Every year more than 34,000 Americans are diagnosed with oral cancer. It causes approximately 8000 deaths and, of those diagnosed this year, only half will be alive in five years. These numbers have not significantly improved in decades. Worldwide the problem is much greater than that found in the United States with over 400,000 new […]
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Graves\’ disease is an autoimmune condition in which the body attacks the thyroid gland resulting in an overproduction of thyroid hormones (thyrotoxicosis). The condition is named after Robert Graves, a 19th-century Irish physician who discovered and described the condition. Graves\’ disease can have an effect on many different parts of the body such as the
Types of Anxiety Disorders Causes of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) How Are Anxiety Disorders Diagnosed Prevention Anxiety Anxiety is defined as a psychological and physiological state of mind. It is characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral mechanism. These components generate an unpleasant feeling of uneasiness, nervousness, fear, or worry. Some fears and worries including
Sickle cell disease, or sickle cell anemia, is one of a class of intrinsic hemolytic anemia diseases. Essentially that means that the blood cells undergo hemolysis, or destruction, before the end of their normal lifespan because of an intrinsic, or internal, disorder or cause. In the case of individuals who suffer from sickle cell anemia
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Colon cancer has several stages that help physicians to determine the extent the cancer has traveled away from the primary site and how best to treat the cancer. Doctors have determined that colorectal cancers are some of the most preventable cancers but currently account for the second highest number of deaths due to cancer. This
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Myasthenia gravis is a chronic and debilitating disease and is characterized by weakness and fatigue of any muscle under voluntary control. This means that muscles which are involuntary, such as the heart muscle or those which control the intestinal tract, are not affected. Muscles which individuals have control over such as the eyes, legs, arms
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Food Poisoning Causes Symptoms Exams and Tests Self-Care at Home Medical Treatment (TCAs) Preventing food poisoning Food Poisoning If you gulp down food or water containing bacteria, parasites, viruses, or toxins made by some germs then you are surely the victim of food poisoning. Nearly all cases of food poisoning are from common bacteria
Colon cancer is one of the most common and preventable cancers. Researchers estimate that colon cancer causes the second highest number of deaths. Because of recent technological advances in early diagnosis and treatments, colon cancer it is not only preventable, but also well treated in the early stage. Preventing colon cancer requires just a few
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A hysterectomy is a surgical procedure in which the surgeon removes part or all of a woman\’s reproductive organs – uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes and ovaries. A total hysterectomy remove all of these, a radical hysterectomy also remove the fallopian tubes, top portion of the vagina and lymph nodes. In contrast a partial hysterectomy usually
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Multiple sclerosis is a debilitating neurological disease that attacks the spinal cord and brain. MS causes lesions in the nervous system which eventually results in symptoms that include weakness, loss of strength and shakiness in the extremities. While the cause of the illness is not known, researchers do know that there are some risk factors.
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