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It is no secret that what we choose to eat impacts our health on a daily basis. Some foods are rich in anti oxidants, and some foods are known to contain healthy amounts of beneficial bacteria. Could some foods fight abnormal cell growth that occurs when one is diagnosed with cancer? Consider these foods and the effect that they can have on the effects of cancer, as well as prevention.

Avocados have chemicals in them that are rich in antioxidants and attack free radicals within the body. Free radicals are one of the known cancer causing cells, and avocados assist in the attack of these cells. Avocados are not only good for liver cancer, but are good for fighting liver damage and contain more potassium than bananas. They block the intestinal absorption of certain fats into the body.

Nitrosamines are cancer causing substances and can lead to specific types of stomach cancer. Chili peppers and jalapenos as well other hot peppers contain the chemical capsaicin which can neutralize these cancer causing substances. Peppers have been known to have healing powers for centuries, so next time there is pasta being made put in some extra fresh peppers.

It is a common saying to eat vegetables that are rich in color, many say the greener the vegetable and richer the color the more beneficial that the vegetable is for you. Broccoli has been known to prevent colon and prostate cancer for decades and is looked upon as one of the most heart healthy vegetables due to its rich green color.

Flax is another food that has antioxidants and when the seeds are crushed beneficial oils are released. It can easily be added to a variety of foods and available at most health food stores. It is one of the highest foods that can fight cancer and protect against heart disease. Flax seeds and flax oil are some of the most common health supplements.

Garlic is good for the immune system and can increase the activity within our bodies to promote a healthy immune system and therefore is important in indirectly preventing cancerous activity within the body. Garlic has been discovered to block carcinogens and slow the development and growth of tumors. Studies have shown that those who consume garlic are at half the risk of developing many types of stomach cancer than those who do not consume the helpful root. There are certain bacteria within the stomach that have been known to cause stomach cancer and garlic protects against h. pylori – one of these cancer promoting bacterium.

Grapefruits, grapes and oranges as well as other citrus fruits can sweep carcinogens from the body – literally! Because of the high instances of vitamin c, folic acid and beta carotene eating these citrus foods can inhibit the growth of many cancer cells, including breast cancer. Grapes contain an important cancer fighting ingredient, resveratol which inhibits the enzymes and these enzymes can inhibit the growth of certain cancer cells. Citrus foods also seem to slow the growth of tumors within the body.

We are what we eat, and many times we can prevent certain illnesses, including cancer – it gives us more incentive to eat healthily.

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Bone cancer is rare and accounts for less than 1% of all new tumors. Not all bone tumors are fatal in fact benign (non cancerous) abnormalities are more common than malignant ones. Most bone cancers are secondary and have been spread from another site. Primary bone cancer which starts in the bone is quite rare constituting less than one per cent of all malignant tumors. They are more common in males, especially in children and adolescents. The most common type of primary bone cancer is osteosarcoma. This type of carcinoma usually affects young adults. It can affect any bone, but the arms, legs and pelvis are more commonly affected. Other less common forms of primary bone cancer include Ewing sarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma and chondrosarcoma.

Primary Bone Cancer
The causes of primary bone tumours are not known; however, adults who have Pagets disease (a bone disease) may have an increased risk.

Secondary bone cancer
Secondary bone cancer is the most common bone cancer. It is a carcinoma that starts somewhere else in the body and spreads (metastasises) to the bone. The most common cancers that spread to the bone originate in the breast, prostate, lung, kidney and thyroid.

Reticulum cell sarcoma of the bone
A cancerous tumor of the bone marrow presenting in more males than females.

Leukaemia
Cancer of the blood, which starts in the bone marrow

Symptoms of bore cancer
Symptoms tend to develop slowly and depend on the type, location, and size of the tumor. The signs and symptoms of bone cancer include: painful bones and joints, swelling of bones and joints, problems with movement, susceptibility to fractures. Less common symptoms include: unexplained weight loss, tiredness, fever and sweating.

Remember bone cancer is very rare so if you have any of these symptoms it is likely to be caused by another condition. Always see your doctor if you have for a diagnosis.

Causes
Although bone cancer does not have a clearly defined cause, researchers have identified several factors that increase the likelihood of developing these tumors. A small number of bone cancers are due to heredity.

Diagnosis
Bone cancer can present itself in any of the bones of the body, but it is diagnosed most often in the long bones of the arms and legs.

Diagnosing bone cancer involves a number of tests, including: X-rays and bone scans to show the exact location and size of the cancer (these are always done prior to biopsy), bone biopsy where a small sample of the cancer is removed from the bone and examined in the laboratory for the presence of malignant cells, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan similar to a CT scan but uses magnetism instead of x-rays to build three-dimensional pictures of your body.

Treatment
The treatment and prognosis of bone cancer depend upon multiple factors including the type and extent of the cancer, the patient’s age and overall health status. Tumors may be treated with surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of these.

Primary bone cancers:
The tumor, surrounding bone tissue and nearby lymph nodes are surgically removed. In severe cases, the affected limb may need to be amputated, but this is rare. Treatment may also include radiotherapy (x-rays to target and kill the cancer cells) and chemotherapy (anti-cancer drugs). These may be given before surgery, to shrink the cancer and/or afterward to destroy any remaining cancer cells.

Secondary bone cancer:
Treatment depends on the treatment for the original tumor, but usually includes chemotherapy, radiotherapy or hormone therapy. Surgery may be needed to strengthen the affected bone.

Prognosis
Overall, the chance of recovery (prognosis) for bone cancers has improved significantly since the development of modern chemotherapy. The chance of recovery will depend on a variety of influences; if the cancer has spread, the type of bone cancer, the size of the tumour, location, the person’s general health and other individual factors.

If the tumor is very small and localized, the five-year survival rate is close to 90 percent. If the cancer has begun to spread, however, survival becomes more difficult. The five-year survival rate is only about 60 percent, and the prognosis is poor once the cancer spreads.

Bone cancer in cats and dogs
Bone carcinoma in dogs and cats can be a challenging disorder. Osteosarcoma is by far the most common bone tumour if dogs, usually striking the leg bones of larger breeds. Chemotherapy significantly prolongs the survival of animals with osteosarcoma when used in conjunction with surgery. For dogs Cisplatin alone or in combination with doxorubicin markedly improves survival time to a median of 8-10 months with the percentage of dogs alive after11 months at 50%.

Feline Osteosarcoma unlike its canine counterpart it has a much lower rate of metastasis and longer term survival can be expected with complete excision. Median survival for cats with osteosarcoma is approximately 2 years with many cats outreaching that.

Nanotech Medicines

Technology and medical science has evolved at a greater pace as compared to the evolution of human beings. Every now and then, there are developments. One of the latest in the medical science is the Nanomedicine. Man ever since has understood the nuances of life have been worried about the day when he would have to face death. He understands that every thing that is born would die, but doesn’t want to acknowledge this fact. Man is trying to explore every possibility to sustain the life. He wants to defeat death and wants some kind of remedy, which would help humans being youthful and alive forever.

Nanomedicine is the output of the nanotechnology. This could be understood as a very tiny step towards human desire to live. There are so many diseases and there are cures as well. However, no one cure could be 100% and side effects should be expected. With the use of Nanomedicine, the side effects of the medicines and therapy conducted for a disease could be reduced and success rate of the effectiveness of the same could be increased. This simply means that Nanomedicine is a booster that would help make the tools of medical science even stronger than before.

The principle on which this medicine works is, this technique would aim at utilizing nanoparticles, sensors after a detailed diagnosis and the MEMS (micro-electro mechanical system) and then monitor & observe the vivo bio chemical activities.

The advantages of Nanomedicine are listed below -

• By just modifying the genetic material diseases as deadly as caner could be taken care off.
• Disease elimination will become normal.
• With this, before the symptoms are on the surface the disease could be diagnosed.
• It administers drugs.
• Uses tools that can gauge the effectiveness of the treatment

Nanotech Medicine

A stage 4 prognosis of cancer leaves many people feeling powerless. Particularly if the cancer was only diagnosed at this late stage. For patients and their families who have literally watched cancer progress to stage 4, despite efforts to reverse it, the sense of demise is confronting.

It seems incredible then, to read about cancer patients who have managed to reverse and survive their condition with a stage 4 prognosis.

Yet, throughout the Internet lie hundreds of first-hand accounts of cancer winners and the treatments that their doctors and health professionals have used to help them beat their cancer diagnosis, including stage 4 cancers of all types.

Because these natural treatments are not patentable, drug companies have little financial interest in them and therefore these approaches do not reach the practices of most doctors. Further, conventional doctors are not trained in the use of nutritional supplements, herbs and other natural medicines, only in medicines prescribed by the FDA. Most doctors simply don’t have the knowledge or training. Yet some who are open to alternative approaches, have explored new treatments and are quietly healing.

One example is a nutritional supplement used by alternative physicians to achieve complete remission of aggressive, stage 4 cancers. One treatment center has observed a 70% positive response rate in stage 4 patients taking only eight teaspoons of the supplement daily. One stage 4 breast cancer patient, given only two weeks to live by a hospice, recovered with the help of the supplement without the negative side effects of chemotherapy and radiation.

Many survivors and their treatment providers are keen to share their knowledge and experiences, in the hope of saving lives and quality of life.

Nanotech Medicine

You have probably heard words starting with the prefix nano and thought of it as something that has big potential but never really bothered to see what’s behind. Nanotechnology and it’s subfields are fast growing technologies that will, as the title says, turn the world around. Probably the most potential of all nanotechnology divisions is nanomedicine.

Nanomedicine is a subfield of nanotechnology that is often defined as applying nanotechnology to human systems. To simplify this definition, it is important to say that by using nanomedicine it will be possible to repair and construct human biological systems such as tissues. What this means is that it will be possible to grow a new liver or any other organ and then replace the damaged one with the newly constructed one. Some of the most deadly diseases will be curable – cancer or AIDS. Millions of lives will be saved. Of course, many other diseases are also going to be “cleared” – Alzheimer’s, cardiovascular diseases and many other. Basically, it will be possible to grow new cells out of stem cells.

From an ethical point of view, nanomedicine is still being discussed. Some experts think that no human should “play” God and build human systems by hand while many others are pushing it forward and supporting it. Many investors see the nanotechnology sector as a big opportunity for investing. In order to gain large return on invested, many investors are advising their clients to invest in the nanotechnology sector. Governments (USA, EU) are already investing billions of dollars into this industry because they know about it’s potential.

Time will show what nanotechnology and nanomedicine are all about. Whether ethical or not, expensive or not – they will turn the world around, that’s for sure.

Nanotechnology Medicine

The bladder is a hollow organ lying within pelvis, which collects urine from the kidneys via tubes called ureters and stores it until it is full enough to empty through the urethra.

Bladder cancer is any type of malignant growth in the bladder. There are two main types – superficial and invasive. The superficial tumours, sometimes known as bladder warts, do not spread and are fairly easily treated. Invasive tumours, which have spread beyond the bladder walls, have a poorer prognosis.

Bladder cancer is more common in men, especially those over the age of sixty years. Cigarette smoking is known to be a major risk factor and accounts for about 60% of all new cases. Other risk factors include exposure to chemicals as used in certain industries. Women who have regularly used permanent hair dyes are at greater risk of developing the condition, as are hairdressers. The exact causes however remain unknown and research continues.

The symptoms of bladder malignancy may include blood in the urine, also known as haematuria, and pain or frequency passing urine. These symptoms, however, are not specific and could well be related to other conditions such as urinary tract infections or kidney stones. If you notice blood in your water it is important that you see your doctor as soon as possible for some diagnostic tests. But please do not panic as the blood may be from an entirely benign source. Haematuria does not always indicate bladder cancer but must be checked out.

To diagnose the problem the doctor will take a full medical history, do a physical examination and send a specimen of urine away for testing. Depending on the results the next step may be a cystoscopy, which is a simple procedure, using a fibre-optic tube with a light source attached to inspect the inside of the bladder. The scope is passed into the bladder via the urethra. If any abnormal areas or growths are noted cells can be taken for further examination to see whether they are cancerous or not.

If cancer is diagnosed the next step is to determine whether it is localised or has spread from it’s original location.

Treatment is by surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy. The type of cancer, age and general health of the patient will determine which treatment or combination of treatments is used.

Early diagnosis always improves the outcome. If you experience any of the above symptoms please seek immediate medical help. If you notice blood in your urine report it to your doctor so that it can be investigated and any appropriate treatment started.

If you have been diagnosed as having a bladder cancer you will need to attend for regular check ups so the condition can be monitored.

People who smoke 20 cigarettes a day for 10 years have double the risk of developing bladder cancer compared with non-smokers. If you stop smoking the risk is reduced. If you have been diagnosed with superficial bladder cancer and are a smoker, stopping smoking will greatly reduce the risk of any recurrence.

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