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Jakarta. In adults, cancer is synonymous with unhealthy lifestyles such as smoking and rarely exercise so that it can be prevented. However in children, lifestyle, rather than the main precipitating factors making it much more difficult to do prevention. “In children, suspected cancer is the interaction of four factors namely genetics, chemicals, viruses and radiation,” said Dr. Ekowati Rahajeng, SKM, M. Kes, Director of Communicable Diseases Control, Ministry of Health in a press conference at the HouseKemenkes, Friday (13 / 1 / 2011). These factors of childhood cancer can not always be prevented, especially genetically acquired as innate. Likewise, chemicals, children may be exposed to chemicals while in the womb for example if a [...]

Jakarta. Chemotherapy drugs, is the first line of defense to adult leukemia. But chemotherapy can make the illness of patients suspected of recurrence within 5 years but if not chemotherapy patients of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) can die within a few months. The study was conducted by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St.. Louis. The [...]

Jakarta. Liver cancer disease does not come instantly. People suffering from liver cancer in fact he already had a risk factor for a long time in 20-30 years earlier and then turn into cancer. Scarring in the liver of hepatitis C takes 20-30 years to develop into cancer. Liver cancer is one type of cancer which life [...]

Jakarta. Although quite effective, surgical removal for skin cancer is often not preferred because it leaves scars. Now there are alternatives radiation cream to treat skin cancer without surgery, which its efficacy has been clinically tested in Italy. The test cream containing radioactive substances rhenium-188 was conducted in several hospitals in Italy, involving 700 patients with skin cancer. Quoted from Dailymail, Friday (01/06/2012), the effectiveness of radiation cream to kill cancer observed in these trials is quite high at 95 percent. Beside it will not leave scars, skin cancer treatment with radiation cream also has another [...]

Mesothelioma is a kind of cancer occurring whenever an individual has already been subjected to an excessive amount of asbestos. What goes on may be the lining round the internal organs (known as the mesothelium), suffered from tumor, that will ultimately distribute to other areas of the body. Mesothelioma is really a severe illness that [...]

Jakarta. Europe was shocked  by the cheap breast implants containing silicone for electronics industry. But not only that, recently revealed to mention the fact that these cheap breast implants also contain a mixture of motor vehicle fuel. The mixture is composed of three types of compounds which are Baysilone, Silopren and Rhodosil. All three were a mixture that is used in the petroleum industry, which is one of refined petroleum fuel designated as vehicle engines. The chemists and toxicologists found that all three fuel mixture in a recent test. Silicone implants that were tested is Poly Implant or Artificial Implant Prothese (PIP) which is horrendous Europe and even America. News of the [...]

Until now, blood cancer or leukemia is still difficult to treat and so many patients eventually died. But soon, a new drug made ??from fish oil will be able to heal up leukemia completely and no recurrence. The new drug developed by scientists from Pennsylvania State University is called “delta 12-prostaglandin J3“ and coded D12-PGJ3. Raw material is very easy to get, namely omega-3 fatty acids which are found mainly in fish oil. New drugs are still in the animal testing phase works by targeting stem cells (stem cells) from Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML). In this way, D12-PGJ3 will lead CML stem cells to commit suicide until they run out. More interestingly, trials [...]

A person who just finished cancer treatment may experience fatigue that can affect quality of life. But fatigue can be overcome by doing yoga. A small study found doing yoga can help restore some vitality which is lost from the survivors of breast cancer. Doing yoga twice a week significantly reduce fatigue and increase vitality after cancer [...]

Jakarta. Women who have breast cancer on the left and treated with radiation therapy had a higher risk of narrowing of the arteries leading to the heart. Nevertheless, the possibility still considered small and the benefits of treatment far outweigh the risks. A study in Sweden found that the risk of coronary artery narrowing four times [...]

Jakarta. The development of science makes a lot of things that previously seemed impossible become possible, including in the field of medicine. If last year has achieved many medical achievements, in 2012 predicted some medical advances will be achieved more and more. Great medical advances have been achieved in 2011. A man named Dallas Wiens in the [...]