Cancer is a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a specific part of the body . Cancer can begin anywhere and is made up of multiple cell types . Human cells grow and divide to make new cells as the body needs them. When cells become old or damaged they die off and new cells replaces the old cell . Cells become more and more abnormal or damaged . Damaged cells survive when there suppose to die off and new unneeded cells rapidly form. The type of cancer that is going to
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What is epidemiology? Why is this important to community health? Provide an example of its importance from your community. According to "An Encyclopedia Britannica Company: Merriam-Webster Dictionary" (2013)‚ "Epidemiology is a branch of medical science that deals with the incidence‚ distribution‚ and control of disease in a population." It is also considered "the sum of the factors controlling the presence or absence of a disease or pathogen." Epidemiology is important to community health because
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A review of the records reveals the member to be an adult female with a birth date of 01/30/1965. The member has a diagnosis of Stage IIC Ovarian Cancer Post-chemo nausea and vomiting. The member’s treating provider‚ Nicholas C. Lambrou‚ MD prescribed Sancuso transdermal patches for this member. The carrier has denied coverage for the prescription Sancuso transdermal patches as not medically necessary. There is a letter from the carrier to the member dated 05/27/2016 which states in part: “The
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Anagen Effluvium Causing Hair Loss Anagen Effluvium‚ just like Telogen Effluvium is a diffuse hair problem that develops in a much quicker manner and can cause complete hair loss i.e. non-scarring alopecia. This occurs during the Anagen stage which is the growth period of hair. Sufferers of this problem experience rapid shedding of hair mostly in form of clumps‚ leaving with partials and sometimes complete bald patches. Other than the scalp hair‚ eyebrows‚ eyelashes and body hair may also shed. Common
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The Human Papilloma Virus‚ generally referred to as HPV‚ was first linked to cervical cancer by epidemiologists in the late 1990’s (Hariri‚ 2014). Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women with 528‚000 new cases diagnosed worldwide in 2012 (CDC‚ 2015). HPV provided medical scientist the opportunity to develop a vaccine to fight against humanity’s greatest enemy-cancer. Harald Zur Hausen received a Nobel Prize for his work linking HPV to cancer (Brody‚ 2012). Gardasil and Cervarix
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Treating skin cancer is best done as soon as you notice a change in your skin. In choosing a treatment option‚ your doctor will consider the type and size of cancer and where it is on your body. The type of treatment will also depend on whether the skin cancer has spread anywhere else on your body. Skin cancers are almost always removed. In more serious cases of skin cancers the tissue around the cancer may also be taken out to make sure that all of the cancerous cells have been removed. Types of
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The development of medicine has seen substantial progress in its lifetime; from primitive bleeding techniques to the treatment of cancers with chemotherapy. In the early 1800s‚ the world of medicine was introduced to anesthetics‚ followed by the invention of syringes‚ and the development of the first vaccines. The 1900s introduced a plethora of medical inventions and discoveries. The electrocardiograph was invented‚ insulin for diabetic patients‚ penicillin‚ cardiac pacemakers‚ and even the first
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Today we use several ways to fight off cancer like Radiation therapy‚ Kimmo therapy‚ or surgery. These are effective ways to fight off cancer‚ but the barrier that comes into play is that some of these affect the body in a negative way and it doesn’t Keep cancer from coming back. I bet you’re wondering what immunotherapy is? How long has it been around? Immunotherapy is the changing of the immune system to find and eliminate foreign cancer cells. There have been early attempts to try and change the
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7 Indicators That You May Have Skin Cancer Truthfully‚ cancer is a hated disease. Skin cancer affects the victims’ skin in different ways‚ at times even costing lives. However‚ you can detect it early and take the appropriate measures. If you ever detect any of the below signs on your skin‚ the best option should be to see a doctor right away and have the condition diagnosed at an early stage. In case it’s confirmed to be a cancerous infection‚ some tests have to be run to determine at what stage
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Embalming- a practice so common in North America that it is simultaneous to blasphemy to decline it for your loved ones. Things may be starting to change as the truth of embalming is starting to come out‚ with people beginning to identify it alongside torture and its performers- the funeral workers- as the torturers. However‚ the funeral workers are also subjected to harm from this practice as the embalming fluid contains more than 40 different chemicals that have been federally categorized as dangerous
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