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New promising prostate cancer vaccine
At the prostate cancer symposium in Orlando, co-sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Eric J. Small, MD, UCSF professor of medicine and urology presented the findings of the study he led helped by other 19 US institutions, regardin...
Natural remedies for sinus infections
The infection of the sinuses (cavities situated inside the skull, which are filled with air), also known as sinusitis is produced by bacteria, fungus and sometimes by pollutants and allergic factors. The sinus infections affect every year 37 million...
Lupus- a disease with a lot of symptoms, and quite difficult to diagnose
The skin, joints, blood, and kidneys are usually the parts of the body most affected by lupus. Lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease, and it is known that in the patients who have this autoimmune disorder, the immune system loses its ability to te...
How to know if you have a thyroid problem
Reading all kinds of articles people often wonder if they are affected by any health problem. Patient’s problem is that they are looking too much into their symptoms in order to make a diagnosis fit. Self diagnosis is not recommended because only...
How fibromyalgia can be diagnosed?
To receive an accurate fibromyalgia diagnosis takes the average person five years because the symptoms of fibromyalgia are similar with other conditions. Unfortunately there are no laboratory tests that can help to diagnose this enigmatic chronic co...
Groin hernia
Patients recovering from groin hernia must do not put the tissues under tension after a week of repairs, so they are advised not to drive for a month or two. From this point of view during a sudden impact or stop the postoperative pain could prolong...
General discussion about scabies
Scabies is a contagious problem known to humans before the first millennium. Scabies is caused by a mite called Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis that is burrowed under the skin. This highly contagious problem spreads after skin to skin contact. If the...
Colon cancer and polyps
There is a very tight bond between polyps and colon cancer. That is to say that, although polyps are almost always benign, if they do turn out to be malign then you develop colon cancer. Polyps can be found in other parts of the body, besides the co...
Chicken pox do' s and do not' s
Chicken pox is a children' s disease. Adults can get chicken pox as well, but only if they did not have it as they were children. It is a contagious disease, but it is not very serious. With treatment, chicken pox can be cured in almost a week. Howe...