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Hormonal treatments for prostate cancer are often given late

Men with advanced prostate cancer are typically treated with drugs that cause testosterone levels to plummet. Testosterone is a hormone that fuels growing prostate tumors, so ideally this type of treatment, which is called androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), or hormonal therapy, will stall the disease in its tracks. For that to happen, ADT has to… Read More »

Jade Goody saved our lives – meet three women inspired to take smear test by late star

More than 3,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in the UK each year, and almost 1,000 lose their lives to the killer disease – yet it is 99.8 per cent preventable with regular screening. Big Brother star Jade Goody’s death at 27 in 2009 led to a surge in women having smear tests. But… Read More »

Facts About Late Stage Kidney Disease

by davis.steve32 The latter stage of kidney disease is also called end-stage kidney disease. This is defined as the time of complete or nearly complete failure of your kidneys to function. They are no longer able to remove wastes, regulate electrolytes or concentrate urine. This advanced state of kidney disease is also called ESRD, end-stage… Read More »