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Cancer Stuff

Cancer Stuff
This really has nothing to do with my mom’s cancer, but it does have to do with lung cancer.

My mom’s next door neighbor was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. She’s alot younger than my mom, has other health issues - what I don’t know - and her oncologists has her doing chemo.
Being that […]

What is it with Doctors

What is it with doctors? Is it the more money they make the dumber they get or what?
Mom has been experiencing pain. She calls it soreness. I call it pain. The pain is in the region of her lung - the one with the tumor in it.
Now, she’s had virtually no problems since radiation. No […]

How Does Aspirin Prevent Heart Attacks

How Does Aspirin Prevent Heart Attacks
You may have noticed that more people are taking aspirin. Aspirin has been linked to heart attacks in a good way. If your doctor has prescribed a low dose of aspirin for you, it could prevent a heart attack.
Aspirin has existed for almost a hundred years. When it was first […]

Tamiflu Warning

FDA adds ‘abnormal behavior’ warning for Tamiflu label
WASHINGTON (AP) — Patients who take Tamiflu should be closely monitored for signs of abnormal behavior, health officials said Monday in announcing an updated label for the flu drug.
The added precaution comes after reports of more than 100 new cases of delirium, hallucinations and other unusual psychiatric behavior […]

Cancer Metastasis

Why cancers possess a wanderlust, spreading from one site to another, has been one of the most confounding questions in medicine, and now New York scientists have unmasked the role of infinitesimal “scouts,” cells and proteins that coalesce to seek out fertile ground for a tumor’s spread.
The finding turns a corner in the history of […]