The first and most horrifying fact – As per report and info given out by the British Government, cigarettes contain: a toilet cleaner, a lighter fuel, the chemical in mothballs, a poison which is used in gas chambers, a rocket fuel and many such deadly poisons. Breathing drifting tobacco smoke can also prove to be extremely harmful.

Do you know drifting tobacco smoke kills more people than motor accidents, all types of crimes, AID, illegal drugs, etc. In simple words people are more likely to die as a result of drifting tobacco smoke than by a car, shoot-outs, or the virus called AIDS. Read the rest of this entry »

It may easily top the charts as one of the most inedible looking fruits. The outside of Kiwi (Chinese goose berry) looks dull, drab and most unappetising. Cut one open and the results are not likely to get any better. Worse may be, the neon green flesh speckled with black seeds isn’t likely to whet your appetite either, considering the fancy price you may pay for one. But this is no time for kiwi-phobia. In fact it is time to hear some good news, especially for those few who really and truly love this fruit. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s not often that the muscles of the body are referred to in terms of pain except when the topic of exercise comes up. Fibromyalgia, however, causes pain in the muscles, ligaments, and tendons. It is accompanied by extensive fatigue, unrefreshing sleep, and a complete loss of energy. The muscles feel like they have been dragged or worked too hard, with twitches and a feeling of burning. The pain is akin to that one gets with influenza and the best way to empathize with someone with fibromyalgia syndrome, or FMS, is to remember when you were last ill. Read the rest of this entry »

Primary brain tumors are a diverse group of diseases that constitute the most common tumor of childhood.They can be benign or malignant. Brain tumors have been divided and classified according to their individual histology. IT may however be kept in mind that location of tumor and the extent to which it has spread are important factors which can and does impact and affect treatment and recovery.Immunohistochemical analyses, cytogenetic and molecular genetic findings, measures of mitotic activity are being used in diagnosing and classifying brain tumor amongst children. Read the rest of this entry »

Cancer cells growing uncontrollably in the lining of the stomach form tumors that can attack normal tissues and spread to other parts of the body–this is how gastric cancer develops. Gastric cancer does not always show up with recognizable symptoms early on. The symptoms it may be identified with–such as nausea, vomiting, blood in stool, and unexplained weight loss, loss of appetite or bloating after meals, and fatigue–can also be linked with other diseases such as peptic ulcer or gastritis. So it is important to refer to a doctor when there is discomfort or pain in the stomach. While you may be treated for the lesser diseases, if the symptoms persist then you should go in for a second opinion. Read the rest of this entry »

If you or someone you know is going through menopause and the doctor suggests HRT – i.e. Hormone Replacement Treatment. Before taking the treatment its better know how will it affect your overall health. Some researches suggest that Hormone Replacement Treatment during menopause may increase risk of several types of cancer. We shall discuss each one of them vis-à-vis taking Hormone Replacement Treatment.

Hormone Replacement Treatment is a therapy involves female sex hormones to replace hormones that the patient’s body has stopped producing after menopause. Doctors at one point of time thought that HRT acted as a shield and protected against heart diseases but after some more researches it has been proved that Hormone Replacement Treatment doesn’t help reduce risk related to heart. HRT basically helps to reduce discomfort and symptoms women undergo during menopause and it also helps to reduce osteoporosis risk. Osteoporosis affects women where in bones start to thin or say reduced bone density. However it may be noted that HRT is not prescribed to prevent osteoporosis. Read the rest of this entry »

In my opinion cancer patients can and should do their own cancer related research. I strongly feel that people who are suffering from cancer and are (as long as) physically capable of doing it should go ahead and gather as much information as they can. It could be related to both; finding out about new treatment options or doing away with the old time or obsolete treatment options. Read the rest of this entry »

Fat has always had a bad name but some kinds of fat are good. In fact, research studies suggest that more than 50% of the brain and nervous system are made up of fat. Fat constitutes the major part of the diet of most people in the world. But this doesn’t necessarily add to the intelligent quotient and the reason is because the intake is not of the right kind of fat.This is where DHA or docosahexaenoic acid comes in. DHA is an omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid. It is present in great quantity in fish such as tuna and bluefish and in marine animal oils. Read the rest of this entry »

Experiencing burning or pain in your stomach? You could have a peptic or stomach or gastric ulcer. It used to be thought that very spicy food frequently eaten and a stressful life led to a gastric ulcer. But now doctors are of the opinion that some bacterial infections and medications can cause these ulcers. Gastric ulcers are open sores that come up on the inside stomach lining or upper small intestine or gullet. These ulcers are quite common and can be successfully treated over a few weeks. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the most dreaded forms of cancer Leukaemia or blood cancer as it is commonly called has a new drug treatment that has raised hopes across the world. In an extensive research being carried out at the Children’s Cancer Hospital at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, scientists have observed that a new kind of highly targeted treatment effectively treats acute leukaemia. In the animal models used by them, they observed that the growth of cancer cells was very effectively inhibited by not letting the cancerous cells being cleaned of their damaged proteins. Read the rest of this entry »