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…
Blood
13 Mar 2005
Childhood leukaemia
Childhood leukaemia refers to cancers of the stem cells of bone marrow which occur in childhood. They account for 35% of all childhood cancers.
Children's health
03 Feb 2005
Dyslexia (developmental reading disorder)
Dyslexia or developmental reading disorder is a common reading disability. Dyslexic children are unable to process and interpret symbols like letters.
Blood
21 Jan 2005
Rhesus disease (Rh incompatibility; Rh factor disease; haemolytic disease of the foetus and newborn; HDFN)
Rhesus disease is a blood disorder in which an Rh-negative woman develops antibodies that attack her Rh-positive foetus' red blood cells.
