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Radiotherapy or Radiation Therapy During Breast Cancer

Radiotherapy or radiation therapy is the use of high-energy x-rays, protons or other particles to eliminate cancer cells. Fast-growing cells such as cancer cells are more sensitive to the effects of radiation therapy than normal cells.

Published 09 Jan, 2022
Awareness is the key to Prevent Suicide

Suicide…the last act of a depressed, dejected and despondent being, which they choose as a last resort to solve their life’s problems. But is suicide really a solution? Although the body can be freed from worldly pain through suicide, can the soul?

Published 09 Jan, 2022
Heart disease: the new concern for young people

In today’s world, heart disease, cardiac arrest or heart attack is considered to be one of the leading causes of death. At one time, it was thought that only the elderly were at risk of heart attacks.

Published 09 Jan, 2022
Advanced treatment for Uterine cancer now in Bangladesh

41-year-old Piara Begum, a resident of Bhola. She was suffering from a tumour, situated in her uterus, for 9 years. It was initially small in size, so she did not consider it a major problem; but slowly the tumour started to grow in size, increasing her problems.

Published 09 Jan, 2022
Heart Disease: Getting Serious About Prevention

Here’s one more way men and women are equal: neither sex should have heart disease.

Published 09 Jan, 2022
COPD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide, causing more than 32 lac deaths in 2019.

Published 27 Dec, 2021
How to Talk to Children About Cancer

“Actually, it seems strange, but I am not really so worried about me, I just don’t know how to tell my sons.” says Jane, a 52-year-old woman

Published 27 Dec, 2021
How to Be a Better Advocate for Yourself as a Patient

The ability to advocate yourself, especially as a breast cancer patient, can be incredibly powerful in shaping your cancer experience. It took me a while to realize that as a patient, I have an active and very important role in my medical care. Yet I also realize that we’re never taught how to navigate the world of […]

Published 27 Dec, 2021
Identifying Breast Cancer and Keeping it At Bay

When cells in one’s breasts begin to grow abnormally and uncontrollably, the disease is called breast cancer, a leading cause of cancer in women all over the world. Approximately 1 in every 8 women worldwide is expected to develop breast cancer during her lifetime. Only 1% of breast cancer patients are biologically male. Although exact […]

Published 27 Dec, 2021
Air pollution: How to reduce harm to your health

Some air pollution levels have inched up in recent years, and accumulating evidence

Published 09 Oct, 2021
Looking out for diverticulitis

More than half of US adults over 60 have diverticulosis, a condition where part of the

Published 09 Oct, 2021
The endocannabinoid system: Essential and mysterious

Some air pollution levels have inched up in recent years, and accumulating evidence suggests that higher levels of particulates in

Published 09 Oct, 2021
Aortic stenosis: Do health disparities affect treatment?

More than half of US adults over 60 have diverticulosis, a condition where part of the wall of the colon bulges outward and forms

Published 09 Oct, 2021
What is Cerebral Malaria?

Cerebral malaria is a serious neurological complication of severe malaria that affects about 1% of children under the age ….

Published 09 Oct, 2021