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Stress Management A Way of Life
February 4, 2012 – 12:05 am | No Comment
Stress can be caused by a lot of factors. Stress is related to the events that take place in our life, from taking an interview, to writing a test, from wanting to run a race to trying to catch a bus. Everyday life can cause stress and this is just life's way of showing the vagaries that it can exhibit. Stress could be short term or long term. Short term stress is very normal and regular while long term stress is chronic. Long term stress is a result  [...]
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Understanding The Fine Nuances Of Radical Prostatectomy – Part I
September 21, 2009 – 6:44 am | No Comment
Understanding The Fine Nuances Of Radical Prostatectomy – Part I
Radical prostatectomy is a surgical procedure employed for removal of the prostate gland and the adjacent tissue surrounding it. The operation performed to eliminate prostate cancer could be done by either open surgery or by the procedure of laparoscopic surgery that is done through tiny incisions that are made during the course of the operation. Radical prostatectomy is mostly conducted when test outcomes depict that the spread of cancer has not proliferated beyond the perimeters of the prostate, i.e., it is still in stages I and II. Mostly, laparoscopic surgery is manually conducted, though there are certain doctors that perform the surgery by employing the usage of guiding robotic arms that clutch the tools needed during surgery. This is known as robot-aided prostatectomy. Open  [...]

Novel Study Unravels Reason Behind Improved Prostate Cancer Survival Rates
September 17, 2009 – 9:45 am | No Comment
Novel Study Unravels Reason Behind Improved Prostate Cancer Survival Rates
According to a latest study, those elderly men with early stage of prostate cancer had greater likelihood of survival without surgical intervention or radiation in today’s times than was observed merely a few decades back. Scientists investigated results amongst elderly men over 65 years detected with localised prostate cancer subsequent to being introduced to PSA or Prostate Cancer Screening. The mortality rates due to prostate cancer with a decade of identification amongst men that did not undergo surgery or radiation was seen between 2-6% during the 1990’s. The mortality rates in elderly men in analogous age bracket and disease features, was seen to be 15-23% in those that decided not to undergo these treatments during the time spans prior to the introduction of the PSA testing. After  [...]

Mobile Phones – The Debatable Health Safety Quotient – Part II
September 14, 2009 – 10:15 am | No Comment
Mobile Phones – The Debatable Health Safety Quotient – Part II
The EWG researchers have detected other disturbing trends that linked mobile phone radiation with recurrent migraine and vertigo being noticed. According to a study done on more than four lakh grown-ups from Denmark that used cell phones for protracted periods of time, it was noted that ten to twenty percent of them were highly prone to be hospitalised due to migraine problem or vertigo in contrast to those that made lesser use of mobile phones. The EWG researchers mentioned that they are continuing the use of the mobile phones; however customers must opt for only those phones that had the lowest possible radiation emission rates. The EWG rated a list of thousand mobile phones based on their radiation emission levels and has drawn a listing of ten phones with the top ranked on the listing  [...]

Mobile Phones – The Debatable Health Safety Quotient – Part I
September 14, 2009 – 3:05 am | No Comment
Mobile Phones – The Debatable Health Safety Quotient – Part I
A report furnished by the EWG or the Environmental Working Group sheds light on the latest scientific research that link mobile phones to health hazards like brain cancer that are gaining significant momentum with the proof of caused impairment piling up. On the other hand, a section of experts have squarely disparaged the report citing it as a half-hearted endeavour that lays only partial emphasis on proofs that link cell phone users to the marring effects while being ignorant about the research that detected no glitch. Despite that, the EWG researchers state that there is reason to be alarmed about, as latest research are depicting fifty to ninety percent raised chanced of developing the two forms of brain tumours namely gliomas and acoustic neuromas noted in individuals that utilized  [...]

Leading Health Risks To Men – Part II
September 10, 2009 – 5:33 am | 2 Comments
Leading Health Risks To Men – Part II
In the United States, men have surpassed women in majority of the fifteen noted leading causes of death with the exception of Alzheimer’s disease for which men’s longevity is not that long to be able to develop that disease. Lung Cancer – Looming health risk in Men The dreadful, destructive and commonly wide spreading lung cancer proliferates quickly becoming symptomatic and appearing in X-rays only when it has reached final stages when it becomes tricky to treat with less than just half the populace of affected men being able to survive it subsequent to a year. Smoking is believed to be the leading cause of nearly ninety percent detected lung cancer victims. Though, the United States has shown plummeting levels of smoking that has caused a favourable decrease in lung cancer  [...]

Potent Drugs And Add-On Therapies To Treat Chemotherapy Side Effects – Part IV
September 10, 2009 – 5:20 am | No Comment
Potent Drugs And Add-On Therapies To Treat Chemotherapy Side Effects – Part IV
With no specialised chemotherapy diet envisioned, experts profess that piquant or strongly odorous food items are known to mostly cause nausea, with mild tasting foods being more likely to be easily assimilated by the body. With everyone having varied functioning systems, it is up to us to eventually figure out what kinds of foods are best suited to them. Preferably, those individuals undergoing chemotherapy should make it a point to consume a healthy diet replete with adequate vitamins, proteins, minerals and carbohydrates. The crucial point to be noted is that the patient concerned should finish their total drug course prescribed during chemotherapy. Any kinds of food items that help you tide through the chemotherapy course should be adequately inculcated. Keeping oneself properly hydrated  [...]

Potent Drugs And Add-On Therapies To Treat Chemotherapy Side Effects – Part III
September 10, 2009 – 5:18 am | One Comment
Potent Drugs And Add-On Therapies To Treat Chemotherapy Side Effects – Part III
Certain Chemotherapy medications cause varying levels of nausea as they trigger the nausea points in the brain, while certain others might have effect on the esophagus, stomach or even the intestines. Majority of nausea curbing drugs obstruct the chemical triggering that lead to the symptoms. There was major advancement in the former part of the 1900s with the unravelling of the 5HT3 antagonist drugs like Anzemet (dolasetron), Kytril (granisetron) and Zofran (ondansetron). The two novel intravenous drugs namely, Emend (aprepitant) and Aloxi (palonosetron), a 5HT3 antagonist belonging to the second generation are proving to be of immense assistance. The skin patch Sancuso (granisetron) is yet another antagonist that helps avert nausea and vomiting related to chemotherapy sessions. More  [...]