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for pancreatic cancer are not very high. Most people at risk do not get tested because they think they do not need to. Since the risk of getting pancreatic cancer is relatively small, people do not get tested because they think that they will not get it. For example, people who have close relatives who have had pancreatic cancer are at higher risk. “If you have two or more first-degree relatives who have had pancreatic cancer, a first-degree relative who developed pancreatic cancer before the…

Ototoxicity may be defined as “damage to the structure and function of the inner ear (auditory, vestibular, or both) that results from exposure to toxins” (Campbell, 2007). Exposure to toxins is often the result of the administration of therapeutic agents or medications for the treatment of other primary diagnoses. These medications fall into several classes including: aminoglycoside antibiotics, antineoplastic drugs, other antibiotics, antimalarial drugs, loop diuretics, and salicylates. To…

Pap smear is a quick and simple test used to screen women for cervical cancer. Pap smear screening is recommended starting around 21 years of age if you are sexually active and then every 3 years. Routine Pap testing can be stopped in women who have had a total hysterectomy for benign conditions (non cancerous). But if the hysterectomy was done as a treatment for cervical pre-cancer (or cancer) or you had undergone supracervical hysterectomy (hysterectomy without removal of the cervix) then you…

I believe the use of media is an effective way to spread the message of any behaviors related to health, in this case getting your HPV shot. Media allows for any health behavior to reach a wide variety of individuals across the United States and across the country to encourage, support and promote behaviors of health. The most effective way this documentary did that is by telling the stories of five women who have had different experiences with contracting the HPV virus. The documentary…

In many recent years, the termed “lupus” typical known as autoimmune disorder with a wide spectrum of manifestations ranging from minor cutaneous involvement to severe major organ damage. Systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) previously a rare disease now seem to be relatively common in certain groups. SLE defined as chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease where the immune system becomes overactive and starts making antibodies against its own cells. Chronic means the signs and symptoms tend to…

strong for my daughter and others. There was a wall of uncertainty that I discovered as my father was diagnosed with lung cancer. Shortly after that, my mother was diagnosed with colon cancer. I did not understand the purpose of the journey until I learned how to grieve. I had to learn and understand medical billing, healthy alternative lifestyles, and research the type of cancer each parent had. To make this journey more difficult, I was a single mother to a child that loved her grandparents…

One option to remove a tattoo is dermabrasion which a process of sloughing away the top layer of skin removing the affected skin and pigment encouraging the new skin to grow. Another is excursion this is where a scalpel is used to cut away the portion of skin with the tattoo on it. This one is only recommended for small tattoos. A third way to remove tattoos is cryosurgery. This is where liquid nitrogen is applied to the tattooed area then a light is introduced to have peeling happen to cause…

scientists believe that they can use this information to fight cancer. When cancer cells appear, these repairing mechanisms repair the cancer cells, too. If they create something that can stop the repairing mechanisms from fixing cancer cells, the cells will eventually die and the person’s health will improve. The scientists stated, “The academy highlighted one such drug that's already on the market: olaparib, which is used to fight ovarian cancer.” Still they must find other types of medicines…

This article examined women and heart disease. It discussed that women and men have different symptoms of heart disease, and that more women die from heart disease than men. It reviews common symptoms like chest tightness or upper back or abdominal discomfort. The article shares that heart attacks occur often when women are resting or asleep. Since this is the case, by the time women seek help the damage to the heart has already been done. Some risk factors like, diabetes or low levels of…

Anticancer chemotherapy: The aim of drug treatment in patients with cancer is to reduce the presence of malignant cells. This may be achieved by causing a lethal cytotoxic event in the cancer cell that will arrest tumour progression. Targets for cytotoxic attack include inhibition of purine and pyrimidine synthesis, inhibition of DNA and RNA synthesis and chemical attack on the integrity of the structure of cellular DNA. Since these treatments reduce the mechanisms of cell proliferation in…