Monday, August 4, 2008

Winning the Battle Against Cancer

Almost 260,000 new cases of cancer are diagnosed in the UK each year, but despite the rates of incidence being on the rise, the good news is that less people are actually dying from cancer, thanks to advances in treatment and also early detection. The trend is the same in both the USA and UK, with figures that trace incidence of and deaths caused by cancer over a period of 30 years from 1975 to 2005 showing that mortality rates for all cancers have decreased steadily over the last ten years, with stomach and prostate cancer displaying...

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Worried About Dining Out? What to Eat If You Have Acid Reflux

Knowing what to eat if you have acid reflux at restaurants can be a very challenging experience. However, as long as you are dedicated to watching what you eat, you will most certainly be able to get through this challenge and enjoy eating out with your family and friends. The hard part can be accepting that you are suffering from acid reflux as an ongoing condition and you will need to practice a bit of discipline if you want to avoid unpleasant symptoms. This discipline will involve changes to both your diet and your overall lifestyle.

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Treatment

Irritable bowel syndrome, IBS is a chronic situation mainly affecting the gut area. IBS is really a great threat to the smooth digestion process of human beings. Indigestion, bloating, abdominal pain, intermittent constipation or diarrhea, urgent need to defecate, loose or watery or hard or lumpy stools, feeling of incomplete, bowel movement, abdominal fullness, wind, abdominal soreness, fatigue, backache, passing mucus during defecation, abdominal swelling are the main symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome, which makes the life very complicated. However, this can be prevent to a certain extend with the help of irritable bowel syndrome treatments.