Diagnosed with cancer as a teenager, Zoё Szypillo 23, didn’t thin she’d get to her 17th birthday But she was never going to give up on her dreams “Ever since I was eight, I’d dream of becoming a model...

Breast cancer radiotherapy is at best an ordeal and at worst a living nightmare for many women The worst moment after being told you really do have cancer is being told you will need chemotherapy and radiotherapy as treatment to fight the disease Having been there I know it’s shocking and I felt I just simply would never cope with it all...

Herceptin Treatment is a fairly new treatment for breast cancer It was originally licensed for women who had some form of meteastatic breast cancer spread but a little over two years ago it was licensed to be used on any woman with early stage breast cancer For me this was amazing timing as I had just had a mastectomy and it was discovered that the tumour I had was HER-2 positive...

Mesothelioma is a form of lung cancer, predominantly caused by exposure to asbestos fibers In fact, mesothelioma is a cancer of the mesothelium, the sheath that covers major organs such as the lungs (pleurum), the heart (pericardium) and the abdominal cavity (peritoneum) Pleural mesothelioma is by far the most common kind...

My younger brother, Junaid, passed away recently after a two year battle with cancer He died as I was holding his hands at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto on March 19, 2008 at 11:10am Our whole family was there at his bedside when he passed away...

It has been well established that a diet high in fruits and vegetables is helpful in preventing many diseases including cancer What has also been feverishly investigated is the effects of berries on the body Some researchers have studied the health benefit of specific berries while others have focused on isolating the health-promoting bioactive compounds that give berries their claim to fame...

If you had skin cancer, would you know it For many people, the answer to this question is no They don't know how to look for signs of skin cancer on their own skin...

It's a known fact, everyone wants to live a longer and happier life And really, all that is required to achieve this is to have a healthy mind and a healthy body A healthy body is one which is full of energy, good immunity and a great detoxification system...

Despite significant advances in cancer research and treatment, one form of cancer - brain tumors - remain particularly feared, and for good reason Because of their location, brain tumors can severely impact an individual’s personality, memories and basic motor skills, robbing the patient of their very being The impact on family and friends is felt greatly, as their loved one may be “lost” to them even earlier than feared...

It used to be thought that cancer was an unpredictable disease - if your "number cam up" it was unavoidable But we are now learning that, in a majority of vases, cancer may be a "man-made" disease Causes of Cancer Scientist are discovering that many kinds of cancer can be prevented...

The learning curve in a production setting is a concept which was first introduced in the aeronautical industry during the 1920s It was developed to analyze the time taken to move from the initial phase of production, where work is slower and less efficient, to a more effective phase, once production is well established Clearly, the notion of a learning curve is relevant in surgery...

When a child is first diagnosed with a medical condition, especially a life-threatening one, the first question many parents understandably ask is, “How long does my child have to live” Medical professionals respond by quoting the statistics Statistically, all illnesses have a somewhat predictable course or an “average life expectancy...

Over the years many books have been completed and disciplines created discussing the emotional messages behind our physical symptoms What if your symptoms really are telling you something A new form of alternative emotional diagnostics is testing the beliefs perpetuated by conventional medicine...

Mesothelioma cancer is considered to be the rarest and deadliest types of cancer, and usually affects the mesothelial tissues of the body organs, normally abdomen and lungs It develops malignant and cancerous cells in mesothelium, which is the protective cell covering many internal organs of the body It can even damage other body organs by spreading out the damaged cells to them...

Melanoma skin cancer is a condition that affects millions upon millions of American people every day It is the result of abnormal cells in the skin that often result from prolonged exposure to the sun, one of the reasons why direct tanning is discouraged and strong sunblock is so strongly encouraged these days The cells that have become abnormal spread the condition to the cells surrounding them, creating a condition that can get out of hand fast if not taken care of...

A colonoscopy is an examination of the large intestine using a flexible tube which can be inserted the whole length of you large intestine This examination will reveal danger signs of cancer and other things you would like to know about your health Polyps are abnormal growths in the mucosal lining of the large intestine...

Would you believe that your life style could cause you to get cancer Eighteen years ago, before I got cancer, I believed what modern medicine said about how you get cancer At that time they said it was genetic, that your ancestors passed down the disease to you...

So under the advice and concern of my girlfriend I went to the local medical centre straight after work one evening and saw a general practitioner whom I’d met once before This particular practitioner was different to other doctors I had encountered in the past He was gentle, soft spoken and spent more time with his patients than others I had known...

There are various types of mesothelioma but asbestos lung mesothelioma is an asbestos-induced cancer of the mesothelium of the lung, more familiarly known as the pleura, which is the external lining of the lung Many of the major organs of the body have a mesothelium, that of the heart being called the pericardium and of the heart the peritoneum However, it is with the pleura that we are concerned here, and the symptoms of asbestos lung mesothelioma are what you would expect: coughing, discomfort in the chest cavity and eventual pain...

How can something that makes you look and feel so healthy...