Cancer
15 Apr 2005
Nutrition and Cancer
The nutritional needs of a cancer patient depend on several factors, including the stage (treatment, recovery and living after recovery), symptoms, type and frequency of…
Cancer
15 Apr 2005
Preventing Cancer – Physical Exercise
The benefits of physical exercise include a overall healthier body, as well as preventing the development of cancer and other serious diseases.
Blood
07 Apr 2005
Pain
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience common to many different conditions. If you visit your health practitioner complaining of pain, they will ask…
Cancer
07 Apr 2005
Nausea and Vomiting (Emesis)
Vomiting can also be referred to as emesis, and consists of three stages: nausea is an unpleasant sensation of wanting to vomit; retching is a…
Cancer
07 Apr 2005
Fatigue in Cancer Treatment
Fatigue is the most frequently reported symptom of cancer and cancer treatment. Although well recognised by health professionals as a significant problem, cancer fatigue is…
Cancer
07 Apr 2005
Cancer-related appetite/weight loss
Loss of appetite (anorexia), unexplained weight loss and rapid weight loss can occur as a symptom of cancer, or of cancer treatments like chemotherapy.
Children's health
07 Apr 2005
Constipation – Signs and Symptoms
Constipation is a symptom rather than a disease. There is no strict definition of constipation as normal bowel function varies so widely between different people.
Blood
06 Apr 2005
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapry treatment and side effects information on chemotherapy and cancer drug medical treatment news.
Blood
06 Apr 2005
Radiotherapy
Radiotherapy is the use of ionising radiation in the treatment of cancer and is based on the ability of radiation to interact with the atoms…
