Protect your skin when you’re out in the sun this summer. The sun’s rays can cause skin aging and skin cancer.
Ultraviolet (UV) rays are an invisible form of radiation. They can penetrate your skin and damage your skin cells. Sunburns are a sign of skin damage. Suntans aren’t healthy, either. They appear after the [...]
It is frightening to think that almost 1 in 300 children between birth and age 20 will have been diagnosed with cancer. Yet with the cure rate for these children increasing to about 80 per cent we have a lot to be thankful for.
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With the increase survival rate doctors are now worried that the [...]
TUESDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) — Genetic variations appear to affect the way children respond to treatment for lymphoblastic leukemia, researchers report.
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Although about 80 percent of children suffering from this type of blood and bone marrow cancer are cured, some children do not respond to treatment. Now researchers think they know why.
“For the first [...]
Your mother always told you eating carrots would help you see better, but did she ever tell you why? No, this wasn’t just a trick to get you to eat your vegetables. It turns out carrots really do give your eyes a boost because they contain beta-carotene, which the body is able to convert into [...]
The most common type of childhood cancer is known as acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Approximately 2,400 children and adolescents under the age of 20 are diagnosed with ALL every year in the United States, according to the National Institutes of Health, most of whom will survive the disease.
ALL is a cancer of the white blood [...]
Parents seeking to do as much for a child with childhood leukemia as possible often turn to complementary medicine, this is perhaps the safest form of non standard treatment because it is in addition to not as a substitute for conventional treatment.
As with anything not proven parents who wish to use complementary medicine on thier [...]
Biologically based therapies use substances found in nature, such as herbs, foods, and vitamins.
Examples include dietary supplements, herbal products, and the use of other so-called “natural” therapies ( example, using shark cartilage to treat cancer).
Herbal Medicine, the oldest known form of health care, uses plants to treat disease and promote health. Either a single herb [...]
When a child develops leukemia parents are often at a loss as to what to do. Many parents decide that in addition to standard medical treatments they will have their child follow a course of alternative medical treatment.
This article gives a general overview of alternative medical treatment. The principles are the same whether the patients [...]
