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Preventing Cancer – Overweight and Obesity
Preventing Cancer, Obesity: The Cancer Council considers Obesity as a factor in increasing the risk of cancer. Obesity is now the Second leading cause of…
12 Jul 2005
Undescended testes (cryptorchidism)
Cryptorchidism refers to undescended testes. Usually the testes descend from the abdomen to the scrotum before or in the first year after birth.
08 Jun 2005
Breathlessness
Breathlessness and wheezing, also known as dyspnoea or difficulty breathing, may be a symptom of heart and lung diseases like COPD and emphysema.
17 May 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…
15 Apr 2005
Metastases to the bone
Metastases to the bones refers to the spread of cancer to bones. It is more common in adults and certain cancers including breast, prostate and…
12 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…
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.
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.
07 Apr 2005
Brain cancer: Lymphoma of the brain
Lymphoma of the brain is a type of brain cancer. It may arise in lymph cells of the brain or metastasise from outside the central…
27 Jan 2005
