Category: Cancer

The holiday season has arrived so now is the time to start thinking about your skin and how to protect it against the suns rays and skin cancer.

Start off by understanding your skin, what it does and why it is so important to you.

Your skin is your protection and should be looked after carefully, it protects you against light, heat, injury and infection. It helps to control your body temperature and stores water and fat, it also makes vitamin D. Continue reading “Protecting Yourself Against Skin Cancer”

Here I’m going to write about the carcinoid cancer good news and bad news that I’ve got when my husband diagnosed with such a cancer.

A devastating blow was struck when my husband received the news that he had carcinoid cancer. The specialist told him that more tests would have to be done before they could tell him the actual results. Continue reading “Carcinoid Cancer: Good News and Bad News”

Using sunscreen to protect your skin from harmful sun rays, because summer time is not far.

For those of us who will have to remain outdoors for education, work, or anything at all it is the right time to learn the ways to protect ourselves from the harmful rays of sun.

Let us find out what and which is the best way to do it?

Sunscreen is the first thing that comes to our minds when we talk about protecting our skin from sun rays.

The important thing here to understand is that applying sunscreen is one of the first steps towards preventing skin cancer.

Here in this article our main area of concentration is going to be, how to choose sunscreen and how important is SPF and How to choose it. Continue reading “Protecting Skin From The Harmful Sun Rays During Summer Using Sunscreens”

Cancer is a disease that does not happen overnight, so it’s better to be aware of early signs of cancer. It grows gradually. Cells multiply as days pass.

Especially if the days just pass unattended. So for you and me to be able to attend to and address the issue we have to learn to read the early signs of cancer first.

In this article we will discuss the early signs of cancer and how to use caution to be able to fight it early in life.

If you notice any of the early warning signs of cancer discussed here, you should consult your physician as soon as possible.

Deal with it like a emergency so that the emergency never strikes.

Early detection is important because it improves the survival chances for patients diagnosed with cancer. Although some of the early signs may seem vague, but remember they may be pointing towards the fact that cancer is present. Continue reading “Early Signs of Cancer Cautions and Precautions”

When you were diagnosed with cancer, the only thoughts in your mind revolved around the biopsy, the treatment, the chemotherapy, the surgery.

You went through all that and the interminable hospital stays. And then one fine day the verdict is a positive one and you have been given a clean chit. This then is where it all begins again.

What is it that you are expecting life to bring you? Do you want everything to be as it was before?

That may not be possible, given the changes in your body and all the stresses that you have coped with mentally and emotionally. You may feel different from the way you were before, you may not be able to do things that you found easy earlier all these are changes you have to deal with.

Continue reading “Now that You Have Survived Cancer”

A bone marrow biopsy is generally suggested when a doctor suspects blood disorders. If a complete blood count finds abnormal situations of the red and white blood cells or indicates some other disease a bone marrow biopsy will help to evaluate the situation better.

The procedure is also accompanied by bone marrow aspiration. Bone marrow typically grows inside the larger bones of the body and is a spongy tissue and fluid. Here, stem cells make red and white blood cells and platelets. Continue reading “What You Need to Know About Bone Marrow Biopsy”

Earlier cancer survivors complaints of memory and concentration loss were dismissed and ignored by their doctors.

The doctors, friends and family members with whom the survivors is most likely to share such symptoms or experience were often easily and un-thoughtfully attributed to stress and emotional affects of cancer or other medications that they were taking. Continue reading “Chemo Brain – Common Amongst Cancer Survivors”

Most men are not very careful about their health, and often ignore symptoms that they should actually be paying attention to.

You must listen to what your body is trying to tell you and take yourself off for a medical checkup. There are some symptoms that are typical of cancer and it’s best to be prepared.

You must perform a self-examination of the testicles and scrotum every month and check for lumps. If there are lumps then, whatever the size, they can be an indication of testicular cancer.

After the age of 50 you should also be aware of the signs of prostate cancer. If you have pain or difficulty when you are urinating, or have a frequent urge to urinate, or even a feeble flow of urine, or see blood in the urine then you should consult a doctor to rule out prostate cancer.

If you have unrelenting pain in the pelvis that does not disappear with common medication then it could be a sign of either prostate or testicular cancer. So get it checked. Continue reading “Men, Beware of Cancer!”

Next time you eat an apple eat it with the peel. The research has proved that apple peels have anti cancer properties.

It’s therefore wrong to throw the peels in the dustbin. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

It has been proved time and again that diet rich in fruits and vegetables reduces the risk of hear disease, cancer, diabetes, and a many other chronic diseases.

The researchers are trying to specifically identify compounds found in fruits and vegetables that are responsible for these healthy benefits.

Recent researches have been on phenolics (anti-cancer properties of a group of phytochemicals) which are typically found in the seeds and skins of fruit and vegetables. Continue reading “Apple Peel is Full of Anti Cancer Properties”

When you are in close contact with someone who has been diagnosed with cancer you must understand that they will go through a whole gamut of emotions; from depression to bitterness, shock and anxiety, anger and fear.

Their feelings of vulnerability and loneliness will increase as will their mood swings. They can talk through their fears to reduce them and that is where you come in. Listen well to what they say and let them say whatever they like.

Continue reading “How Can You Help When Someone You Know Has Cancer”