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Cancer-Risk Can Be Prevented by Diabetes Drug-Metformin

de Art Writ, November 28th, 2011

One of the metabolic diseases that is rapidly affecting millions of people worldwide is Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes may either be lifestyle related (develops through time-type II) or juvenile in onset (type I). It is a state wherein the blood sugar level remains in a high amount due to the inability of the pancreas to produce enough insulin (hormone that transports glucose or sugar into the cells) or the inability of the insulin receptors to work with the insulin. As a result, excessive urination (polyuria), intense desire to each (polyphagia) and increase thirst (polydipsia) occurs.

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Men: Less Participative in Cancer Screenings

de Art Writ, November 25th, 2011


All over the globe, cancer is already dominating as time goes by. May be due to the predisposing and risks factors that one can have. Cancer is a state wherein there is an uncontrollable proliferation of abnormal cells in the body, may it be immature in nature or either mature enough in excessive amount.

Malignant cancer cells are fatal if not detected early and does not given prompt medical attention. These kinds of cells are highly undifferentiated and can metastasize (spread) in different parts of the body. Signs and symptoms of cancer may depend on the affected organ or part of the body (e.g. lung cancer: difficulty of breathing, cough, chest pain, etc.). Despite the danger and harm, cancer is highly curable, treatable and most of all, preventable. The key on fighting cancer is actually no other than early detection.

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Acupuncture Believed To Cure Radiation Side Effects

de Art Writ, November 16th, 2011

Radiation therapy for patients with cancer is used to treat any forms of cancer in a localized manner. In cases when the affected part is the head or neck part, side effects like dry mouth or xerostomia can occur. Xerostomia is a condition wherein the mouth becomes severely dry. Salivary production is impaired adding up to the drying of the mouth. It also can leads to pain, impaired speaking and sleep disturbances, and difficulty to chew and eat food, and posts risks for infection.  Most current treatments of xerostomia are palliative and offer inadequate benefit, according to Lorenzo Cohen, Ph.D., professor in MD Anderson’s Departments of General Oncology and Behavioral Science and director of the Integrative Medicine Program.

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Cost of Cancer is Unsustainable in Rich Countries

de Art Writ, September 27th, 2011

Oncology experts said on Monday that in many developed or first world countries, the rise of new technologies and treatments for cancers and the increasing cases of cancer means that cancer per se, is becoming rapidly unaffordable and costly.

Because of the increase in costs, there is a need to shift the attention of the physicians in order to address the fairer access to medicines and tackle the questions like balancing extra months of life for patients against costs of a new drug, technology or care plan. “The cancer community needs to take responsibility and not accept a sub-standard evidence base and an ethos of very small benefit at whatever cost,” according to the Lancet Oncology Medical Journal’s report on the costs of cancer.  “There should be fair prices and real value from new technologies.”

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$1.20 Per Person Can Curb Chronic Diseases, WHO Says

de Art Writ, September 19th, 2011

According to the World Health Organization last Sunday, as little as $1.20 per person per year can prevent and treat millions of patients with cancer, heart diseases, diabetes and lung diseases in poor countries.

A study released during the eve of the first UN assembly on chronic or non-communicable diseases (NCDs) suggested that cheap measures can be pioneered by the government of developing countries. These baby steps can potentially curb life threatening diseases, and avoid spending and losing millions to billions of dollars because of the threat of rampancy of NCDs.

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