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Quick Glance: Diagnosing Asthma

August 14th, 2007 | Add a Comment

The aim of these quick-glance articles is to serve as quick reference cards for you. You may notice as we carry on with these articles that the first paragraph is always the definition of Asthma. I’ve done this to make it easier to keep the short overview in perspective. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease that makes airways (bronchial tubes) particularly sensitive to irritants, and is characterized by difficulty with breathing. Diagnosing asthma isn’t something that is easily done. If you have any of the warning signs for asthma, then it’s important to seek urgent medical advice from a doctor or allergist as soon as possible. The earlier it’s diagnosed the earlier the condition can be controlled, and the more successful the treatment can be. The most common early warning signs of asthma … Read entire article »

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Treatments Of Lung Cancer – Chemotherapy

August 11th, 2007 | Add a Comment

There are two main forms of lung cancer: small cell and non-small cell. The latest treatment protocols of each are very different. Chemotherapy is a rather toxic mix of different drugs given intravenously or orally. These medicines enter into the bloodstream and spread throughout the body, and are able to destroy the cancerous cells no matter where they are in the body. Although chemotherapy is designed to kill the cancer cells, it kills normal cells as well, which is why doctors will want to keep a close eye on your side effects. Chemotherapy may include anti cancerous drugs often in combination like cisplatin, which is often given by intra-venous route in patients with lung cancer. However, the effectiveness of chemotherapy for lung cancer depends primarily on type of lung cancer and extent … Read entire article »

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Blood Pressure Tips

August 5th, 2007 | Add a Comment

Tip 1: Getting a regular blood pressure check could well save your life. High blood pressure can be a silent killer in that it can cause other problems such as kidney failure, heart attacks and strokes – sometimes without warning and with fatal results. Tip 2: Getting used to eating food that contains less salt might be difficult at first but if you consistently stick to a lower salt intake, over time you should find that you actually quite like your food with less salt. Tip 3: Use a salt substitute. There are several available on the market. They contain less sodium chloride and are more potassium-rich. Sea salt, rock salt and natural salt are still sodium chloride so are not salt substitutes. Tip 4: Exercise, such as aerobic exercise, that makes a … Read entire article »

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