There are many theories about why we get cancer individually, they range from genetic mutations through to environmental carcinogens, improper diet and the use of cell phones and other electromagnetic equipment.

I intend to look at the question form a more metaphysical perspective.

First of all, how much do we suffer from cancer? The statistic that is often cited, especially by people promoting alternative cancer cures, is that 1 in 3 people suffer from cancer at...

In July, 2008, British researchers claimed to have won a major victory for prostate cancer treatment. According to recently release reports, a new drug, abiraterone, may be used to treat as many as 80% of patients suffering from advanced forms of prostate cancer.

Researchers worldwide involved in the treatment of prostate cancer are cautiously optimistic, and welcoming what may arguably be the best news in prostate cancer treatment research in the past 15 years. It is thought...

HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS – A REVIEW

Sameera Mohotti (BSc, MSc, MD(MA))

INTRODUCTION

HPV is one of the most common sexually transmitted viral diseases. It is
estimated that 80% of sexually active adults have been infected with one or more genital HPV types at one point of their life time. The prevalence of HPV is increasing worldwide. Although it is
difficult to estimate the overall prevalence of HPV infection, it is estimated that the...

Reflexology is a zonal therapy and a science in the skillful manipulation is applied to the individual identified on the body points to stimulate the individual functional system or parts of the body. This stimulation areas are mainly due to the feet and hands. It can help alleviate many of the problems in a natural way. The reflexes are generated through the manipulation of the response focal points in the body for each system, the resulting reaction.

This reaction nodes were...

In what seems to be a genuine concern of the effects of radon emissions in residential homes, a certain website from a non-profit organization out of Houston has made it a point to imply without scientific proof, that natural stone could be a major contributor of radon in a household.

The allusion that seems to be made, that natural stone installed in your home is dangerous to your health is raised repeatedly on the website and in a recent local Houston TV news program.

Secondhand smoke is a combination of the smoke fashioned from a burning cigarette and the smoke exhaled by the smoker. Second-hand smoke is also known as passive smoke or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). Mostly the time trice-hand smoke is worn as opposite to ETS because the last infers a relationship between tobacco smoke and the environment in common resulting in disorder about its faithful worth. Such environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) can be certainly recognized by its distinctive...

Breast cancer is a serious disorder that attacks women. It is a disease that women dread about. In medical terms, this disease can be defined as a formation of malignant or cancer cells in the breast tissues.

The disease has been termed as heterogeneous. This means that it is a different disease that appears and forms differently in different women of different age groups. Younger women are said to be more vulnerable to this disease.

This disease can be cured if...

"Whom can you trust when your culture is the biggest enemy of your health? Can you trust your culture's leading authorities? Can you trust your culture's government? Can you trust your culture's private industry?"

We asked those questions in 1995, at the end of our book, Dressed To Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras. Before writing our book, we sent details of our research to the National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society, President's Cancer...

When Kellie May returned to work at North West Middle School last fall, she hoped the routine familiarity of her seventh grade health class would bring an end to the chaotic summer she endured.

After 13 years as an educator and as a mother of two sons with special needs, May has seen her fair share of disorder. But after classes let out last spring, 35-year-old May began an aggressive chemotherapy regiment and underwent several surgeries to treat breast cancer.

Her...

John worked for many years in a job where he was exposed to asbestos, and while he did not know it, he was breathing in the fibers, and they were adversely affecting his body. This went on for many years, and he didn’t really notice a drastic change, but as time went by his breathing slowly changed, but he figured it was just part of the aging process. None of us likes to get older and we just deal with various aches and pains. Sadly, breathing in asbestos fibers over a period of...