2 million will get resistant TB by 2015

GENEVA - THE World Health Organisation says over 2 million people between 2011 and 2015 will contract a form of tuberculosis that is resistant to treatment with many drugs.

WHO's top TB official Mario Raviglione says hundreds of thousands of people around the world will die from multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis unless greater efforts are made to contain the disease.

5 Major Ovarian Cancer Symptoms

So Some of the main symptoms of ovarian cancer are

1. General abdominal discomfort or pain- This is a prominent symptom of ovarian cancer. You will often find problems in your abdomen. These problems may persist or they may appear in repeated succession. Some of the problems that you may encounter are gas, pressure, indigestion, bloating, swelling, cramps et cetera. These problems will be present throughout the year.

2. Nausea, diarrhea, constipation, or frequent urination - All these problems are seen when you have ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer will change your body and so your body will react to the stimuli by showing nausea, frequent urination, diarrhea etc. When you find these symptoms too much or too often, then go to your doctor.

Remedies For Menopause

Malaysian Health Journal - Facing the realities of menopause can be most difficult. The changes are inevitable. A menopausal woman may experience insomnia, depression, hot flushes, mood swings, and painful urination. While the menopause years mean coping with these changes, going through this special stage in a woman’s life need not to be lonely.

As mentioned, you don’t have to go through menopause alone. During this period, getting the support and understanding of family members and friends can make a whole world of difference. For a start, you can consult your doctor about menopause.

What Things to Avoid During Pregnancy

Avoid water skiing, snowboarding, surfing over the wave pool or exposing herself directly over the sea or ocean waves; horse-riding; playing her passionate part-time or full-time indoor or outdoor sport; excessive cycling whether indoors or outdoors for many kilometers etc knowing that the baby inside is delicate and any extreme step taken by the expected mother will affect the complexities of her child instantly.

During Pregnancy, The risk of falling; jumping; slipping and dancing are some of the most common forms of ladies taking unusual stress over the stomach and thus have to bear the complications levied over her for delivering a healthy baby. So avoid any heavy physical work.

A sensing of balancing of the body is altered as in the normal course when she isn’t pregnant or had a one-night stand with a help of healthy partner because any vigorous activity mounts pressure over the surface of the mother’s womb and her joints and bones of the body with acute pain of the muscles are experienced.

Before using vacuum cleaners, make sure you have used ample dehumidifiers and now have the eczema patients out of way. The air purifiers are extremely essential.

Some of the woman also comes along with a brilliant idea to photo shoot for a picture or serial as these shoots demands her climbing over the slippery edges or corners of the trees at the set of the movie and any wrong move with excessive exhausted pressure taken over the shoot provides unusual stress and pain to the pregnant mother and baby respectively.

Liposuction / Lipo Procedure. Weight Loss Surgeries

Q - What's the youngest age that can be excepted for lipo suction or other weight loss surgeries?
A  - The youngest age to have liposuction is 18.

Being overweight leads to deadly strain of breast cancer

CHICAGO - SCIENTISTS know that being overweight increases the risk of breast cancers fed by estrogen, but being too fat may also increase the risk of triple-negative breast cancers, a less common and far more deadly type, US researchers said on Tuesday.

They said women who are overweight had a 35 per cent higher risk of developing triple-negative breast cancers, an aggressive form of cancer that affects 10 to 20 per cent of cases.

'The fact that we found an association with triple-negative breast cancer is unique because, biologically, this subtype is very different from other breast cancers,' said Amanda Phipps of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Philadelphia, whose study appears in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

Smoking, couch-potato lifestyles boost cancer risks

PARIS - TWO studies released on Wednesday highlighted the risks and benefits of lifestyle choices in combating cancer, showing the dangers of smoking for post-menopausal women and exercise's protective effect on the bowel.

Post-menopausal women who smoke, or who used to smoke, face an up to 16-per cent higher risk of developing breast cancer compared to women who have never smoked, according to a paper published online by the British Medical Journal (BMJ).

Women who have been extensively exposed to passive smoking, either as children or in adulthood, could also be at greater risk of breast cancer, it added. However, this apparent risk does not apply to women who were only moderately exposed to second-hand smoke.