouth in head and neck cancer patients after neck dissection. The study was led by David Pfister, MD, Chief of the Head and Neck Medical Oncology Service, and Barrie Cassileth, PhD, Chief […]
REsearch in alternative medicine and conventional therapies to treat mesothelioma cancer continues to be at the forefront of trying to find a cure for this disease. Until an alternative is found and shows promise, medicines and conventional therapies, such as chemotherapy and other drugs Alimta, the surgery to remove tumors, radiation therapy and will be […]
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I had said before how important replication studies are. It does bear some reminding though. replication lets us know that we are on the right track. There can be many false findings in the genome, especially when we are unsure what a certain marker does or does not do(confusing, I know). With that being said […]
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An article in yesterday’s Washington Post:
Long-Hidden Dangers?Early Exposure to DDT May Raise Risk of Breast CancerBy Rick WeissWashington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, October 9, 2007; Page HE01A new study has found a significant link between women’s exposure to DDT as young girls and the development of breast cancer later in life.The results are something of […]
In one fell swoop of the pen on the 26th. President Bush signed into proclamation, September is now Officially Ovarian Cancer Month. This is a very big deal for those families who have been affected by an Ovarian Cancer diagnosis.
Some facts
Ovarian cancer is the most common cause of cancer death from gynecologic tumors in the […]
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Dr Lubin, my partner at Helix Health asked me this question.
“Am I the only one to think about this? Ted Kennedy Junior had Osteosarcoma. His other son Patrick had a Spinal Tumor (I’d love to see the path on that). Ted Senior has a Glioma…..Likely GBM. In addition, his daughter had lung cancer at 43 […]
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A fellow Blogger, Daniel Goldberg J.D., from medical humanites blog, has written a piece which is pertinent to us and he has given me persmission to it quote here. Thanks Daniel.http://www.medhumanities.org/2006/12/on_evidencebase.html
[Last Thursday] came the news of a precipitous drop in the breast cancer rate in the U.S. Todd Ackerman, one of the Houston Chronicle’s fine […]
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