What Are Fibroids and Ovarian Cysts? The Easy Guide and the Best Treatment Advice You Need By: Isabella Miller About the Author Isabella Miller is in her mid forties and has a passion for alternative treatments and remedies.Having suffered herself from ovarian cysts and panic attacks for many years, she managed to treat both conditions without having to resort to heavy medication but simply by choosing alternative...more
The American Cancer Society reports that about 22,000 cases of ovarian cancer would be detected, of which about 80% of the cases would meet with fatal consequences! The staggering number of fatalities clearly indicates one thing Early diagnosis of ovarian cancer is a must and an effective treatment procedure, equally critical too.Chemotherapy has often been spoken about, as a way to detect and cure ovarian cancer. That said, it is an expensive...more
Psoriasis occurs when skin cells quickly rise using their company origin below the top of the skin and gather on the outside before there is a possibility to mature. Usually this movement (otherwise known as turnover) takes in regards to month, however in psoriasis it could possibly happen in not many days. Psoriasis may appear on any perhaps the body and it's connected to other serious medical ailments, for instance diabetes, cardiovascular disease and depression. Psoriasis may be mild or severe. When it's severe, it could adversely affect functions of daily life including work and social activities.Psoriasis can't be passed from person completely to another , though more advanced to result from people whose loved ones contain it. Psoriasis can be a chronic (lifelong) disease. Some folk have frequent flare-ups that occur weekly or monthly. Psoriasis is an extremely common condition. The disorder may affect people of all ages, but it really mostly begins between ages 15 and 35.Psoriasis affects between 1-3% belonging to the population. It varies in severity from mild to severe. Psoriasis is an epidermis disorder than may appear at all ages in men and women. In most cases, psoriasis...more
Another study is called, "Operation and intracavitary photodynamic therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma: A phase II study" - The Annals of Thoracic SurgeryVolume 58, Issue 4, October 1994, Pages 995-998 – by Hiroshi Takita MD, Thomas S. Mang PhD, Gregory M. Loewen MD, Joseph G. Antkowiak MD, Derek Raghavan MD, PhD, James R. Grajek MBA and...more
CONCLUSIONS: Cervical mediastinoscopy is a valuable diagnostic procedure for patients with MPM who are considered candidates for surgical-based therapy. Results of CM are more reliable than those obtained by CT scanning. Our data confirm results of previous studies reporting that mediastinal lymph node involvement is a frequent event in...more
Another interesting study is called, "Peritoneal cystic mesothelioma: A case series" - Piensero Scientifico, Roma, ITALIE (1911) (Revue) 2003, vol. 89, no1, pp. 31-35. Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - Background: Cystic peritoneal mesothelioma is a rare disease associated with a favorable short-term prognosis. Longer follow-up documenting a persistence of symptoms and a high rate of recurrence after debulking surgery along with an uncertain natural history prompt a re-valuation of prior treatment recommendations. No prior long-term clinical study of these patients is available. Methods: The experience with five cases of cystic peritoneal mesothelioma, four females and one male, are reviewed. All of these patients were treated with cytoreductive surgery with peritonectomy procedures and heated Intraoperative intraperitoneal chemotherapy. CT, pathology and current status were investigated in order to learn more about the natural history of this disease. Results: All patients were symptomatic from abdominal distention and three of the four complained of severe pain. Female patients complained of long periods of recurrent abdominal and pelvic pain poorly managed by oral analgesics....more
Another interesting study is called, "A randomised trial in malignant mesothelioma (M) of early (E) versus delayed (D) chemotherapy in symptomatically stable patients: the MED trial" by M. E. R. O'Brien, D. Watkins, C. Ryan, K. Priest, C. Corbishley,...more
Another interesting study is called, "Somatic genetic alterations in human malignant mesothelioma (review)." By Lee WC, Testa JR. - Department of Medical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA. Int J Oncol. 1999...more
Another interesting study is called, "Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma in Women: A Study of 75 Cases With Emphasis on Their Morphologic Spectrum and Differential Diagnosis" by Patricia M. Baker, MD; Philip B. Clement, MD; Robert H. Young, MD - From...more
Conclusions - In MPM, the combined modality approach using the Carboplatin/Gemcitabine combination as induction chemotherapy is feasible, with good results in terms of survival and morbidity. Our results are similar to those of other studies using a...more
Research that I performed in my second year at Wichita resulted in me receiving an award from the American Society of Reproductive Medicine in 1987 for best research done by a resident physician in the world. This was really exciting and again...more
Most people suffer from red itchy bites as soon as they get out of bed in the morning. Well, there are chances that you might have been bitten by bedbugs. Bedbugs fall into the family of bugs known as "Cimicidaes". These creatures would survive on...more