Wellness Pyramid

Aspirin Helps in Reducing Cancer Deaths, a Study Finds

By Roni Caryn Rabin, NY Times Many Americans take aspirin to lower their risk of heart disease, but a new study suggests a remarkable added benefit, reporting that patients who took aspirin regularly for a period of several years were 21 percent less likely decades later to die of solid tumor cancers, including cancers of [...]

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Simple steps can limit risk of cancer

By Ranit Mishori, The Washington Post September 27, 2010 There was a time when “cancer” was a word that was only whispered in polite society. It was the devastating, invidious illness that almost nothing could be done about. Death from cancer was ugly, unavoidable and best not thought about until you absolutely had to. Preventing [...]

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Blood Test to Spot Cancer Gets Big Boost from J&J

By Marilynn Marchione, Ap Medical Writer A blood test so sensitive that it can spot a single cancer cell lurking among a billion healthy ones is moving one step closer to being available at your doctor’s office. Boston scientists who invented the test and health care giant Johnson & Johnson announced Monday that they are [...]

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What is Minimally-Invasize Surgery?

By Mehmet Oz, TIME magazine What is minimally invasive surgery? Some argue that this benign-sounding concept just transfers the pain of the operation from the patient to the surgeon. Others can’t even agree on a definition of the term, believing that any procedure that causes less morbidity is by nature minimally invasive. I think that [...]

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Understanding Acupuncture: Time to Try It?

National Institutes of Health Acupuncture is a traditional medicine that’s been practiced in China and other Asian countries for thousands of years. Its proponents say it can do everything from relieving pain to bringing a general sense of wellness. Others think the only benefits you get from acupuncture are in your head. Recent studies have [...]

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Vulvar Cancer: Symptoms

You can have vulvar cancer without having any symptoms, but some possible, common symptoms of vulvar cancer are: Vulvar itching that does not improve. A change in skin color around the vulva. Your skin may become more red, lighter, or darker in color than the surrounding skin. A change in the feel of your skin around [...]

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Vulvar Cancer: Risk Factors

Vulvar cancer is rare. It accounts for 4% of reproductive cancers and only 0.6% of all cancers in women.  Nearly 90% of vulvar cancers begin in the squamous cells.  Squamous carcinomas that are small and have not spread are highly curable by surgery alone.  The second most common type of vulvar cancer is melanoma.  Only a [...]

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Vaginal Cancer: Symptoms & Prevention

Symptoms There are often no symptoms in the early stages of vaginal cancer, before cancer has spread. Many women with invasive vaginal cancer have symptoms such as those listed below.  But they may also be caused by less serious, non-cancerous conditions.  If you have any of these symptoms, talk to your doctor. Vaginal bleeding after [...]

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Vaginal Cancer: Risk Factors

Vaginal cancer is rare. It accounts for about 3% of all reproductive cancers in women.  About 2,420 women will be diagnosed with the disease this year. Doctors do not know what causes vaginal cancer and there is no known way to prevent it. Certain factors can make you more likely to get this type of [...]

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Vaginal Cancer: Traditional Treatment

Each type of treatment for vaginal cancer has a different goal. You may have more than one type of treatment. Your doctors will take your individual situation into consideration when making treatment recommendations. Here is a list of the main treatments and their goals. Surgery. Small cancers in the vagina that have not spread may [...]

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