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What's The Treatment for Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer?
If you’ve just been diagnosed with nonmelanoma skin cancer, be glad you and your doctor caught it. Your doctor may suggest freezing off the cancero...
Read moreMetastatic Melanoma
Melanoma is a type of skin cancer. If you haven’t already been diagnosed with melanoma, your doctor will do a skin exam. In this test, the doctor i...
Read moreUnderstanding Skin Cancer -- Diagnosis and Treatment
In rare cases where basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma has begun to spread beyond the local skin site, the primary tumors are first removed surg...
Read moreSquamous Cell Carcinoma
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the second most common form of skin cancer. Unlike other types of skin cancer, it can spread to the tissues, bones...
Read moreBasal Cell Carcinoma
Basal cell carcinoma is a cancer that grows on parts of your skin that get a lot of sun. It's natural to feel worried when your doctor tells you th...
Read moreSkin Cancer Treatment
Nicotinamide (vitamin B3) 500 mg twice daily helps to reduce the incidence for squamous cell and basal cell skin cancers by 23%. Also studies sugge...
Read moreIdiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a serious lung disease. But doctors don't know what causes IPF. IPF is hard to tell apart from other lung di...
Read moreWhat is Cystic Lung Disease?
If your doctor tells you that you have cystic lung disease, it means you have one of a group of conditions that cause lung cysts -- sacs of tissue ...
Read moreWhat is a Pulmonary Embolism?
Your blood goes from your heart to your lungs through your pulmonary artery. These clots develop when the blood can’t flow freely through the legs ...
Read moreTuberculosis (TB)
Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious infection that usually attacks your lungs. Tuberculosis is caused by bacteria that spread through the air, just l...
Read moreUnderstanding Sarcoidosis -- The Basics
Although it is rare, death from sarcoidosis can occur if the disease causes serious damage to vital organs, such as the brain, lungs, or heart.
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