Hepatitis C, Cancer and Selenium

Hepatitis facts

All about hepatitis including its history, the various types, how transmission of hepatitis occurs occurs, signs, symptoms and diagnostic practices… Hepatitis facts[...]

Liver Cancer

Liver cancer (also known as hepatoma) is a malignancy of the liver. Most cases are secondary to either hepatitis infection (usually hepatitis B or C) or cirrhosis (alcoholism being the most common cause of hepatic cirrhosis). Most malignant tumors of the liver discovered in Western patients are metastases (spread) from tumors[...]

Are we doing enough to reduce our cancer risk?

A recent National Cancer Awareness Survey commissioned by the Bayer Consumer Care, has found that most of the Americans consider cancer as their number one health concern, but less than one-third of them attribute their personal cancer risk to their own unhealthy lifestyle behaviors - such as poor nutrition, lack[...]

Hemochromatosis

Hemochromatosis, is a hereditary disease characterized by improper processing by the body of dietary iron, which causes iron to accumulate in a number of body tissues. Eventually the excess of iron may cause organ dysfunction. signs and symptoms Haemochromatosis is notoriously alusive, that is, it presents with symptoms that are[...]

Epstein Barr

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), also called Human herpesvirus 4 (HHV-4), is a virus of the herpes family (which includes Herpes simplex virus and Cytomegalovirus), and one of the most common viruses in humans. Most people become infected at one point with EBV, which is often harmless. It is named after[...]