Skin cancer radiation treatment | Health Savvy | Savvy Cafe
May 29 2008
Skin cancer radiation treatment means using ionizing radiation to treat the cancerous skin and also to control cells that have become malignant, and it can often also be used in instances when cure is not possible and thus will act as a means to control the disease and provide symptomatic relief. In some cases, skin [...]
(ARA) – Getting the flu can have serious consequences, especially for children. Every year, children in the United States get extremely ill and some die from influenza (“the flu”) and its complications. Richard Kanowitz knows this all too well — he and his wife Alissa lost their 4-year-old daughter, Amanda, to the flu four years [...]
Of the 10 million Americans with osteoporosis, 80 percent are women, and having a mother with osteoporosis puts a daughter particularly at risk for fractures.
Priscilla Turner, 67, of Memphis, Tenn., knows this risk all too well. Her 90-year-old mother, Jewell Fondren, suffers from osteoporosis (a disease that causes bone to become weak and susceptible to [...]