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Know About Bladder Cancer

This is one of those cancers that people don’t like to think about or even talk about. But it does occur and it’s best to be aware of how it starts and progresses.

The function of the bladder is to gather and accumulate urine until it is ejected from the body. The bladder walls are made up of muscles and urinary epithelium.

At the back are the ureters that take urine from the kidneys to the bladder. The lower portion of the bladder narrows down into the urethra, which carries the urine from the body.

Bladder cancer can be of two types superficial and invasive cancers. Superficial bladder tumors are also known as papillary tumors or bladder warts.

They are found on the urinary epithelium surface. Invasive bladder cancers, as the name suggests, spread deeper into the epithelium, continuing into the muscle layer or surrounding tissues.

Sometimes they spread through the bladder wall to adjacent organs such as the rectum, colon, prostate gland/uterus, pelvic bones, and lymph glands. Continue reading “Know About Bladder Cancer”

Thyroid Cancer Risk, Symptoms and Treatments You Need To Know About

The exact causes of thyroid cancer are not yet known. Doctors are hardly able to explain while some people are affected with this disease and another is not. However, it is clear that thyroid cancer is not contagious. No one can “catch” cancer from another person.

Who is at a risk of developing thyroid cancer? Risk is something that increases the chance of developing the disease. Some such risk factors for thyroid cancer include family history of certain cancers, age, habit of tobacco and tobacco products, improper eating habits or unhealthy diet, obesity, no physical activities or say lack of exercise, exposure to radiation or other cancerous compounds or agents, and genetic changes. Continue reading “Thyroid Cancer Risk, Symptoms and Treatments You Need To Know About”

Be Aware of PAH

Pulmonary arterial hypertension or PAH is not a common disease that people are aware of readily although it affects perhaps close to 800,000 people in the USA at least those that are diagnosed. Women are more at risk than men for this disease. A mutation in the BMPR2 gene is said to cause PAH.

What happens is that the pulmonary artery, which carries blood from the heart to the lungs, is affected by hypertension. This latter happens because the small arteries in the lungs become narrower in diameter so naturally there is an increase in resistance of the blood flow through the lungs.

To combat this situation pressure goes up in the artery and in the right ventricle, which helps to pump blood into the artery. Continue reading “Be Aware of PAH”

How Are Vegetarians at a Risk Of Getting Cancer?

Vegetarians are also at a risk of getting cancer in many ways because of the way they eat and what they eat. The risk certainly is lower among vegetarians than those whose diet is meat based though. Through this article I will share some facts and reasons why vegetarians are at a risk of being affected with cancer.

Sugar fuels cancer! Vegetarians tend to eat a lot of sugar. It’s a part of their breakfast, lunch, brunch, and dinner without their realizing it. They take it so much for granted and so casually as an everyday thing that they forget to take notice that sugar kills.

Vegetarians include sugar in some form as a part of their breakfast with cereals, a bite of donuts, pancakes, tarts and so on and so forth so even if they shun meat they are not reducing the risk of being affected with cancer as long as their sugar intake is not under control. Continue reading “How Are Vegetarians at a Risk Of Getting Cancer?”

What Women Should Know About Ovarian Cancer?

Ovarian cancer is a silent killer. It’s a disease that doesn’t produce symptoms until it is too late. This hits the women mostly above 50 but recent observations have shown that it affects younger women also. In either of the cases it’s a disease that is hard to detect.

The researchers however have been studying it and have identified warning signs that may point toward ovarian cancer and this can help an early detection of the killer disease. Mainly these are some of the symptoms to watch out for:

Frequent urge to urinate, Difficulty in eating meals or feeling heavy after eating very little, and Bloating, pelvic and abdominal pain. If you notice these signs in you or somebody else lasting more than a fortnight, its advised that you see a doc. It is also advised that you take it seriously. Continue reading

Fixing Meal According to Your Nutritional Type For Maximum Health Benefits

Before deciding to go with a particular diet so that you can get optimum health benefits and returns it is important that you identify which Nutritional Type are you. Otherwise there is no point in taking such an effort. What you eat should blend with your metabolism and you should feel energetic, healthy and fit.

Suppose you took a friend’s advice and simply decided to follow an Atkins Diet you may notice improvement in the beginning but gradually your system would give up because it is not getting nutrition as per your nutritional type. Continue reading “Fixing Meal According to Your Nutritional Type For Maximum Health Benefits”

Importance of Finding Out Your Nutritional Type

Its important that you find out what is your nutritional type for enjoying optimum health by way to eating the right food. Food that is right for your body type.

Eating a meal according to your nutritional type will result into an instantly noticeable and long lasting improvement in your energy level, mental capacities, your emotional well-being, and will give you a feel good feel for several hours.

First see if you feel any of these in an hour or so after eating. Like do you feel hungry even after having the meal? Do you crave sweets after meal or often otherwise? Does the energy level drop? Do you feel hyper, nervous, irritable, angry or depressed? Continue reading “Importance of Finding Out Your Nutritional Type”

How To Identify Sickle Cell Disease

Sickle cell disease is a type of blood disorder that affects the red blood cells. Normally, red blood cells are round and move around the body through small tubes delivering oxygen. In sickle cell disease the red blood cells become rigid and gluey and take on the shape of sickles. This happens because of a material in the red blood cells, which actually carries the oxygen.

A small change in this matter results in the hemoglobin forming long rods in the cell when distributing oxygen. These rods cause the sickle shape. They cause an obstruction in the blood flow so body tissues and organs are deprived of oxygen. This can cause terrible pain, which is known as the sickle cell crisis. Continue reading “How To Identify Sickle Cell Disease”

Pneumonia and the Symptoms to Look For

Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lungs that is usually caused by an infection. It can attack any age group and it can be life threatening.Anyone can get pneumonia even the young and fit.

However, it is more common and usually more serious in the very young and the elderly. It can be more serious with people who smoke and especially anyone weakened by long-term illness, especially if the illness interferes with the body’s normal defenses against infection.

There are many different germs that can cause the infection which results in pneumonia.

Some germs, particularly viruses, are breathed into the lungs because they are present in the air; it is an infection and can be passed on by other people especially if they have the infection and are coughing or sneezing. Others, including some bacteria, already live in the throat. Continue reading “Pneumonia and the Symptoms to Look For”

Are You Taking Enough Calcium?

The need for calcium in your diet or as supplements is well hyped. But do people really take as much calcium as their body needs? About ninety-nine percent of the human body’s calcium can be found in the bones and it helps to make bones and teeth strong. Calcium also has other uses in that it helps the heart beat and the muscles contract. Normal nerve functions and clotting of blood also require calcium. Continue reading “Are You Taking Enough Calcium?”