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Cancer Of The Lung by Tarik Kavazovic
By CPR Nashville, TN at February 27, 2013 | 7:23 am | 0 Comment
If I were to tell you the biggest killer in the United States could easily be stopped, you would probably beat me up and throw me in jail. Nevertheless, it is true. In 2012, 226,160 people were diagnosed with lung cancer and only 40,000 of them survived. The killer? Smoking. Cigarettes contain 7,000 chemicals and about forty of them are poisons, yet people still won’t more...
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Types of Lung Cancer by Michele Singler
By CPR Nashville, TN at February 17, 2013 | 10:17 am | 2 Comments
As you may know, lung cancer is a very tedious disease. There are three different types of lung cancer; non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, and lung carcinoid tumor. Knowing which type of cancer you have is crucial because it will affect the type of treatment you do or do not get and it may affect your prognosis. Lung cancer is the most leading cause of more...
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Metastatic Breast Cancer in Liver by Ogulbyabek Annayeva
By CPR Nashville, TN at December 15, 2012 | 9:37 am | 1 Comments
Metastatic breast cancer in the liver is breast cancer that has spread from its original site, which is the breast to the liver. The liver is the second most common area the breast cancer spreads to, the first being the bones. The breast cancer that matures where it first started in the breast is so-called the primary cancer. The place where it spreads to which is the more...
Esophageal Cancer by Erin McCullough
By CPR Nashville, TN at November 17, 2012 | 9:24 am | 1 Comments
It is not news that maintaining a healthy lifestyle can reduce your risk for many health problems, including cancer. What exactly does that mean? Eat right, exercise, do not smoke, and drink in moderation seem to be the most common, and obvious, answers. For esophageal cancer, this could not be more apparent. The leading risk factors for this particular type of more...
Alcoholism by Erin McCullough
By CPR Nashville, TN at November 10, 2012 | 6:28 am | 4 Comments
Alcoholism has been deemed a disease for quite some time but some critics do not agree with using that term. Either way you look at it however, drinking too much can cause significant problems for not only the drinker but those closest to him/her as well. The causes of alcoholism are not definite but there are a wide variety of symptoms to help identify the disease. more...