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One of the most used in beauty salons and beauty salons is the smoothing keratin. This substance is used in people who want to be a permanent straightening but you have turned on the alarm light as this product contains toxic elements that can lead to serious problems such as cancer.

This situation was noticed by the same specialists in aesthetics, since cases began to appear who performed treatments and were affected not only the integrity of your hair but also had skin lesions, such as major burns and irritation.

The problem of smoothing is keratin formaldehyde, a component of that product. This substance should be used minimally because exposure to high doses can cause severe cases of cancer.

The beauticians are exposed directly to their problems because they have to deal with cosmetics with formaldehyde every day, with a high potential for illness from contact with skin or respiratory tract.

European day against cancer oral marks the European Day against oral cancer, a cancer with a lower incidence than others but no less dangerous. And in Spain at the moment the tendency is to increase the detected cases, putting the death rate by 25% for men and 9% for women.

Experts stress the importance of oral self-examination, especially in people with high risk factors, such as smokers or people who regularly consumed alcohol. Similarly stresses the need for routine visits to the dentist and healthy habits in lifestyle and diet.

In this blog we join the celebration of this day and so we bring you this article.

The Lankenau Institute for Medical Research in Philadelphia and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in thethe United States conducted an investigation which found that the use of nanoparticles with DNA encoding the diphtheria toxin expressed selectively in cancer cells ovary reduced the number of ovarian tumors in mice. This procedure could be applied in humans with the same or similar success.

The study director, Janet Sawicki, stated that these results with a hope for patients with ovarian cancer and hope that in future can be prevented with greater certainty and efficiency of these tumors.

What scientists did was to measure the size of tumors in mice before and after using nanoparticles. Were then able to verify that the use of this technique recudía the growth of tumors, because those who were treated twice its volume increased, while those who were not treated and increased in 4 to 6 times.

This is an important step to halt and reduce the appearance of tumors in the ovaries and find a remedy for this evil that attacks women claim lives every year

The cells surrounding the ducts would be the first in which breast cancer originates. It is the conclusion reached by a group of scientists from the Institute of Medical Research and Eliza Hall Walt in Australia.

The researchers were able to compare the normal non-cancerous tissues were obtained from women carrying BRCA1 mutations in women with tissues carrying the mutant gene and the sample of women who do not have the mutant gene but who have a history of the disease in family.

The results showed that women who did have the mutant gene had a high rate of precancerous cells that lined the ducts.

This new study may help in future treatment and prevention of breast disease have more success, both to save a patient and to avoid developing bad.

Breast cancer is most common in the female audience and claims millions of lives annually around the world. The best practice to women, especially those with family history, is that regular medical checkups and can thus receive correct and timely treatment.

Anti-inflammatory power of antioxidants achieved hinders the development of cancer, diabetes and obesity, according to reports from the Spanish Federation of Nutrition, Food and Dietetics.

The Federation president, Alfredo Martinez, said that in principle this statement was the product of analysis only physicians and had recently been established.

“Some foods have higher levels of antioxidants that prevent inflammation,” said the professor, said while it is this that often works to trigger diseases such as diabetes, dyslipidemia and obesity.

For his part Barry Sears, biochemistry, medical doctor and authority of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Faculty of Medicine, Boston, listed the importance of a diet that raises the intake of 40% carbohydrate, 30% protein and 30% fat with Omega 3 intake. Noted that diets high in fiber are useful for losing weight and calories even some properties that work to satiation of the individual.

“All fats are not equal,” he commented when compared to the intake of Omega 3, which highly reduces the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

While Martinez advised the consumption of legumes, fish and olive oil by reducing the metabolic syndrome, which causes hypertension and cholesterol. According to the medical criteria of good nutrition a person does not depend on the quality and quantity of food consumed.

The president of the Spanish Federation of Nutrition, Food and Dietetics considered essential to understand how nutrients are consumed at each meal to achieve good metabolic balance.

Cancer is a disease that affects today’s society, and hundreds of organizations are working on creating methods to treat the ailment more effectively, ensuring a better quality of patient care and offering more opportunities recovery.

According to the Society of Medical Oncology, Multidisciplinary Care is essential for cancer patients have a better look at what your recovery. However, experts pointed out that this method of working is widespread and requires an endorsement by the National Health System.

Multidisciplinary Care is the conjunction of a number of specialists in different branches of medicine for the care of patients is complete and accurate, in most cases as in the minor. The objective, after all, is to improve the quality of life of patients and that can only be achieved when combining efforts among specialists.

There are three ways that cancer can spread in the body:
* Grow and invade nearby tissue or surrounding it.
* Traveling through the network of the lymphatic system to other distant parts of the body.
* Through the blood vessels to distant places also.

Doctors divide prostate cancer in 4 steps. A higher number, more advanced the cancer.
1. Cancer is too small to notice in the rectal examination or imaging studies. No symptoms. It lies within the prostate.
2. The tumor is still localized within the prostate, but is already large enough to be detected during rectal examination or imaging studies. Usually no symptoms yet.
3. Cancer cells have gone beyond the outer layer of the prostate and invade nearby tissues. At this stage it is common to have difficulty urinating.
4. Cancer cells have spread to lymph nodes and have been planted elsewhere in the body, including in the rectum, bladder, bone, liver and lungs. In addition to difficulty urinating, may have bone pain, weight loss and exhaustion.

Your doctor may choose different ways to manage your cancer:
* Surveillance expectant
* Surgery
* Radiation
* Cryotherapy
* Hormone therapy
* Chemotherapy

It is noteworthy that a study that lasts about 30 seconds, is painless and done in the office. Many men refuse to sexism with which they conduct the review but there is the question: is it worth risking to miss a diagnosis so important, that is at hand, or rather, the scope of the finger?

If the digital rectal examination after still suspected prostate cancer, probably will ask for a blood test called PSA study. This is because the earlier cancer is detected, the better the chances of successful treatment. It is worth mentioning that there is a natural increase in PSA levels in blood with increasing age. It is also important to know that PSA levels can increase for other problems that are not prostate cancer.

When the results of one or both tests are abnormal (DRE and PSA), your doctor likely will request a transrectal ultrasound biopsy sampling. The transrectal ultrasound provides better images because the rectum is achieved close to the prostate that can not be achieved otherwise. The biopsy is done with a fine needle, hollow, through the rectum that takes samples from selected areas of the prostate. It does not require anesthesia and the study usually lasts about 10 minutes, using a tube the width of a finger.

A pathologist report the findings of their study in a Gleason score. Your doctor also will want to know the extent or staging of the tumor, ie how much the cancer has grown and whether it has spread to other parts of the body as this allows you to select the most appropriate treatment and establishing prognosis (how it will develop the disease and chance of recovery).

Benefits of olive oil in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer

Javier Menendez Spanish scientist, specialist in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Research Institute of Northwestern Health Chicago (USA) confirmed at the genetic level the benefits of olive oil in the prevention and treatment of breast cancer.

The study’s findings, which also participated Ramon Colomer, head of the Division of Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology, published in the latest issue of the Annals of Oncology ‘.

Spanish scientists have demonstrated in laboratory experiments on different cell lines of breast cancer that oleic acid, the main component of olive oil, greatly reduced levels of an oncogene called Her-2/neu. High levels of Her-2/neu (also known as erb B-2) are found in approximately 20-30% of breast cancer patients and are associated with highly aggressive tumors that have a poor prognosis.

Oleic acid
Colomer said it was the first time you attach a component of the diet, oleic acid (main component of olive oil) with reduced levels of an oncogene from studies in molecular biology. Moreover, according to Colomer, oleic acid not only suppress the overproduction of the gene, but also doubles the antitumor efficacy of trastuzumab, the antibody treatment that targets the Her-2/neu gene and has helped extend the lives of many breast cancer patients.

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Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer using specific chemical agents or drugs that are only destroying malignant cells and tissues. Your doctor may recommend chemotherapy exclusive of a chemical agent or a combination thereof. The exclusive one chemotherapy agent, as its name implies uses only one. Combination chemotherapy using more than one. Although not a cure for mesothelioma, chemotherapy may help reduce and slow the progression of cancer.

* Alimta (Pemetrexed)
Alimta The drug can be prescribed for the treatment of patients with mesothelioma. It indicates the use of Alimta with cisplatin (see below) for the treatment of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma. Normally, Alimta is administered through an IV tube. (IV infusion)

* Onconase (Ranpirnase)
A new drug called Onconase could help slow the spread of mesothelioma tumors.

* Navelbine (Vinorelbine)
Like Alimta, in combination with other chemicals in chemotherapy, Navelbine is used to treat mesothelioma tumors. Clinical trials are still in process and have already begun testing in some patients. Generally, Navelbine administered intravenously.

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