What are the signs or symptoms of lung cancer?

November 25, 2010

Chesty cough and weight loss,coughing up blood Lung cancer can cause persistent cough and hemoptysis (coughing of blood) if the tumor involves a bronchus. If the tumor involves the surface of the lung or invades the ribs, it can cause persistent pain. Sometimes this pain will be sharp and accentuated by deep breaths or coughing. [...]

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Cold and Cough symptoms- any quick fixes?

November 25, 2010

I've been coughing pretty bad for about 4 days now. I woke this morning to a runny nose and have been blowing my nose every 5 minutes. I'm slightly achy and have a headache and fever. I'm wonderin gif you guys have any suggestions that don't involve going to the doctor but do involve any [...]

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Is there any reason for having symptoms of a thyroid problem, but having normal blood levels?

November 25, 2010

I have a lot of the symptoms, but I got my blood tested and it came back normal. my mom had hyperthroidism and had her thyroid removed. Problems in this area are hereditary, but I cant figure out why I have all the symptoms and no reason for it…. help me? I had a similar [...]

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New Urine Test Could Diagnose Acute Kidney Injury

November 25, 2010

Newswise — the presence of certain markers in the urine might be a red flag for acute kidney injury (AKI), according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). the results suggest that a simple urine test could help prevent cases of kidney failure. Unlike heart [...]

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What’s Going Around

November 25, 2010

Font Size: We start in Cascade Ridge, where Amy Davies, a family nurse practitioner with Allegiance Family Medicine, is treating mononucleosis. Symptoms can remain dormant for four to seven weeks after a person is infected. Extreme fatigue is often the first symptom to appear. Other symptoms include fever, tenderness in lymph nodes, sore throat, upset [...]

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Is is true that you can have HPV and show no symptoms for months.?

November 25, 2010

HPV is a nice way to say genital warts. I understand that they are nearly endemic in our modern society. 60% of the population has it. Yes, it's entirely possible to have HPV and be completely symptom free. Which is why it's been spread so easily, because if there's no symptoms people assume they're clean. [...]

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Keep a stubbly upper lip

November 25, 2010

new Democrat Party MP Peter Stoffer (centre) is dragged out of Commons by fellow NDP workers to take part in the campaign to raise funds and awareness for prostate cancer research, known as Movember, by shaving off his trademark moustache in Ottawa, Nov. 1, 2010. (Chris Roussakis, QMI Agency) Having done the Clark Gable thing, [...]

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Liver Cancer Treatment, Causes and Symptoms

November 25, 2010

Liver cancer also known as primary or metastasis hepatic carcinoma is a fairly rare form of cancer in the western world (1% of all cancers) but much more common in Africa and parts of Asia (10% to 50% of all cancers). It is much more prevalent in men and incidence increases with age. Liver cancer [...]

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Rabies Symptoms, Information and Treatment

November 25, 2010

By Thomas C. WeissPublished: 2010-07-27 Rabies is a form of preventable, viral disease that affects mammals. The disease is transmitted most often through the bites of animals that are rabid. The great majority of reported incidents of rabies each year occur in wild animals such as bats, skunks, foxes, and raccoons. Dogs are the most [...]

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What are some diseases similar to tuberculosis and could be mistaken as Tuberculosis?

November 25, 2010

So I am researching tuberculosis, and I have to answer the question: If it isn't your exact disease, what else could it be? So essentially I have to find diseases with the same signs and symptoms, ones that may act in the same way or cause your body to look the same way as tuberculosis. [...]

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