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Though 2006 was a topsy-turvy year for me, it was a year of big exciting leaps like problogging and leaving and coming back to blog here at b5media which actually turned out to be the start of a better life.
Whatever or whoever pulled me back here, my gratitude, for I am truly glad to be a […]
Scientists at the Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) have identified a specific human enzyme that can cause the death of cancer cells.
Researchers studied the behavior of an enzyme called sphingosine phosphate lyase (SPL), which can regulate cell growth and death by lowering the levels of a natural, growth-promoting lipid called sphingosine-1-phosphate, or S1P.
Researchers identified […]
Pregnant and nursing women should eat a nutritious diet that includes generous amounts of cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cabbage not only because of the nutritional benefits previously known and told but because it could protect their children from cancer both in infancy and adulthood.These were the suggestions of the findings of scientists from Linus […]
Yeah I thought mistletoes are just excuses to kiss.
However, there is actually a belief that mistletoe extract is an anti-cancer drug.
Following a case of case of a cancer patient who attended hospital with a tumour-like growth under the skin induced by mistletoe, doctors warned in an article published in the Christmas issue of the British […]
The Washington Cancer Institute at the Washington Hospital Center is offerring a Living Well With Cancer Seminar entitled CANCER: The Job You Got - But Didn’t Apply For© A Program for Cancer Survivors, Family, Friends and Caregivers.
The seminar will introduce you to new way of thinking about cancer to help you take control of its […]
Four days I was gone from home for some R&R, blogger meet-ups and for yes, for a decent internet connection.
Finally, on December 22, 2006 at around 5 pm (GMT+8), electricity was restored in the homestead. What a pleasant surprise to welcome me home.
Now, if only the wireless broadband provider will install before new year…I hope […]
Watchful waiting is tha concept where cancer patients are suggested to wait and see their disease’s progress before subjecting themseleves to any curative treatment option such as surgery or radiation.
While watchful waiting is being recommended by advocates of personalized cancer treatment, a large study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) this […]
In a phase II trial led by a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine researcher found that a newly formulated chemotherapy drug Doxil (doxorubicin delivered via liposomes, or microscopic fat bubbles) combined with standard therapy Velcade slows the progression of multiple myeloma better than Velcade alone.
Multiple myeloma is an advanced cancer […]
Squamous cell carcinoma is the second most common form of skin cancer.
Early November, Laura Bush (the US First Lady) had her tumor of the said cancer type removed.
The National Cancer Institute defines squamous cell carcinoma as a tumor that affects the middle layer of the skin and is more aggressive than basal cell cancer (the […]
That’s right. Mayo Clinic Cancer Center researchers are not recommending mammograms to men even if they are showing breast symptoms including enlarged or painful breast tissue: a condition called gynecomastia (male breast).
According to Stephanie Hines, M.D., of Mayo’s Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic and Breast Cancer Program in Jacksonville, Florida:
“Mammography is being performed with increasing frequency in […]
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Written by Gloria Gamat [email] for b5media.
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