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Author :: Maggie Rankin  |
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| Article Title :: The Monthly Ritual |
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| Right arm raised,
languid wrist drooped in a Bob Fosse pose
belies my inner tensionI lean in close.
Rough, garden stained fingers probe
is that a lump or a new lesion?The mirror allows no illusions
hands slide over matron's belly, shiny scars
maps of babies swellingNext I lift an empty, sagging breast
translucent globe
a blue veined atlas.I shed my fatalistic coat of armor,
embrace the sweet reprieve --
the monthly ritual complete.I am currently in remission from a stage 3 melanoma. Four years ago I found a lesion which I showed my doctor who told me it was a wart. After a few months of treating it with w (read full article) |
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| Category :: Cancer Articles |
Author :: Gautam Hosahalli Nagaiah |
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| Article Title :: Mesothelioma Exposed! |
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| Mesothelioma is an uncommon tumour arising from mesothelial lining of serous cavities, most often in the pleural (covering of lungs) cavity, and rarely in peritoneal (coverings of abdomen) cavity and pericardial (covering of the heart) sac. They are of two types --- benign (solitary) and malignant (diffuse). The biological behavior of the mesothelioma’s can be usually predicted by their gross appearance; thoses forming solitary, discrete masses are generally benign, whereas those, which grow diffusely, are usually malignant.BENIGN (SOLITARY) MESOTHELIOMABenign or solitary mesothelioma is also called pleural fibroma. Asbestos exposure plays no role on the etiology of (read full article) |
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| Category :: Cancer Articles |
Author :: Jason Gluckman |
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| Article Title :: Asbestos |
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| Asbestos, a naturally occurring complex silicate, was extensively used in many industries, including insulation in ship building, manufacture of brake linings, and automobiles. Asbestos is a common name given to a group of six fibrous minerals which have their existence in two general forms, friable and non-friable. The friable Asbestos gets crumbled to its most hazardous powder form even on the application of hand pressure. It is comparatively difficult to crumble non-friable Asbestos to powder form. However, in a highly damaged condition, non-friable Asbestos gets crumbled to powder on application of even minimal pressure. The dry powders of non-friable Asbestos or friable Asbestos are (read full article) |
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| Category :: Cancer Articles |
Author :: Jason Gluckman |
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| Article Title :: Asbestos And Mesothelioma 1 |
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| Asbestos, a naturally occurring complex silicate, was extensively used in many industries, including insulation in shipbuilding, manufacture of brake lining, and automobiles. Asbestos is a common name given to a group of six fibrous minerals which have their existence in two general forms, friable and non-friable. The toxic effects induced by asbestos inhalation include desquamating alveolitis, bronchiolitis, and pulmonary fibrosis. Other more serious health ailments caused by asbestos exposure include pleural effusion, pleural plaques, pleural calcification, and Mesothelioma (a highly malignant disease).Mesothelioma, a serious health problem associated with asbestos exposure, star (read full article) |
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| Category :: Cancer Articles |
Author :: Jason Gluckman |
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| Article Title :: Asbestos Cancer |
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| Asbestos, a naturally occurring complex silicate, was extensively used in many industries, including insulation in ship building, manufacture of brake linings, and automobiles. Asbestos is a common name given to a group of six fibrous minerals which have their existence in two general forms, friable and non-friable. The toxic effects induced by Asbestos inhalation include desquamating alveolitis, bronchiolitis, and pulmonary fibrosis. Other more serious health ailments caused by Asbestos exposure include pleural effusion, pleural plaques, pleural calcification, and Asbestos Cancer (mesothelioma).Asbestos Cancer, a serious health problem associated with Asbestos exposure, starts whe (read full article) |
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| Category :: Cancer Articles |
Author :: Jason Gluckman |
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| Article Title :: Asbestos Exposure |
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| Asbestos, being regulated by OSHA and cited by ACGIH, DOT, NIOSH, NTP, DEP, IARC, HHAG, and EPA, falls on the Hazardous substance list. Also, because of the associated carcinogenic effect, it falls on the Special Health Hazard Substance List. Workplace Exposure limits for Asbestos fibers longer than 5 micrometers have been set. It should, however, be considered that Asbestos, being a carcinogen in humans, has no safe level of Exposure. The crucial steps to minimize Asbestos Exposure to workers and their family members include establishment of a regulated, marked area for handling and storage of asbestos, preference for enclosed operations and use of local exhaust ventilation at the site (read full article) |
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| Category :: Cancer Articles |
Author :: Jason Gluckman |
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| Article Title :: Asbestos Lawyers |
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| The companies exposed to the hazardous effects of Asbestos continued to expose their workers to the deadly element. No protection from the Asbestos dust and no information on its health hazards were provided to the Asbestos workers. Many died. The result observed was ugly, and it was therefore an essential need to bring justice by law to those who suffered ailments from Asbestos in the environment.Asbestos Lawyers are the lawyers that specialize in the cases dealing specifically with the hazardous effects induced by Asbestos exposure. They work in the area of law and bring home justice in the form of compensation to those who suffered ill health, because of Asbestos in the present (read full article) |
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| Category :: Cancer Articles |
Author :: Jason Gluckman |
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| Article Title :: Asbestos Removal |
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| Many buildings hold the presence of carcinogenic Asbestos which was used in thermal system insulation and numerous other materials. Before the ban on “popcorn ceilings” in the United States in 1978, its use was a common practice in the construction of homes. The “popcorn ceiling” is a source of the dangerous Asbestos, and therefore initiates a health need to remove the Asbestos present in the home and get the same verified in a competent laboratory. Asbestos might also be found in homes built as late as 1986, and therefore initiates a need of even their inspection. It is essential to determine the location of Asbestos, and them remove and dispose of it.After removal, a prop (read full article) |
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| Category :: Cancer Articles |
Author :: Rebecca Prescott |
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| Article Title :: Prostate Cancer Research - The Promise Of Pomegranates |
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| Pomegranates have long been used in traditional folk remedies to treat sore throats, inflammation, and rheumatism. And recent scientific research has suggested they are also potentially effective in both preventing and treating prostate cancer.One study, conducted on human prostate cancer cells in lab dishes, at the University of Wisconsin, found that there were dose dependant improvements. Another study at the same facility injected mice with human prostate cancer cells. These mice developed malignancies. Some mice were fed plain water, whilst two other groups of mice were given water mixed with different concentrations of pomegranate extract.Those mice that had water only (read full article) |
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| Category :: Cancer Articles |
Author :: Michael Jozefiak |
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| Article Title :: Mesothelioma and the Asbestos Time Bomb |
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| The one-time friend turned killer that was once such an indispensible, yet unnoticed, part of our daily lives for so many centuries, is now a feared enemy. It is Asbestos (from the Greek for 'inextinguishable') and is the reason for thousands of global compensation claims by mesothelioma lawyers against employers, manufacturers and processors of asbestos-related products. Many asbestos workers, and those unwitingly exposed to asbestos, have been given a mesothelioma diagnosis for which there is no cure, maybe just a little temporary relief, until the inevitable distressing death a few months or years after diagnosis.
Mesothelioma is a time bomb because it can be t (read full article) |
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