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Chemo for Cancer and a new discovery

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Link: Chemo for Cancer and a new discovery Chemotherapy of cancer and a new discovery! Generally, we denote the term chemotherapy only as for the treatment of cancer but indeed chemotherapy refers to the use of any drug to treat any disease and sometimes it's shortened to "chemo". If cancer affects any specific area, oncologist (cancer specialist or doctor) may apply surgery and radiation therapy to remove, kill or damage cancer cells. But if cancer spread over whole body chemo is usually applied because it can kill cancer cells that have spread far away from the original tumor. Nowadays more than hundred chemotherapy or chemo drugs are utilized to combat against cancer. Several drug groups like anti-tumor antibiotics, alkylating agents, antimetabolites, mitotic inhibitors, corticosteroids etc. these can be applied as a combination with other drugs or treatment of a drug alone. It is most often provided as intravenously (in vain) by inserting a catheter or by a de...

Betel nut chewing with tobacco and areca nut can cause cancer

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Link: Betel nut chewing with tobacco and areca nut can cause cancer The IARC (International Agency for Research on Cancer) and WHO (World Health Organization) have accepted that chewing betel leaves and betel nuts leads to oral cancer. Specially, chewing the areca nuts with or without tobacco is hazardous and increase the chances of oral cancer. According to a research, the chances of the oral cancer increases 50 times in a person who chews betel leaves with areca nuts and tobacco. Even 11-12 year old children are now being seen with pre-cancerous growth effects after just two years of chewing.  Continuous chewing of betel leaves discolours the teeth permanently and there is no medicine to completely remediate the same except the replacement of teeth. According the reports of IARC & WHO and the suggestions of health specialists, it is highly recommended for you to keep yourself and your dear ones away from this bad habits for avoiding oral cancer and dental discol...

Black Salt and Health Hazards

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Read more: Avoid Black Salt Black salt is a type of rock salt, a salty and pungent-smelling condiment used in the South Asia. It is also known as Himalayan black salt. Popularly known in Bangladesh as bit laban, it is a food additive for incrementing the taste of food. But it is not safe for health. Surprisingly, it is used from five star hotels to road side temporary shops. Black salt is collected from the mines or salty soil. It is commercially processed in countries like Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. This salt may cause incurable diseases, because it contains fluoride in toxic amounts. Research suggests that ( To read more follow the link above)

Refind Sugar and Aging

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Read more: Sugar and Aging Nowadays, people are much more conscious about their skin’s beauty. But refined sugar, which we use vastly in our daily life, can damage the skin’s smoothness before the action of age. Though ageing is an age and life-style dependent natural process because of hormonal imbalance. But recent study has confirmed that refined sugar accelerates the ageing process by adding inches to our waistlines and wrinkles to our face. Natural sugars are found in fruit as fructose and in dairy products, such as milk and cheese, as lactose. Foods with natural sugar have an important role in the diet of cancer patients and anyone trying to prevent cancer because they provide essential nutrients that keep the body healthy and help prevent disease.(To read more follow the bottom link)

Congenital Hypothyroidism can lead to autism

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Read more: Autism Link: Congenital Hypothyroidism can lead to autism In this era of digitalisation one of the major obstacles for development of any developing nation is handicapped (mental and physical) manpower. But, by raising awareness for proper nutrition and treatment for the pregnant mother and new born babies, a significant number of physical and mental disorders of infants can be avoided. The CH affected babies would grow poorly and will face delay in their development. By several years of age, they would display the recognisable facial and body features of elfin (cretinism) with an IQ level below 80 in most cases. Thyroid hormones are mainly tri-iodothyronine (T3) and thyroxin (T4) which are secreted from the butterfly shaped thyroid gland located at the neck just below the Adam's apple. The deficiency of these hormones is called hypothyroidism and when this deficiency present in new born babies that is called CH. If CH remains untreated until 3 months...

Galstone how to daignose!

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Read more: Galstone and its details with treatment Gallstones can be simply defined as the solid stones formed in the gallbladder. The gallbladder is a pear-shaped small structure that remains underneath the liver and by a common bile duct it is connected with the liver. The main functions of the gallbladder are to store and concentrated bile (which is produced in the liver) for the secretion at the proper time to the duodenum. In developed countries, 10–15% of adults have gallstones. When gallstones are formed, the important functions of the gall bladder’s secretion such as emulsifying action on fat particles and absorption of fatty acids, vitamins, monoglycerides, cholesterol and other lipids from the intestinal tract are affected.

Vitiligo and its treatment way

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Read more: Vitiligo and its treatment Nowadays, vitiligo became a social problem in Bangladesh. Unexpectedly most people for the lack of health knowledge indicate this disorder as a contagious disease. Vitiligo, which is locally known to us as ‘Sheti’, is a chronic condition in which the skin loses its pigment or melanocyte producing cell and turn to very pale or pink. These pale patches commonly appear on the hands, feet, arms, face and lips, although any part of the skin can be affected.

Lasik surgery in Bangladesh

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Lasik: A real hope for clear vision The value of vision cannot be evaluated by anything and it cannot be understood till then when we face any complication on our eyes. Myopia, a condition when the objects of the distance seem blurred but close objects look clear and Hypermetropia, a common condition when the nearby objects appear blurred, but the vision is clearer when looking at things further away are the most common eye problem of Bangladeshi people.  To overcome this sight problem specific diopter containing glass is usually prescribed by the ophthalmologist but this solution is not acceptable or effective all-time when a person is an actor, an athlete, a surgeon or a military person, here some change from the inside of eye-ball is required. Contact lens also a solution that relives patient from carrying the weight of glass and frame but it may create a problem when dust enters in the eye and if somehow patient go to sleep wearing lens it can be tight with the corneal lay...