by Ashley Staker on June 10, 2010
There are few good things to say about breast cancer-except that, in most cases, there are usually good treatment options. For many men with prostate cancer, however, the decision about how to proceed is often less clear. Many doctors advocate a “let’s see what happens” approach, which can be less than encouraging. Prostate cancer [...]
by Ashley Staker on June 7, 2010
Tinnitus can be like the soundtrack to a scary movie — a constant, high- or low-pitched drone, whistling, clicking, even roaring sound in your ear that never stops. In a word, annoying. There’s no medicine or procedure that can be relied upon to make it go away. Nor is there a single specific cause — [...]
by Ashley Staker on March 23, 2010
Cost-consciousness and excellent medical care can go hand in hand — for instance, a recent discovery in genetic medicine lets doctors customize chemotherapy not only to increase the likelihood it will work, but also to dramatically cut overall costs. Specifically, scientists have found that people with a certain gene mutation do not respond to cetuximab [...]
by Ashley Staker on January 25, 2010
It can be life shattering dealing with any sort of depression and even harder if you do not have any help to get through it. Instead of using a drug method to diminish your depression try some drug free depression treatments and avoid relying on any depression drug out there. Depression remains stubbornly intractable for [...]