Lung Cancer is a malignant, cancerous or abnormal proliferation of the cells lining the air passages of the lungs. Based on microscopic diagnosis, the two main forms of lung cancer include small cell lung cancer and non-small cell lung cancer.
Small cell lung cancers (SCLC) are oat-shaped cancerous cells that mostly develop in the tissue layer below the epithelial lining of the lungs called the bronchial sub-mucosa, chiefly noticed in heavy smokers or those with a smoking past. Comprising 20-25% of reported cases, it rapidly multiplies and spreads to other body parts.
Squamous cell carcinoma, Adenocarcinoma and large cell carcinoma are together known as non-small cell carcinoma. In Squamous cell carcinoma, fish scales-like cancer cells that start in the bronchi, may persist in the chest without multiplying for longer times than other cancer forms. In Adenocarcinoma, cubical or column shaped cancer cells [...]

Leukemia is the abnormal growth of white blood cells known as leukemia cells in the bone marrow that over time can swarm out the normal blood cells leading to major complications like anaemia, bleeding and infections.
Leukemia is generally classified on its rate of increase and which type of white blood cells it impinges upon. Acute leukemia deteriorates rapidly making the person experience instant sickness while chronic leukemia exacerbates at a slow pace being asymptomatic for years.
The four key kinds of leukemia include:

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the commonest type of leukemia affecting children and adults.
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) affecting children and adults.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a commonly occurring form of leukemia detected in elderly individual over 55, with children rarely contracting it.
Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is observed to affect mostly adults.

Leukemia Causes:
Though the causes of leukemia are still not [...]

Mesothelioma is a relatively uncommon type of cancer that adversely affects the cells of the mesothelium, a protective sac that encapsulates majority of the body’s inner organs. As a result, the mesothelial cells become malignant or cancerous, proliferating unabated, infecting and damaging closely placed tissues and organs. Though the risk increases with age, the disease can surface at any age, with men more than women being affected.
Mesothelioma Cancer Causes:
Almost 70-80% of Mesothelioma cases are occupation-derived where they were exposed to asbestos particles. Individuals living with the person with asbestos exposure or themselves been exposed to a particular virus are at risk to develop mesothelioma.
Mesothelioma Cancer Symptoms:
The symptoms might not become evident till the age of 50 subsequent to preliminary exposure, but once they become noticeable, they quickly spread leading to fatal complications. In some cases, the cancer leads to fluid [...]

Are you shy of the fact that you are reserved and reticent? Might have experienced very embarrassing situations at times when you have to render presentations or might be at a social gathering where you are introduced to new people. Many a times you might have tried to overcome your fear of speaking at public places, but instead of that landed into more humiliation. Then let me inform, you are not the lone person who gets red-faced or tongue-tied amidst throngs of people. You are the one among the populace of 15 million masses who suffer from social anxiety disorder i.e. social phobia expresses Sanjay Mathew, MDMD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York.
What is social phobia? What causes it? No one exactly knows about social phobia. Through a research, the researchers at the [...]

There is a ray of hope for those ailing with final-stage of skin and brain cancers – not treatable by the present techniques- have shown favourable improvement subsequent to being treated with a novel oral course drug known as hedgehog inhibitor.
Hedgehog is the latest cancer combating drug to lately garner significant attention. At the stages of nascent development and infanthood, the indicating molecule dubbed hedgehog stimulates growth which is innately halted by the body at time of reaching maturity. Cancerous growths occur when hedgehog is not innately halted by the body’s mechanism.
An investigational drug that has been coded as GDC-0449 by its founder Genentech is believed to have a blocking effect on hedgehog. But the question that lingers is the potency of this drug to combat cancer.
Certain cancer forms that are caused due to hedgehog are the widely prevalent skin [...]

Gonorrhoea is a sexually transmittable disease contracted from an infected individual. A widely prevalent communicable disease noticed in both sexes is known to infect seven lakh persons in the United States annually with nearly 75% of most cited cases belonging to the young age bracket of 15-29years. The maximum infection rates were normally observed in 15-19years in women and in between 20 and 24 years in case of men.
Gonorrhea Causes:

The bacterium known as Neisseria gonorrhoeae is known to cause Gonorrhea. These bacterial forms thrive and proliferate in the body’s mucus membranes, in warm, clammy parts of the reproductive tract inclusive of the cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes in women and noticed in the urethra, oral cavity, throat and anus in both the sexes.
It is also contracted due to contact with contaminated body fluids that could also translate to it being transmitted [...]

The sinuses are the interconnected network of small, hollow cavities present in the skull region that aid in humidification of the air inhaled and helps in enhancing our voices. The sinuses help in producing mucus that aid in keeping the nasal passages free of allergens and impurities.
Sinusitis is the irritation and swelling to the tissue lining these cavities. In certain situations, this inflammation is known to obstruct the sinuses, holding in mucus and air within them. This could lead to pain, discomfort and undue pressure, at times leading to a bacterial infection. There are two main forms of sinusitis namely acute and chronic. Initially the swelling is offset due to cold or allergy or due to poor immunity.
There are a host of tests undertaken to detect any problems in the sinus. They include:
A Physical exam: During the examination procedure, the [...]