Author: Salman

Adult incontinence is a source of embarrassment for sufferers. It occurs mainly due to some underlying medical condition and refers to the loss of usual control over the bladder or the bowels.

People who suffer from incontinence usually try to hide it and manage it themselves when in fact there is help to be got by talking to a physician of this condition.

The result of not seeking help is that the sufferer also gets depressed with low self-esteem and becomes isolated from friends and family. You should be aware that this condition is treatable in most cases. Continue reading “Addressing Adult Incontinence”

First let us understand what is acrylamide. Acrylamide is a type of chemical is used while making polyacrylamide materials.

Further Polyacrylamide is used in treating drinking water and wastewater against removing particles and other impurities. It is also used making glues, paper, cosmetics etc. Polyacrylamide materials contain very small amounts of acrylamide.

Acrylamide is used in the construction of foundations of dams and tunnels. In April 2002 the Swedish National Food Authority reported presence of this chemical in by-product from while preparing some types of food at high temperatures.

Why does it get formed is a question that scientists and researchers are still seeking an answer to. It has been found that level of this chemical increases with degree and duration of food being cooked.

Acrylamide has not been found in food prepared, including boiled food at temperatures below 120 degrees Celsius. Whether home cooked food has lesser risk of this chemical as compared to processed or package food is yet to be proved because both type of foods have been found to have acrylamide. Continue reading “Is there a Link between Acrylamide and Cancer?”

There are foods that harm and there are foods that heal. Here we will discuss about foods and spices that help fight cancer in some way.

However there is no one single food item in any from that has all the properties required to bring cancer in control.

Different foods have different cancer fighting properties and it’s thus best to eat a variety and combination of foods after consulting your doctor.

Doctor’s advice is considered necessary because some properties found in particular food, spice or fruit may react adversely with the medication etc.

Doctor knows best so bring it into your doctor’s knowledge if you are following or planning to follow a particular food regime. Continue reading “5 Foods that Help to Fight Cancer”

Research shows that around 80% of all lung cancers are the non-small cell kind. Non-small cell lung cancer or NSCLC can be of three types itself, namely squamous cell carcinoma, large cell undifferentiated carcinoma, and adinocarcinoma. In NSCLC cancer cells develop in lung tissue.

Smoking is the number one cause of all kinds of lung cancer and inhaling secondhand smoke also increases the risk of developing lung cancer. Lung cancer can also be caused by environmental toxins, high air pollution levels, and contact with asbestos, soot, tar, and arsenic. A combination of these risk factors increases the chance of someone developing NSCLC. Continue reading “The Ins and Outs of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer”

About Lung Cancer: The Australian Lung Foundation chairman, thoracic physician Dr Bob Edwards says that lung cancer is a silent killer. Lung cancer may be virtually without symptoms until it’s reached advanced stage. Diagnosis of lung cancer to the victim feels like a death sentence and it drains the patient of all the courage and determination to deal with the disease.

Risk Factors of Lung Cancer: Approximately 90 percent of all Americans who are diagnosed with this type of cancer are have been smokers at some point o time in their lives or they still do.

People who have never smoked are very less likely to get affected with lung cancer. At the same time it is worth remembering that living with a smoker, working in a an environment full of smoke and being exposed to certain chemicals like, radon, asbestos, arsenic, or radioactive dust etc. increase this cancer risk. Continue reading “Timely Diagnosis of Lung Cancer – The Silent Killer”

The size of a fist, shaped like a bean and situated on either side of your spine in your lower abdomen–these ,are your kidneys. They form part of the urinary tract and are responsible for removing waste from your body. Like any other organ in the body, kidneys too can develop cancer and the most common kind is renal cell carcinoma.

Renal cell carcinoma occurs in adults and starts in the cells lining the tubes in the kidney.

Transitional cell carcinoma affecting the renal pelvis is another type of kidney cancer. The kidney cancer that affects children is known as Wilms tumor and requires a different kind of treatment. Continue reading “Kidney Cancer Delved Into”

An early study by Swedish research group found that women who had blood sugar were at an increased risk of getting cancer than those who did not have blood sugar.

It found that whether or not women had diabetes, with blood sugar the risk of getting cancer was more as compared to people who did not suffer blood sugar.

But later with more researches it was found that men and women both were at an increased risk of getting some typical types of cancer if they had sugar. Cancers like, pancreatic cancer, urinary tract cancer, and the most dangerous form of skin cancer, malignant melanoma. People with high blood sugar are more likely to be affected by it than those with no or low blood sugar levels. Continue reading “Are Blood Sugar And Cancer Linked?”