UK health warning after painkiller mixup (AP)
AP – British health authorities have issued a warning after packages of an over-the-counter painkiller were found to contain antipsychotic drugs.
Month: August 2011
Genetic cancer test often urged for wrong women (Reuters)
Doctors misuse scans in prostate cancer: study (Reuters)
"Abysmal" participation in cancer trials (Reuters)
Extend STD treatment beyond patients, say ob-gyns (Reuters)
Coach Summitt’s Diagnosis Puts Spotlight on Early-Onset Alzheimer’s (HealthDay)
HealthDay – THURSDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) — Alzheimer’s disease is one
of the most dreaded afflictions of old age, but the announcement by
celebrated women’s basketball coach Pat Summit of her Alzheimer’s
diagnosis at age 59 has put a spotlight on the less common, but perhaps
even more devastating, form of the disease.
Gilead’s HIV pill shows positive results in trial (Reuters)
Reuters – Gilead Sciences Inc said its four-medicine HIV pill, known as the Quad, worked as well as the company’s widely used Atripla three-drug tablet in a late-stage trial.
From Sept. 11 Skydiving to Cancer, How I Found Humor in Tragedy (ContributorNetwork)
Camp for girls at risk of HIV aims to boost self esteem (Reuters)
Reuters – The camp in the state of Virginia has no traditional activities such as fishing or swimming but it provides young girls with statistics scarier than any campfire story.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Intends to Exercise an Option to Acquire a Wafer …
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I beat lupus with a raw food diet, says comedian Gina Yashere who believes …
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Mesothelioma – asbestos exposure and life expectancy
Asbestos causes many dangers to a human’s life and one of the most common of these after a long period of exposure is cancer diseases and even rare forms cancer such as Mesothelioma.
There are three types of Mesothelioma that a human can develop. Firstly there is peritoneal and pericardial which most commonly affect the abdomen and heart, but the most common form of Medsothelioma in patients is pleural Mesothelioma of which there is much research and knowledge due to its common diagnosis. This also results in a more reliant treatment plan for the patient with a longer life expectancy rate than other forms.
However there are many factors that decrease life expectancy in a Mesothelioma patient and although some things can be altered in the person’s life other factors unfortunately cannot be changed.
Smoking can deeply affect the life expectancy of a patient with Mesothelioma and in fact cause more problems especially as the most common form of pleural Mesothelioma has a major impact on the patient’s lungs. Anyone who is diagnosed with Mesothelioma should immediately stop and never consider starting.
By: Robert Hof
About the Author:
The author is working for a company doing asbestos surveys. So if you need asbestos surveys, have a look.