When your child is resigned to stay home due to a serious illness, the ensuing boredom could be hard for him. Even for adults, being stuck home detached from their typical lifestyle is never easy, what more for a child. The prolonged confinement could give the impression that life is careening out of control. Especially in the case of your child's being diagnosed with a serioushealthcondition,...

Cellular phones are a huge part of our every day lives.  You rarely find anyone who doesn't have one of these convenient devices, and you rarely leave the house without seeing people talking on them or using them to be on the internet, day plan, or whatever they happen to be using them for now.

Studies have been done that have tried to answer the question of whether or not cell phones pose any danger to the human body.  More particularly, whether they may cause...

The development of asbestos related disease in workers has been closely studied for some time.  However, a new wave of mesothelioma cases are emerging from the spouses of workers that were exposed to this hazardous material.  One important study is called, "Asbestos-Related Disease from Household Exposure" by Gary R. Epler, Muiris X. Fitz Gerald, Edward A. Gaensler, Charles B. Carrington - Respiration 1980;39:229-240.  Here is an excerpt: "Abstract - The...

Lung cancer, like all other cancers, is caused by a malfunction in the cells of the body which for whatever reason, embark on uncontrolled replication and growth. Cells undergo a cycle of birth and death many millions of times throughout the life of a person, but this is done in a controlled cycle which replaces old cells with new ones. When cancer strikes, the unchecked production of new cells leads to growths, known as tumors, and these physically interfere in the function of the...

Methotrexate is known for its interference with some growth of body cells. Particularly with cells which reproduce faster like skin cells, cells of the bone marrow and cancerous cells. Hence, methotrexate is used for treating some kinds of cancer of skin, neck, head, breast and lungs. It is also found to be effective in treating patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis.

Methotrexate for esophageal cancer and other types are given to the patients only twice...

Most basically, the HPV virus is a wart-causing virus. If you have one of the common strains of HPV, you may notice warts on your hands, elbows, knees, or on the bottom of your feet. But there are over 250 strains of HPV, and some of the most serious of the strains show no visible signs or symptoms for years after the initial infection. This means that a person can be carrying the virus for years without ever knowing it.

During this time the virus can be slowly working on the body...

Many deaths have been taking place due to mesothelioma cancer. In most cases the deaths happen owing to lack of proper mesothelioma resource. Years back, people were ignorant about the harmful effects of asbestos. There was no idea regarding the characteristics of the cancer and the treatment avenues available. Many precious lives were lost due to this. Mesothelioma resources can be instrumental in saving the lives of many.Peritoneal mesothelioma is caused mainly due to the exposure to...

Cancer is recognized as a major cause of mortality world over; accounting for 7.4 million (or 13%) of all deaths in 2004. The WHO estimates the incidence of cancer to continue rising to reach an estimated 9.2 million deaths in 2015. The rising prevalence of the disease forms one of the major factors driving the growth of the oncology biomarkers market.

Biomarker are chemical, physical, or biological parameters that can be used to indicate disease states. Oncology biomarkers...

One of the most debilitating side effects of chemotherapy is the nausea that it induces. The patient feels miserable and the nausea, more often than not, is quite severe. While it may seem to be a relatively harmless side effect of chemo, it is often not the case. Nausea leads to loss of appetite and that in turn results in severe dehydration which can threaten the general health of the patient.

There are several...

Esophageal cancer is developed normally in the muscular tube like structure which connects the stomach and the throat called the esophagus.  It is located at the back of trachea and is nearly ten to thirteen inches long enabling the food to get digested in the stomach.  The esophagus wall is created of many layers and the esophageal cancer begins from the inner most layers and grows to the outermost layer.

Nobody knows the reasons that cause esophageal cancer...