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What is CancerThe body is made up of very small cells. Normal cells in the body grow and die in a controlled time. Sometimes cells keep dividing and growing without normal controls, causing an abnormal growth celled a tumour. If the tumour does not invade nearby tissues and body parts, it is called a benign tumour, or non cancerous growth. Benign tumours are rarely life threatening. If the tumour invades and destroys nearby cells, it is called a malignant tumour or cancer. Cancer may threaten your life. Cancerous cells may also spread to different parts of the body though blood vessels and lymph channels. Cancer treatments are used to kill off or to control abnormally growing cancerous cells. Cancers in the body are given names depending on where the cancer originates. Cancer that begins in the lungs will always be called a lung cancer, even if it has spread to another place such as the liver, bones or brain. Although doctors can locate where a cancer begins, the cancer in a patient cannot usually be identified. Cells contain hereditary or genetic materials called chromosomes. This genetic material controls the growth of the cell. Cancer always arises from changes that occur in these genetic materials. When the genetic materials in a cell become abnormal, it can lose its ability to control its growth. These sudden changes in genetic material can occur for a variety of reasons. This tendency may be inherited from parents. Changes in Genetic materials may also occur because of exposure to infections, drugs, tobacco, chemicals or other factors. If you have cancer, it is important to determine how much the cancer has spread to other parts of the body.  Top Cancer Tests News2009-06-08 Carbon Monoxide: Keep home safe from carbon monoxideHow and where should I install detectors Effective Jan. 1, the International Residential Code, adapted by the state of Georgia, required the installation of carbon monoxide alarms in the general vicinity of each sleeping area. CO detectors should always be installed following the manufacturers instructions. Detectors should meet Underwriters Laboratory standard 2034. This standard should be listed on the detector packaging. Make sure that you test your CO detectors periodically per the manufacturers instructions. A detector with a dead battery will not protect you.
2009-06-08 Blood Grouping Test: Glaxos GLP-1 diabetes drug beats Byetta in test Markets Markets News ReutersIn case of Syncria, Glaxos vice president of clinical development Murray Stewart said the drug could not be tested on rats for technical reasons but ongoing studies using monkeys had shown no signs of thyroid problems. In a 356-patient Phase II clinical study, presented at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association, Glaxos Syncria, given once weekly, reduced HbA1C -- a common measure of blood sugar -- by 0. 9 percent compared to 0. 5 percent for Byetta, which is injected twice daily.
2009-06-08 Fertility Tests: Michigan scientists fine-tune reproduction Detroit Free PressSo colleagues in his department have developed a womb-like environment in a tiny well on a device the size of a credit card. In it, the growing embryo gets a continuous flow of fresh nutrients. And fertility specialists at U-M see embryos grown in the device act and look more like naturally formed embryos than those grown in Petri dishes. Mouse embryos implant better when grown in the device, he said. Armant and Dr. Anthony Imudia, an obstetrics and gynecology resident at Wayne State University, have also found that the number of trophoblasts shed into the cervix during early pregnancy could predict problems. Imudia has developed a Pap smear-like test that allows them to count the placental cells. Too few, said Armant, and there may be trouble ahead.
2009-06-08 Mineral Test: Article - "Treatment Updates From the Miami Breast Cancer Conference"Several bisphosphonates, drugs that strengthen bone tissue, are approved for osteoporosis. And because aromatase inhibitors, a common treatment for hormone-positive breast cancer, can lower bone mineral density and increase the risk of fracture, studies have been done to assess whether bisphosphonates can protect bone tissue in patients undergoing these therapies. Several studies have shown the surprising result that these agents can actually lower recurrence risk, possibly due to direct tumor growth-inhibiting effects. For 25 years, surgical and medical oncologists have gathered in sunny Miami to discuss the latest strategies in breast cancer management. At this year and rsquo;s meeting in March, a wide variety of topics, including new methods for treating inflammatory breast cancer and whether radiation therapy carries more benefit than risk for patients with small, invasive tumors, captured the interest of more than 1000 researchers and doctors.
2009-06-08 Inflammatory Bowel Test: Press Release - FDA Warns of Acute Kidney InjuriesPeople who are at higher risk of kidney injury after taking OSP products include those over 55 years old, or those who have kidney disease, bowel obstruction/constipation, active colitis or are dehydrated. The higher risk group also includes people taking drugs affecting renal perfusion or function such as diuretics (fluid pills), ACE inhibitors (medications that lower blood pressure), angiotensin receptor blockers (used to treat high blood pressure, heart or kidney failure) and possibly nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) similar to ibuprofen and other arthritis medications.
2009-06-08 Methamphetamine Test: Orangewood sees its first Harvard-bound foster child snodgrass, children, foster, college, school - NewsSocial Services was looking to give Remy a chance to rehabilitate and raise her own children. But after a drug test showed she had not kicked her addiction, she was stripped of her parental rights and the Snodgrass family adopted the three foster children. Snodgrass and her brother Max wanted to help their mother stop using. They poured her alcohol down the sink, broke her methamphetamine pipes and destroyed any paraphernalia they could find. Remy had a habit of leaving her children unattended to foster another of her habits: abusing methamphetamines.
2009-06-08 Cocaine drug Test: PDEA finds no traces of cocaine in Red Bull products sold in RPQualitative examinations conducted on specimens A to B and C to D gave negative results for the presence of cocaine and other dangerous drugs, reported PDEA chemist Shaila Seville, referring to the Red Bull samples tested. Watsons sent the sealed and capped Red Bull samples (Lots 4811 and 0133, expiry date to the PDEA for testing in the light of false impressions created by reports abroad on Red Bull products sold locally. THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) announced on Friday that Red Bull energy drink products sold in the Philippines by T. C. Pharmaceutical Industries Co. Ltd. of Thailand do not contain any traces of the illegal drug cocaine.
2009-06-08 AIDS Test: 4-hour-a-day method aids English immersion4-hour-a-day method aids English immersion The evidence of their struggle is stark: Two years after testing out of English-learning classes, the share of those students who pass the Arizonas Instrument to Measure Standards test drops below the state average at sixth grade; by high school the percentage passing drops by 13 percentage points below the state average in math and 17 percentage points below in reading. Now, students are testing proficient in English at a high rate, but Alvarez is among those educators who worry that Arizonas English proficiency test is too easy to pass. He is afraid too many students will slip into mainstream classes unprepared to comprehend the teacher and the textbooks.
2009-06-08 Sleep Tests: Why British Lions have to learn to show no mercy in South AfricaBut once Ferris was given a yellow card, mistakes started to creep into the Lions game. Boks coach Peter de Villiers will sleep easy if he thinks the Lions are flakey under pressure - because pressure is what theyre going to get. This wasnt a defeat, but it was a step back and should prove a warning to Ian McGeechan two weeks before the opening Test.
2009-06-08 Rheumatoid Arthritis Test: Topic of the week: arthritis The Courier-MailTHERE are two main types of arthritis: osteoarthritis, which is the most common and affects almost everyone with advancing age, and rheumatoid arthritis, which is less common but tends to be more debilitating. The most useful strategy for any type of arthritis is to encourage movement. A sedentary lifestyle reduces circulation and promotes weight gain, both of which aggravate musculoskeletal problems. Exercise improves muscle strength and maintains mobility. Some medication might be purely for pain relief (analgesia) or to reduce inflammation (anti-inflammatories), while others may be to specifically target the underlying disease (anti-rheumatoid medication).
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