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Signs and Symptoms of Breast Cancer

Knowing the signs and symptoms of breast cancer may help save your life. When the disease is discovered early, you have more treatment options and a better chance for a cure. Most breast lumps aren't cancerous. Yet the most common sign of breast cancer for both men and women is a lump or thickening in the breast. Often, the lump is painless.

Published on 12th April 2008 in Cancer

Sleep Disorders – Symptoms of Sleep Disorders

Sleep Disorders vary in nature and degree. The three major sleep disorders are dyssomnias (insomnia), hypersomnia (disorders of excessive sleepiness) and parasomnias (abnormal behaviors during sleep).The journal "Spine" published a study that examined three kinds of mattresses on back pain. They looked at waterbeds, foam mattresses and "hard" mattresses. What they did was take 160 patients with back pain and randomly replace their mattress with one of the three options above. The patients slept

Published on 12th April 2008 in Diseases and Conditions

Sleep Disorders–Causes of Sleep Disorders

A sleep disorder (somnipathy) is a medical disorder of the sleep patterns of a person or animal. Some sleep disorders are serious enough to interfere with normal physical, mental and emotional functioning. A test commonly ordered for some sleep disorders is the polysomnogram.

Published on 12th April 2008 in Diseases and Conditions

Information on Breast Cancer

The breasts sit on the chest muscles that cover the ribs. Each breast is made of 15 to 20 lobes. Lobes contain many smaller lobules. Lobules contain groups of tiny glands that can produce milk. Milk flows from the lobules through thin tubes called ducts to the nipple. The nipple is in the center of a dark area of skin called the areola. Fat fills the spaces between the lobules and ducts.

Published on 11th April 2008 in Cancer

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