Posts in January, 2013

Jan 31 Chemotherapy and Hair Loss: What to Expect During Treatment

If you have been diagnosed with cancer and are about to undergo chemotherapy, you are probably facing a lot of very real and valid ...

Jan 20 If You Have Mesothelioma and You Smoke You May Be Increasing Your Level of Pain

Cancer patients who continue smoking after their diagnosis experience greater intensity of pain compared with those who stop or ...

Jan 20 Breathlessness in Patients with Pleural Mesothelioma

One of the most common and most frightening symptoms of pleural mesothelioma is what doctors call dyspnea or breathlessness. At ...

Jan 19 Asbestos Exposure Provokes Genetic Mutations in Mice

Health problems related to asbestos exposure are not limited to mesothelioma, asbestosis, and certain other abdominal cancers. As ...

Jan 19 A Cancer Glossary

A cancer diagnosis is daunting enough, but you can remove a large part of the confusion by learning some basic terms that will ...

Jan 17 Asbestos: From Miracle Material to Carcinogen

Research has shown that asbestos exposure often leads to many life-threatening diseases, including Mesothelioma, lung cancer, and ...