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The Mystery of Alzheimer’s Disease

The myth that Alzheimer’s disease is a result of old age and is akin to senility must be laid to rest. It is a degenerative disease of the brain for which researchers are seeking a cure.

It relentlessly affects the intellectual processes, memory, and mental abilities in the elderly.

The victim’s personality may undergo a change and depression also accompanies it. The changes it effects cannot be reversed and it is fatal in most cases.

It slowly progresses over a period of five to 10 years though the rate of progression and its symptoms may vary from patient to patient. Continue reading “The Mystery of Alzheimer’s Disease”

Foods that Boost Your Health

If we had a choice to add healthy foods that boost your health like peanut butter, apples, watermelons, tea, oats and green veggies to our daily diet to lead a much longer healthier life how many of us would go for it?

The smart secret way to do it as some researchers advice is to outsmart your body!

What you and I have to understand is that as we age instead creating healthy new cells resistant to cancer, rapid aging, and other ills as before when we were younger and fitter, our body is busy half-forming or damaging the cells.

When free radicals (a very reactive and unstable atom or groups of atoms with an odd, unpaired number of electrons) bang into DNA in your cells, they can damage it, leading to bad cell behavior such as cancer. Continue reading “Foods that Boost Your Health”

Carcinoid Cancer Early Symptoms

Carcinoid cancer is considered rare and not a lot is known as to the treatment for it.

It’s a type of rare cancer that slowly grows in several part of your body.

Neuroendocrine is the name of the tumor of this kind which is appears in digestive system.

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What is Overdose of Iron, It’s Causes and Treatment?

Iron overdose is when someone consumes more than the recommended dosage and the overdose of Iron can be fatal.

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Wheat Bread For Better Health

I’m sure there are many of you who remember making sandwiches with IronKids white bread when you were young. So delicious, with all the benefits of wheat! But now white bread is under the microscope, criticized for being highly processed and not containing many nutrients. Apparently, it is not so healthy after all. Wheat bread is a viable substitute.

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Eye Cancer — A Rare Possibility

Eye cancer! Did you ever think that the eye could be affected by cancer? Cancers of the eye develop from tissue just like other parts of the body.

The eye is made up of the eyeball, the orbit, and the adnexal structures. The eyeball or globe is made up of the uvea and the retina. Cancers that affects these parts are called intraocular, orbital or adnexal cancers.

Intraocular cancers are the most common eye cancers. The primary cancer starts inside the eyeball and may be melanoma or primary introcular lymphoma. Children usually develop retinoblastoma as the cancer develops in retinal cells. Continue reading “Eye Cancer — A Rare Possibility”

Smoking – What Beyond Lung Cancer?

The word; “Smoking” is a general word, but smoking what beyond lung cancer is the main question.

Smoking any type of smoke is harmful on our body especially lung since it’s direct affect.

Cigarette has a FRENCH origin. It means a cylinder of tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.

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Pancreatic Cancer – Risk Factors, Symptoms, and Treatments

The pancreas is a fish shaped small and spongy organ lying under the curvature of the stomach and deep inside the abdomen. Two major functions of pancreas are to produce enzymes useful for the digesting food and to secrete hormones, which help to maintain and regulate sugar levels in the body in a big way.

Cancer can start virtually from any kind of cell in the body. As far as pancreatic cancer is concerned – 95% of cases arise from the exocrine portion of the organ. About 75% of exocrine tumors start in the head and neck of the pancreas, the parts where the pancreatic duct runs just before it meets the duodenum. Like any other cancer pancreatic cancer is also caused by the mutations of a gene, which confer increased abnormal growth potential to cells. Continue reading “Pancreatic Cancer – Risk Factors, Symptoms, and Treatments”

Morning Sickness and Miscarriage In Pregnant Women

Morning sickness among pregnant women is a common experience of discomfort. It’s actually one the most talked about and unpleasant aspect of being pregnant. People believe in different things about morning sickness.

Some think it’s a sign of healthy pregnancy while others trash it saying there is nothing to confirm the fact. Studies have been conducted by leading medical research groups and it has been found that morning sickness, nausea, and vomiting during pregnancy is a sign of lower chances of miscarriage.

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A Glass of Hot Water After Meals May Reduce Cancer Risk

Drinking a glass of hot water after each meal may reduce cancer risk.

It’s a normal practice to drink water during or after meals. Different schools of thought go by different philosophies. Some suggest not drinking water during or after meal is not advisable as it dissolves enzymes and acids that are secreted to help digestion.

Drinking water 15-20 minutes after meals is considered ideal.

Some people who are dieting believe in drinking several glasses of water a little before meals. It reduces hunger and as a result the amount of food we would otherwise have eaten. Many such theories are doing the rounds all the time basically encouraging healthy life free of diseases and complications.

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