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alcohol and drugs (McDaniel, 2001, 86). Abuse is a part of the lesbian experience as it is for all areas of society, but...

still believe that they will get cancer by overuse of their cell phones. By and large, this is not a bad urban legend in that it m...

2002). Finally, the paper notes that there should be an adequate screening test that is "capable of detecting the susceptibility, ...

National Womens Health Information Center, 1998). Findings from a recent National Cancer Institute study noted how African Americ...

with normal hormone production, causing a kind of drug-induced sex change -- men can become feminized, with shrunken testicles and...

Cancer, 2003). Of course the disease is serious, but it is potentially curable with the surgical intervention not accessible to m...

system to destroy abnormal cells. Hormone production is directly connected to psychological states. Countless women can attest to ...

types of rock may have higher concentrations of uranium and may produce higher levels of radon, elevated radon levels can also be ...

to raloxifene, which, as a "promising agent" (pp. 7-15), falls far behind tamoxifen in any use other than clinical trials. When d...

changes resulting from the training program (Kirkpatrick, 1998). Measuring results, which helps researchers actually deter...

also states that the intervention did not work ands came to the conclusion there was not treatment (American Cancer Society, 2005)...

as either low-stage (superficial) or high-stage (muscle invasive). In industrialized countries (the US, Canada, France), more than...

or seven years and her body had an auto-mastectomy" (2003, 28). The fact that some women receive better care does not account for...

Mesothelioma affects mainly the men who worked in construction trades including shipbuilding, where asbestos was most often used. ...

it may be used to reduce tumors ("What is Chemotherapy"). The chemotherapy drugs used in this way destroy the cancer cells "by st...

carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...

"many emotional, medical, and practical needs. These needs change over time, depending on the trajectory of...

and retention" (Andersen, 2002, p. 603). This then should be the first priority: to design a study that will accrue and retain ...

& Wellness Week, 2005). This is important because estrogen is associated with the development of an estimated three-fourths of po...

five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables should be part of a daily diet. it is believed that the chemicals found in fruit...

that is, whether it will spread (metastasize) and what symptoms that it is likely to cause (Cancer diagnosis, 2005). The term "sec...

with hypochondria is that if someone really has an illness, they will think it is all in their heads. In any event, things were mi...

of sorts. The problem with hypochondria is that if someone really has an illness, they will think it is all in their heads. In any...

application of diagnostic tests or procedures to asymptomatic people for the benefit of dividing them into two groups: those who h...

that has been devoted to it over the years, we still do not know what causes cancer. We know what cancer is and in most situation...

dense or fatty breasts. Poplack, et al. (2000) provide definitions that can be applied to the more general patient. "Screening i...

cancer being observed (Wynder, Goodman and Hoffman, 1985). They also suggest that schools should place "major emphasis" on program...

to the health care system, or that everyone should be screened just in case, but rather, that the testing can be uncomfortable, an...

training" (Murphy, 2005, p. 23). As a prisoner, the author observed prison culture from the perspective of a participant. Various ...

left to deny anything connected with the loss, either before or after the fact. Those left behind also need to acknowledge the me...