Showing posts with label treatment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label treatment. Show all posts

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Treatment for Bladder Cancer

Statistically, cancer of the urinary bladder appears to be most common in people between the ages of 50 and 70 years. 


This is a type of cancer that affects men more often than women. Studies show that it is more commonly experienced by Caucasians than African Americans. 

Bladder cancer ranks fifth among the top ten cancers that affect males. 


It is considered one of the most common malignant cancers and the tenth leading cause of cancer death. It manifests as a tumor of the bladder. 

The most common symptom of bladder cancer is visible, painless hematuria or blood in the urine.

Treatment of bladder cancer depends on the grade of the tumor (the degree of cellular differentiation), the stage of tumor growth (the degree of local invasion and the presence or absence of metastasis), and the multicentricity (having many centers) of the tumor. 

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Tennis elbow exercise


Tennis elbow is often caused by overuse or repetitive strain caused by repeated extension (bending back) of the wrist against resistance.

This may be from activities such as tennis, badminton or squash but is also common after periods of excessive wrist use in day-to-day life.

Tennis elbow affects 1% to 3% of the population overall and as many as 50% of tennis players during their careers. Less than 5% of all tennis elbow diagnoses are related to actually playing tennis.

Tennis elbow affects men more than women. It most often affects people between the ages of 30 and 50, although people of any age can be affected.




Thursday, May 28, 2009

Hypothermia - Fever Therapy for Cancer


A type of treatment in which body tissue is exposed to high temperatures to damage and kill cancer cells, or in the case of conventional therapy, to make cancer cells more sensitive to the effects of radiation and certain anticancer drugs.

Local hyperthermia treatment (heat applied to a very small area, such as a tumor) is a well-established cancer treatment method with a simple basic principle: If a rise in temperature to 106÷F can be obtained for one hour within a cancer tumor, the cancer cells will be destroyed.
The area may be heated externally with high-frequency waves aimed at a tumor from a device outside the body.

Ultrasound is more easily focused than other energy modalities, and can be applied to tumors located from the skin to 8 centimeters (approx. 3 in.) within the body.

This allows the treatment of tumors unreachable by other external modalities.

Whole-body heating is used to treat metastatic cancer that has spread throughout the body.
It can be accomplished using warm-water blankets, hot wax, inductive coils (like those in electric blankets), or thermal chambers (similar to large incubators).

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Bacterial Vaginosis - New Treatment


Dr Chris Steele discusses with Sian Welby the common but poorly understood condition of Bacterial Vaginosis (caused by an imbalance of "good" and "bad" bacteria in the vagina).

A new treatment for this condition, Balance Activ, is also explained.


Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Tennis Elbow Treatment


Shockwave therapy is a controversial treatment option for tennis elbow.
The idea behind shockwave therapy is to use sound waves to induce so-called 'micro trauma' to tissues.
This micro trauma initiates a healing response and helps to decrease inflammation.
There are several possible surgical treatments that have been successful.
These include removing a portion of the damaged tendon or releasing the attachment of the affected tendon.
A repair of the healthy portion of tendon is sometimes carried out as well.

Surgery to release the damaged tendon is usually successful, but rarely needed; about 95 percent of patients with tennis elbow can be treated without surgery.

A variety of conservation treatments should be tried prior to opting for surgery.




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Tennis Elbow Exercises :

Saturday, August 9, 2008

What is Herniated Disc ?

As a disc degenerates, it can herniate .

That means the inner core leaks out , which is known as a disc herniation or a herniated disc.

The weak spot in the outer core of the disc is directly under the spinal nerve root, so a herniation in this area puts direct pressure on the nerve, which in turn can cause a pain that radiates all the way down the patient’s leg to the foot.

Watch Chiropractic - A New Treatment for the Herniated Disc :

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Skin fungus

A lot of people get fungal infections, but they're usually easy to treat becuase a fungus rarely spreads below the skin.
In our place it called : A mushroom .
A mushroom is one type of fungus, but fungus also refers to a type of germ that lives on all of us.
This germ is harmless most of the time, but sometimes it can cause a problem called a fungal infection.
It sounds gross, but don't worry or feel embarrassed.
Getting rid of a fungal infection is not that difficult.

Washing your feet every day.

Drying your feet completely, especially between your toes.

Wearing sandals or shower shoes when walking around in locker rooms, public pools, and public showers.

Wearing clean socks.

If they get wet or damp, be sure to change them as soon as you can.

Using a medicated powder on your feet to help reduce perspiration.