Home Care and Lung Disease According to WebMD‚ lung diseases are among the most common medical conditions on the planet with tens of millions of seniors impacted in the United States‚ alone. Lung disease is not one singular malady. It refers to any number of medical conditions that limit the amount of oxygen that is transferred to and from the lungs. The most common and well-known lung diseases are tuberculosis‚ emphysema‚ lung cancer‚ asthma‚ COPD‚ chronic bronchitis‚ and pneumonia. The majority
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every year‚ making it more lethal than car accidents and drug overdoses just to name a few. A smoker’s life expectancy is reduced by 15 to 25 years and is the single most preventable cause of death. With lung cancer being a primary result of cigarette smoking‚ there are also a wide array of other lung problems that occur as a result of smoking. Cigarettes contain 4000 chemicals‚ most of them are toxic. These ingredients affect everything from proper organ functioning to the efficiency of the body’s
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One day when I was in the fourth grade‚ we had just finished a free response test on a story we were supposed to read last night. The next day‚ my teacher had completed grading all the test and he had noticed that two of the papers had were the exact same‚ their names were Danny and Ishmael. But Danny was absent today so the teacher called Ishmael to the front of the classroom and asked him if he and Danny cheated off of each other’s test. Ishmael first lied and said‚ “I don’t know how we have the
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Cancer has had an increasing impact in our world and the lives of others. The factors of this disease are all around us. Cancer can be caused by dangerous environmental substances called carcinogens‚ which are substances that are known to cause cancer. Overall‚ this disease is caused by changes in genes and it alters the way our cells function. Exposure to particular environmental substances can cause damage to your DNA. Some of these exposures are things such as chemicals‚ tobacco smoke‚ or even
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less than 2 inches wide across the belly. Pancreatic Cancer: Is a disease in which malignant cells are found in the tissues of the Pancreas. Pancreatic Cancer Classification Stages Stage 0 of Pancreatic Cancer In stage 0‚ abnormal cells are found in the lining of the pancreas. These abnormal cells may become cancer and spread into nearby normal tissue. Stage 0 is also called carcinoma in situ . Stage l In stage I‚ cancer has formed and is found in the pancreas only. Stage I
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Massage Therapy Continuing Education CANCER AND MASSAGE NCBTMB Provider #451897-12 www.nirvanamassagecenational.com 1 CANCER AND MASSAGE 2 CEUs Content copyright 2012‚ 2013 Nirvana Massage CE National‚ LLC All rights reserved. All trademarks and/or copyrights are in effect. This course is for informational and continuing education purposes only. All information in this course has been thoroughly researched and referenced. It is accepted as factual at the time of publication
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Vern Phan Disease Presentation PT 2 Bladder Cancer In known history of bladder cancer‚ it was researched by a German physician named Ludwig Rehn‚ and was known for over one hundred and fifty years ago. He investigated causes‚ symptoms‚ and other types of healing for the disease. He took part in identifying his research of urogenital react tumors where he became very skilled in. In 2010 another doctor named Dr. Elizabeth Guancial‚ she took Dr. Ludwig Rehn research and looked far more into
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Oral Cancer Oral Cancer is defined as: a neoplasia on the lip or oral cavity. Cancer of the head and neck is a very highly relevant problem of global public health. Studies on oralphyanegeal cancer have shown that its risks place it at the top ten ranking of incidence of cancers (2). The top ten ranking is even after all the advancements and progress in therapy and research. Unfortunately‚ there has been a stagnant survival rate for those affected by this cancer (2). Research has shown that there
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Prostate Cancer The prostate is a walnut-sized gland that is involved in the production of semen. It is located below a man’s bladder‚ in front of the rectum. Prostate cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the prostate gland. CAUSES The exact cause of this condition is not known. RISK FACTORS This condition is more likely to develop in: People who are older than 65 years old. African Americans. People who are obese. People with a family history of prostate cancer. People
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to agents that cause their transformation to cancer cells. These agents are termed as “carcinogenic”. Another theory of how cancer develops states that the body itself produces abnormal cells. Normally‚ these abnormal cells are destroyed by immune system. In cases of immunologic deficiency‚ the immune system fails to destroy the abnormal cells which eventually become the cancer cells (Udan‚ 2002). According to Reyes & Layug (2009)‚ breast cancer is an unregulated growth of abnormal cells in
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