Eastern Cape enters stem cell age. The Eastern Cape has entered the stem cell age with the opening of the province’s first specialist haematology treatment unit. “Stem cell treatment is the future of medicine. Pioneering work is being done on using stem cells to treat all types of disease,” says Dr Neil Littleton, [...]
PSA Meeting Cape Town.
PROSTATE SUPPORT ACTION (PSA) GROUP Cell Phone Contact: 073 560 3067 Telephone: 021 786 16 71 Hello to all of you with an interest in our group. Herewith a copy of the May notice which I hope will appear in your local “knock and drop” community newspapers. At time of writing I do [...]
Medical Aid Pitfalls.
Gap-cover health insurance under scrutiny. THE government is tightening the noose on companies selling “gap-cover” health insurance, hoping it can stabilise the medical schemes market and ensure better consumer protection by scrapping all but a few tightly defined products. Last Friday the Treasury published draft regulations to both the Long-term and Short-term Insurance Acts, [...]
Aspirin may fight Cervical Cancer
Aspirin may fight cervical cancer in HIV infected women. 19.01.2012 Aspirin should be evaluated for its ability to prevent the development of cervical cancer in HIV-infected women, says a new international report. The report, published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, says this simple and inexpensive solution has the potential to provide enormous benefit for [...]
Breast Cancer and Yoga
Tari Prinster, a yoga instructor at the OM Yoga Center on Broadway, is targeting her classes to a very specific clientel: breast cancer survivors. // <![CDATA[ $(document).ready(function() { if (!(window.history.pushState === undefined)) { link = $(' '); $('.minipicturebox').prepend(link); } }); // ]]> Seventeen years ago, Prinster, now 66, first started practicing yoga because she wanted [...]
Breast reconstruction – or not?
I had a bi-lateral mastectomy in 2008 and after the surgery my surgeon advised me not to have reconstruction. My sister died of breast cancer at a young age and he believed that without reconstruction, a re-occurrence will be picked up more quickly. I didn’t question this but knew (internally) that I couldn’t deal with [...]
Useful Mesothelioma website
The Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance is a leading online resource providing comprehensive information about this rare cancer. Visit the site to learn more about exposure risks, symptoms, and treatment options of the disease. You can also visit their Community Resource Network, which connects patients and families with valuable resources needed during the cancer battle. http://www.mesothelioma.com/
Cancer and Bone Health
A useful link to information on Bone Health and Breast Cancer, Multiple Myeloma, and Prostate Cancer. http://www.cancercare.org/tagged/bone_health
Risks of Cancer Survival
LESLIE TOLDO. 08/07/2011. Childhood cancer survivors on average live 10 years less than the rest of us, mainly because being a survivor opens the door to new risks. Tanasia Dogan knows that all too well. After sinus cancer in high school left her disfigured, she’s just starting to go out in public again. “Embarrassed and [...]
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