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Thyroid Cancer

A thyroid tumor can be classified whether it is benign or malignant. Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer. The management of these cancers involves surgery to remove the tumor with or without radioactive iodine to ablate remaining cancerous cells followed by medical therapy that usually consists of thyroid hormone replacement. Types of Thyroid Cancer 95% of thyroid cancers belong to the well-differentiated type, the rest are medullary and anaplastic cancers. Well differentiated thyroid cancers can be further subdivided into Papillary thyroid cancer and Follicular thyroid cancer. The most common type of thyroid cancer is Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Papillary » » » [Read more]

Why Is Obesity A Problem

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Obesity is a multifactorial problem. It does not only result from overeating and sedentary lifestyles but as well as cultural attitudes, genetic predisposition and lack of proper knowledge on nutrition. With the rising economy and advancing technology, people tend to depend on fast food and ready-to-eat pre-packed easy-to-prepare frozen food to beat their hunger and allot more time for other activities like surfing the internet, working on the computer, or simply watching TV after work. Combined with the advancement in technologies which gives us the accessibility of cars for transportation to go to places, even just the near ones like » » » [Read more]

How to Efficiently Lose Weight

If you’re trying to lose weight, chances are you’ve already tried countless ways with no luck. It’s no coincidence more and more people are becoming overweight with today’s living standards. Most food is either processed or pumped full of nasty chemicals. What’s even worse is the chains of fast foods are almost on every corner in every major city. So how does one overcome this obstacles? We will take a look at three major factors to consider to improve your chances of losing weight. Diet, exercising and a diet supplement is the key. Before you begin your journey of losing » » » [Read more]