awareness of cancer. Cancer is the number two most threatening disease that is killing our people. It is very important for our people to know this disease and come up with a resolution on defeating this disease once and for all. There has to be a cure on cancer. The more we know the more greater chance that there is a cure. In the U. S. National Cancer institutes Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database for 2006 said that the estimates show in all invasive cancer the total
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HOW CANCER CELLS WORK A diagnosis of cancer can be devastating. And there is good reason for this fear -- Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States next to heart disease‚ and will claim more than half a million lives this year. Cancer also known as a malignant tumor or malignant neoplasm‚ is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Not all tumors are cancerous;benign tumors do not spread to other
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Left Brain and Right Brain Submitted by: Cacho‚ Anna Korina H. 2009-46954 CAS 09-October-2009 1 Introduction The brain is one of the most important organs of our body that controls all of our actions which helps us be coordinated. It is divided into two cerebral hemispheres‚ the left and the right‚ with each having their own specializations like the left is for the verbal tasks and the right is for the non-verbal tasks. Examples of the verbal task are
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Have you ever wondered how cancers formed? Cancer is caused in many ways‚ some are worse than others. There are also a lot of different ways to cure cancer. Thyroid cancer is cancer that can be caused by many things. Thyroid cancer kills people all the time. Any Type of cancer is bad and can kill you. Cancer is very serious. There are many types of cancer‚ but Chernobyl caused a special kind. Chernobyl caused many types of cancer. That special kind is thyroid cancer‚ it’s located on the bottom
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OVARIAN CANCER Ovarian Cancer Overview Ovarian cancer occurs when a cancerous tumor is in a woman’s ovary. In most cases‚ there are no known causes. There are often no symptoms‚ but ovarian cancer warning signs include ongoing pain or cramps in the belly or back‚ abnormal vaginal bleeding‚ and nausea and bloating. Depending on the cancer stage‚ ovarian cancer treatment includes surgery and chemotherapy. SYMPTOMS: In some cases‚ ovarian cancer may cause early symptoms. The most common symptoms
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Describe three brain-imaging techniques and explain what the literature tells us about the function and structure of the brain. This essay is going to describe three different types of brain-imaging techniques. It will also explain what the literature tells us about the function and the structure of the brain. The three types of brain-imaging techniques that will be clearly described are; CT (computed tomography)‚ PET (Positron Emission Tomography) and MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging). Brain-imaging techniques
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help of marijuana. A few of these illnesses include: glaucoma‚ cancer AND epileptic seizures. As for glaucoma‚ research has shown that the drug HAVE been proven to treat AND prevent this eye disease‚ which is caused by the increase of pressure IN the eye ball‚ damaging the optic nerve and thus results in a loss of vision. Who would want to lose their sight? No one! Hence you just smoke weed and you’ll be good to go! Cancer – Cancer is a malignant growth or tumor‚ resulting from the division of abnormal
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Adrenal cancer is types of cancer where the tumors in your body produce adrenal glands which produce hormones. Adrenal cancer is part of many diseases making one big disease. It all starts with a tumor called medulla. Most of these tumors make hormones of their own which cause them to be controlled by the tumors and not your brain and other organs. If the tumors get to big it will cause a sharp pain in your side and back because the tumors are pushing on you or other organs. Most of the Side effects
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with the most common types of cancer‚ bottom of page 1 - just the first couple for both men and women‚ they don’t include skin cancer terms top of page 2 stem cells: embryonic stem cells‚ these are what there is so much controversy about but also stem cells in many tissues of our body‚ called mature or adult stem cells there’s a theory that cancer wants to attack stem cells proliferation‚ reproduction or multiplication of cells‚ important with cancer because cancer causes cells to go haywire
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will develop cancer in their lifetimes? This seems like a lot‚ but most cases will occur in people 65 or older. Countless celebrities such as David Bowie‚ Ben Stiller‚ Hugh Jackman‚ Sharon Osbourne‚ and Olivia Newton-John have all fought cancer. And there’s a good chance that we all know someone who has cancer right now. There are over 200 types of cancer that can occur in humans‚ the most common places that cancer can occur include the breast‚ skin‚ lung‚ and colon. The disease cancer got its name
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