Fibre

Fibre is a much-needed component in the human diet. It is extremely useful in preventing disturbances of the intestine and digestive system, including cancer of the colon, rectum and diverticulitis or ulcerative colitis. With the advent of the low fibre Westernised diet, cancer of the colon has become one of the biggest killers amongst people [...]

General Tips

If you are feeling nauseous try to blend any of the foods featured in the following diet in a food processor or blender and then drink hot or cold. It is important to keep energy and nutrition levels high while undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy, as nutrients are required in large amounts by the [...]

A person’s mood and attitude has a tremendous bearing on the function of their immune system. It has now been significantly proven that the emotions of anxiety and chronic stress negatively affect the function of our immune system and lower our body’s immune resistance, leaving it open to developing cancer.

Other negative emotions such as depression, [...]

Radiation Therapy Explained

Radiation therapy, also known as radiotherapy, is a widely used method of orthodox cancer treatment. It is commonly employed as a modern treatment for persons afflicted with cancer, in an attempt to kill the malignant tissue that is involved with cancer. It can be used singularly, as the primary method of treatment, or [...]

Q. Will I definitely lose my hair?

A. NO. Patients do not always lose their hair. It depends on the amount of chemotherapy drugs the doctors choose to use, the type of drugs being used and the length of the treatment. Chemotherapy affects each person differently. There are no set rules as to who [...]

Recently a link has been established between trichomonas infection and problems in pregnancy. Pregnant women with trichomoniasis have a higher incidence of premature rupture

of membranes and premature delivery of the infant. Vaginal infection with trichomonas can also be passed to the newborn during delivery, causing either genital or lung infection in the child.

Men usually do [...]

incidence: common

cause: virus (human immunodeficiency virus) symptoms: sometimes viral illness after infection, but often none initially;

later, weight loss, fever, lymph node swelling, recurrent

infections

treatment: no cure, but medications can slow disease process

WHAT IS IT?

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the virus that causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). HIV and AIDS are not the same thing, [...]

The use of oral contraceptive pills has been considered a potential risk factor for the development of cervical dysplasia in women with HPV possibly because of the mild suppression of the immune system caused by the hormones in the pills. At this time, however, it is not recommended that women with HPV discontinue taking birth [...]

Oral sex involves placing your mouth to a partner’s genital area. Many couples take great pleasure in oral sex. Performing oral sex on a female partner is called cunnilingus, and performing oral sex on a male partner is called fellatio. STDs can be transmitted through oral contact, however, so you must know how to help [...]

Which brings us to PSA and age. The theory here is this: As a man ages, his prostate gets bigger. Therefore, why should the PSA cutoff point be the same for a 40-year-old man as for an 80-year-old man (who probably has a higher PSA level anyway, due to BPH)? In a study led by [...]