Hearing loss: things to know before buying a hearing aid
Choosing a hearing aid isn’t easy, especially if you’ve never used one. They come in different shapes, colors and levels of technology.The first factor in determining which hearing aid to choose is your hearing loss, which could range from very mild to severe. Next, you need to know what you would like it to be… Continua a leggere Hearing loss: things to know before buying a hearing aid
Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL): Symptoms and Treatments, Causes and Diagnosis
Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) is a cancer of the immune system. It affects infection-fighting white blood cells called B cells. SLL is a type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which along with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) indicates the same type of disease, treated the same way. Whereas in SLL, the cancer cells reside primarily in the lymph… Continua a leggere Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL): Symptoms and Treatments, Causes and Diagnosis
Diabetes Type 2: Epidemiology and Prevention
Diabetes Epidemiology Diabetes is a very common disease. New updated data from the new International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Diabetes Atlas show that more than 34 million Americans have diabetes (1 in 10 individuals), of whom approximately 90-95% have type 2 diabetes. In UK the situation is slightly better: with nearly 4 million sufferers, about one… Continua a leggere Diabetes Type 2: Epidemiology and Prevention
Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL): Stats, Causes and Diagnosis
Small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL) is a cancer of the immune system that affects the white blood cells that fight infection, called B cells. SLL is a type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, as is chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Both cancers are basically the same disease, and are treated in almost the same way. The difference between the… Continua a leggere Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma (SLL): Stats, Causes and Diagnosis
Diabetes: Diagnosis and Types
Diabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder that affects our body’s energy processes. Following the daily intake of food, a good portion of the nutrients are broken down into sugars (glucose), which are then transferred to the blood vessels. When the level of sugars (blood glucose) exceeds threshold levels, the pancreas kicks in. It releases… Continua a leggere Diabetes: Diagnosis and Types
NSC Lung Cancer: the common treatments by stage
With this article we will present the different methods of treatment available today, since their treatment and their prognosis (perspectives) are often similar
Lung cancer Symptoms and Treatments
Lung cancer is a disease characterised by the presence of malignant tumour in the lungs. It is usually caused by the uncontrolled growth of cell tissues in either or both the lungs.
How soon do Sexual Infections symptoms appear?
The timing with which sexual infection symptoms can develop is in the range of a few days or weeks, although such signs may in some cases appear late, up to a few months or even years later.
Treatment of STDs: how to recognize their causes?
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also called sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are contracted from another person through sexual contact. Each year, more than 20 million Americans are infected with one of more than 20 known types of STDs/STIs; of these, about half are under the age of 24.