No discussion of respiration would be complete without considering the relationship of lung cancer and cigarette smoking. This modern world is a world of marvels. It is not a great exaggeration to class among these marvels the increase in cigarette smoking in the last half century or so. It is surprising that cigarettes have the [...]

You are constipated if your motions are hard and you have difficulty opening your bowels. It doesn’t really matter if you don’t open your bowels very often, as long as your motions are soft and easy to pass when you do. I’m sure you know some of the simple things that can cause constipation—not eating [...]

Everybody who has cancer is under some nervous strain some of the time. This shows itself in different ways in different people. Symptoms which can be due to nervous tension include difficulty sleeping, lack of energy, irritability, crying spells, loss of appetite, nausea, difficulty in swallowing, indigestion, stomach pains, diarrhoea, breathlessness, chest pains, palpitations, headache, [...]

Abscesses True breast abscesses are painful and can grow up to between 5 and 10 cm (2 and 4 inches) or more across. They contain pus, which is made up of bacteria and secretions from within the breast, and are distinct from the inflammation due to duct ectasia and plasma cell mastitis. Abscesses can occur [...]