Even though the wide spread fear of the H1N1 virus has lost its momentum over the past couple of weeks there has been some fear that individuals will now stop getting vaccinated. The medical community and the news from H1N1 CDC continues to remind people to get the vaccination if you have not already done [...]

Blood thinners are considered to be one of the most Dangerous medications on the market today. Many believe that the blood thinner known as “rat poison”is the cause of many deaths each year. What I believe, and know, may shock you. The information I will provide to you is in no way meant to replace [...]

Doctor’s offices are flooded with visitors all over the world these days from people wondering if they have a bird flu symptom. We are all so terrified of any kind of bird flu symptom that some people have even stopped going out where there might be other people. This is a little extreme since the [...]

This is a medical opinion about the likely course and the outcome of the disease. The prognosis gives an idea of the chance that a patient will recover or have a recurrence. Some of the factors that not only affect a person’s prognosis for liver cancer but for other cancers as well are the type [...]

A tumor is an unwanted growth of a body tissue. If it occurs in the pancreas and left unnoticed, it causes irreparable damage. Pancreatic cancer could result in the formation of tumor very quickly. The initial development of pancreatic cancer that results into a tumor is attributed to the advancement of a fluid-filled noncancerous tumor [...]

Diabetes is a condition that afflicts many people once they are in midlife. It is a common condition for many men (as the disease strikes a greater proportion of men than women) over forty to have diabetes. In recent years, with the kind of lifestyles that modern life fosters upon people, it is not uncommon [...]

Chrons disease mainly affects a person’s digestive tract. Although not life-threatening, Chrons disease can have symptoms that are quite painful to endure. This is why people suffering from it only have one important question they ask of their doctors: what is the cure for Chrons disease?If you are suffering from Chrons disease and you’re asking [...]

The last 12 hours haven’t been exactly great for me – but that’s OK.This morning I had a colonoscopy. For those of you who don’t know what that is – here goes: It involves having a long soft tube inserted into the bowel to check for any cancerous polyps, what are polyps? (A polyp is [...]