Types Of Cancer
As I get older it seems that I find out that there are more and more types of cancer than I ever knew. Just recently my father-in-law went through a bout with colon cancer, as well as the threat of liver cancer. Though cancer does not run in my family, I do know that my great grandfather died from bone cancer. There are also many different types of cancer that only women get. The most common of these are breast and cervical cancer. Though cancer is a scary word and a scary thought, it is good to know that the number of deaths due to cancer is going down.
Perhaps the reason that cancer survivors are greater number than they used to be is because that we are beginning to understand more and more about the different types of cancer. A good example of this is cervical cancer. Just recently it was discovered that this cancer is actually cause a virus. This is great news for women all around the world. Young girls and women can now be vaccinated against this type of cancer, and the rates of deaths from this types of cancer should go down dramatically. Though there have not been other breakthroughs for other cancers like this, you never know what another may occur.
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Obesity and Pre-Diabetes
You can be diagnosed with pre-diabetes before you actually get diabetes. In pre-diabetes you have higher than normal blood sugars but they are not at the level that they would need to be in order to be considered diabetic. If you are obese or severely overweight and pre-diabetic there are steps you can take to put off the actual diagnosis of diabetes or prevent it.
The same test is used for pre-diabetes as it is for diabetes. Once you find out that you have pre-diabetes you can make a plan with your doctor to prevent the onset of the disease. By losing weight and either adding or increasing your level of physical activity you can delay diabetes for quite sometime. There have been people who have gone on to maintain a healthy weight through diet and exercise and have remained in the pre-diabetic phase for their lives.
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Signs of Stroke in Women – They May Not Be What You Expect
You may or may not know the warning symptoms of a stroke. If you do know the classic signs, there is a good chance you don’t know how stroke sometimes manifests itself in women.
If all you know are the classic signs of stroke, you don’t know enough.
Recent research has shown that the classic symptoms of stroke may not always be the symptoms women experience. Women may complain of different symptoms than men when entering and emergency room. Often, the symptoms women complain about are different from the list and because of the discrepancy, women are more apt to be checked for something other than a stroke. This wastes valuable time during which they could be receiving important and necessary treatments. Many women do have traditional symptoms so it is best not to assume they aren’t having a stroke because their signs are classic. It is important to recognize both the classic signs of stroke as well as the signs that may present themselves in the female gender exclusively.
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