Archive for May, 2008
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 7,479 views
Chemotherapy, in its most general sense, refers to treatment of disease by chemicals that kill cells, specifically those of micro-organisms or cancer. In other words: Chemotherapy (also called chemo) is a type of cancer treatment that uses drugs to destroy cancer cells. In popular usage, it usually refers to anti-neoplastic ...
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 2,324 views
Mesothelioma is a form of cancer (cancer of the mesothelium) that is almost always caused by previous exposure to asbestos. In this disease, malignant cells develop in the mesothelium. The mesothelium is a membrane that covers and protects most of the internal organs of the body. It is composed of ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008 1,814 views
Nearly everyone has had a headache. The most common type of headache is a tension headache. Tension headaches are due to tight muscles in your shoulders, neck, scalp and jaw. They are often related to stress, depression or anxiety. You are more likely to get tension headaches if you ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 294 views
Many people don't know much about his health plan. They think that it is better to have a cheaper plan than an expensive one. They also think that it is not necessary to read all the little lines of the health insurance contract. In the end they will be very ...
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 267 views
Many people in the world don't know what really is Aids. They have preconception against people infected with the HIV virus.
Here we do some explanations about Aids to help you to know more about this infection.
AIDS is an acronym for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome:
Acquired means you can get infected with ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008 702 views
Creatine is nitrogenous organic acid that occurs naturally in vertebrates and helps to supply energy to muscle and nerve cells. Creatine was identified in 1832 when Michel Eugène Chevreul discovered it as a component of skeletal muscle, which he later named creatine after the Greek word for flesh, Kreas.
Creatine, by ...
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Monday, May 12th, 2008 361 views
Here are a list of drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Bureau, included 7 kinds of drugs:
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Friday, May 9th, 2008 615 views
What is Alzheimer's disease?
Alzheimer's disease (AD), one form of dementia, is a progressive, degenerative brain disease. It affects memory, thinking, and behavior.
Memory impairment is a necessary feature for the diagnosis of this or any type of dementia. Change in one of the following areas must also be present: language, decision-making ability, ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008 786 views
Here are some anti-cancer drugs. We list here just the main drugs aproved by the FDA. In the near future we will link the name of
all these drugs to one page explaining more about them.
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Friday, May 9th, 2008 476 views
Cancer is the general name for a group of more than 100 diseases in which cells in a part of the body begin to grow out of control. Although there are many kinds of cancer, they all start because abnormal cells grow out of control. Untreated cancers can cause serious ...
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