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What is it?

When immature blood cells (blasts) are proliferating, reproduce uncontrollably in the bone marrow and build up both there and in blood, achieved replacing normal cells. This uncontrolled growth is called leukemia.

Causes

The cause of leukemia is unknown in most cases. However, it is shown that a condition is not hereditary or contagious. Most often occurs in previously healthy children. Being a proliferation of immature and abnormal cells in the blood, leukemia is considered a “blood cancer.”

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Cancer remains the leading cause of death by disease in the world.

The most deadly cancers are: lung, stomach, liver, colon and breast in order, according to a report by the World Health Organization in July.

According to the WHO specialist thirty percent of cases can be prevented. However, many factors combine to prevent such prevention. One is the economic factor.

Statistics show that about eighty percent of deaths in the year 2007 and then from this disease occurs in middle-income countries or low, that is, only twenty percent in the first world countries. the reality is that greater buying power will have greater opportunities to take care of food. Of course not just about money, but lack of interest in the information or change some eating habits.

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Breast cancer is most common among women, but with early diagnosis, you can get a good outcome. It is therefore important to perform almost every month self breast exams are recommended to do around the fifth day of menstruation or on a particular day of the month if you no longer have.

Stand in front of a mirror with your arms at your side and then lifting them above his head. You see if you detect any deviation from the nipples or differences in the shape of the breast. Repeat the same but with hands on hips and chest muscles tensed.

Then raise one arm behind your head and fingers of the other hand, feels the breast in circles from the nipple out with your fingers, press in a mild, medium and firm looking for a package. Repeat palpation lying with a pillow under your shoulder on the side you do the test. Do both breasts. Click the nipple and examines whether any drainage exits. Read the rest of this entry »

Most cancers cause symptoms. So you should thoroughly examine our own body. If diagnosed in time it is possible that treatment can heal. The first thing to do is locate any lumps or nodules, you also have to check a wound or sore that does not heal, in all cases we must rule out malignancy. Check with your doctor if you detect a lump or lump in any part of the body, a skin wound or sore in the lining of the mouth that does not heal. These nodules are usually indicative of: breast cancer, testicular cancer, lymphatic cancer …

Also continuing in time can be a symptom that accompanies many diseases. In most cases this is an acute pain (for a short period of time) that disappears either spontaneously or with symptomatic treatment (analgesics). If pain persists for days or not be appropriate for a specialist assess the origin of it and discard the existence of a tumor.

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Thousands of people are plagued with skin cancer EACH year. Thousands of people are plagued with skin cancer each year. In fact, melanoma is one of the most deadly forms of skin cancer. In fact, melanoma is one of the most deadly form of skin cancer. It spreads extremely cans Patients Quickly and Often They have no idea even have this deadly cancer before it’s progressed far into Their body. It can spread very rapidly and patients often do not know they even have the deadly cancer before it develops further into their bodies. This is most due to the fact Melanoma Often does not present symptoms Until it has progressed greatly. This is largely due to the fact Melanoma is not often these symptoms until he has grown tremendously.

Is the connection between mobile phones and cancer controversial. Years of study have yielded results found. But there is no consensus on the level of cancer risk caused by the use of mobile phones.

The main concern seems to development of brain tumors associated with the use of mobile phones. Several studies have shown a slight increase in the rate of brain tumors since the 70s, but this increase may be related to subtle factors, such as greater access to the medical system and improvement of diagnostic imaging, and a slight increase from the real brain lymphoma due in part to HIV and disease others that affect the immune system. In fact, it is impossible for a mobile phone causes brain tumors is increasing at 70 because in those years were not used.

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A global problem – Excess body weight can lead to psychological disturbances and that conditions – among others – the way they dress, the agility to move or simply sit in the seat of a cinema, traveling in a minibus, Tico or a plane , which bothers, altered self-esteem and quality of life.

Excess body weight not only increases the risk of dying from cancer, it doubles the chance of suffering a fatal cardiovascular accident, and it has a negative impact on the mind and emotions.

Obesity affects daily life and which may lead to discrimination. All of which alters the lives of overweight people. Read the rest of this entry »

A childhood diet rich in calcium reduce the risk of death from cerebrovascular accident (CVA) in adulthood, while feeding in childhood or calcium-rich milk to reduce future risk of dying from any cause.

These are the results of a study published in the journal Heart.

“The custom of giving students extra milk to improve the development was quite prevalent in Europe in the twentieth century and milk consumption by children is still being promoted in many countries around the world,” said team Jolieke C. van der Pols, Medical Research Institute of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Read the rest of this entry »

After cancer and cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death. In the Netherlands in 2005 even more men died from cancer than from heart disease (source Central Statistical Office). Cancer is a disease characterized by the following symptoms:

1. There are cells that multiply uncontrollably and continue to do so.
2. The proliferating cells are spreading into surrounding tissues and have established damage (invasive growth or infiltration).
3. The proliferating cells also spread to distant sites in the body (metastasis). This is via the lymphatic (lymfogene metastasis), via the blood (hematogenous metastasis) and present in body cavities (eg abdomen). Read the rest of this entry »