Watching Cancer Related Health Issues

Who Can You Trust With Your Health?

Why Are So Many Americans Overweight, Fatigued, or Facing Chronic Pain & Degenerative Disease?   Americans have been disconnected from the knowledge and information that creates balanced health. We have forgotten many basic principles of how to maintain our health.   We have forgotten how to prevent illness and degenerative conditions.   We have forgotten the connections between the soil and the h ...
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CyberKnife System Use for Prostate Cancer Quadrupled

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) , a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that use of its CyberKnife(R) Robotic Radiosurgery System to treat extracranial tumors non-invasively has increased by 75 percent worldwide during Accuray's fiscal year ending June 30, 2007. The most dramatic growth was seen in the treatment of lung and prostate cancer in the United States, which doubled and quadrupled respectively since the end of fiscal year 2006. For more than four d ...
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Cryoablation as Salvage Therapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer

Cryosurgery was first used to treat prostate cancer in the early 1970s. Sine then, changes in equipment and techniques have improved the results of cryosurgery, in both tumor control and lower morbidity. Ultrasound-guided surgery allows monitoring of freezing in real time. Monitoring temperature at critical locations, separating the rectum and prostate by saline injection, and using argon gas rather than liquid nitrogen-based equipment have improved results and lowered complication rates. Cryoablation as Salvage Therapy for R ...
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PROVENGE - Designed to stimulate a patient's own immune system

Written by Jack Leeroy Chicago, IL. -- Apr 21, 2007 -- /prbuzz/ -- PROVENGE is an investigational product that may represent the first in a new class of active cellular immunotherapies that are uniquely designed to stimulate a patient's own immune system. PROVENGE is in late-stage clinical development for the treatment of patients with advanced prostate cancer. In clinical studies, patients typically received three infusions over a one-month period as a complete course of therapy. The FDA has to give their opinion on wh ...
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Extreme Makeover or the decision to undergo cosmetic surgery

The decision to undergo cosmetic surgery should never be taken lightly; so you should be absolutely confidant in your choice to go under the knife.  Always do your research before committing to a cosmetic surgeon; make sure they come highly recommended. And don’t forget: any cosmetic procedure is considered surgery and comes with a certain amount of risk. This guide will walk you through some of the more popular cosmetic procedures; always consult your surgeon for more in depth information. Breast Augmenta ...
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The Ghost of the Silicone Implants Returns

No, not poltergeists: Breast implants filled with silicone gel. For women who’ve had a bad experience with implants, that news may be little better than a visit from an angry apparition. There are women around the world who hold silicone breast implants responsible for their autoimmune disease or cancer. These women must be shaking their heads in amazement: Why are silicone implants available again? The way this question is answered says a lot about the role you think the government should play in your health ...
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