Health, Disease, Prevention

Cope With Hair Loss

World's Best — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:16:55 +0000

Filed under: Cancer Caregivers Cancer patients often have a hard time coping with hair loss. Remember, not all chemotherapy medicines cause hair loss, and doctors can tell you what to expect. Although hair loss doesn’t occur right away — and hair grows back after treatment — losing one’s hair can be an emotional experience, especially because [...]

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Cancer Fundraisers And Sports: The Pink Zone

World's Best — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:16:55 +0000

Filed under: Pink products, Cancer events Just over a year ago, Kay Yow died of breast cancer. Her legacy lives on. Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987, the former North Carolina State women’s basketball coach decided to raise awareness and money to fight the disease. Among the many projects Yow was passionate about was the “Pink Zone,” [...]

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Avoiding Chemotherapy Side Effects

World's Best — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:16:55 +0000

Filed under: Cancer Caregivers After passing a bill that allows marijuana use for medical purposes, New Jersey is the fourteenth state to have legalized its use. Although the federal government still regards marijuana as illegal, it is becoming a popular drug at the state level. What most people don’t realize is that a synthetic version of [...]

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Cancer Pain: What Can You Do?

World's Best — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:16:55 +0000

Filed under: Cancer Caregivers Cancer pain can be an often-overlooked side effect. People who are first diagnosed with the disease will immediately worry about side effects like nausea; however, pain can often be a major influence in one’s life. Cancer treatments, like surgery, can be painful. Tumors can press on bones, nerves or organs as they [...]

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Winter Sun Linked To Skin Cancer

World's Best — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:16:55 +0000

Filed under: Skin Cancer If you’re like many Americans, it’s snowy or cold where you are, and you probably haven’t seen the sun in several days. That doesn’t mean that you should abandon your sunscreen! Even though you can’t feel the sun’s heat, the sun’s UV rays are still reaching your skin and causing damage. UVA [...]

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What are the modifiable risk factors of heart disease?

World's Best — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:13:47 +0000

Mr. Fantastic asked: What should you do if heart disease runs in your family? What are the modifiable risk factors of heart disease? is a post from: Health, Disease, Prevention

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Are you likely to get your period when switching from the contraceptive pill to an implant?

World's Best — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:00:11 +0000

Malomo asked: I am getting an Implanol contraceptive implant next week, and am currently using the mini pill up until my appointment. Will the implant immediately fully work or will my body register it as a break in the pill-taking, therefore as the time I would get my period? I’m hoping to avoid having my period [...]

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What is the difference between CORONARY and CONGENITAL heart disease?

World's Best — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:03:25 +0000

memyselfandi asked: I’m filling out a family health history form for my doctor and it’s asking if anyone in my family has had coronary or congenital heart disease. I know my mom has heart disease but I don’t know which kind it is. One of the arteries to her heart was becoming blocked and [...]

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I have private health insurance and insurance from work?

World's Best — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:37:30 +0000

booming_creation asked: I have private health insurance from blue cross blue shield, I also get blue cross blue-shield from the work I do for the state. If I was to use the insurance from my work would it be a conflict with the insurance I privately have? I was told that they would cancel each [...]

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I would like to know the name to a birth defect that meets some or all of the following criteria?

World's Best — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:43:20 +0000

kayakyen asked: The mother of this baby said the child has very dry skin, which cracks, bleeds and falls off. Child is developing catarats over his eyes and has some curviture of the spine. He is suseptable to infections and has breathing problems. I know that his skin disorder is sometimes reffered to as fish [...]

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