All Entries in the "Tests And Treatments" Category
What Is Stem Cell Breast Augmentation?
In the news these days, there is constantly some or other mention of advances made in stem cell technology and the myriad curative possibilities it opens up. Stem cell technology has also made it possible for women to get breast augmentation or breast enhancement surgery using their own body tissue. The procedure of stem cell [...]
Younger Women Getting Breast Augmentation, Botox Treatments
Glee star, Charice Pempengco, all of 18 recently had a Botox treatment done. What wrinkles would an 18 year old want to erase, one could well ask, but this procedure was done to slim down her face reportedly. This has drawn attention to the fact that younger and younger women are now choosing to undergo [...]
Know Your Health Status With A Pap Smear Test
Discovered by Greek doctor George Papanikolaou, a pap smear test is a method wherein samples are collected from the cervix to determine if there are presence of cells that may develop into cancer. It is an essential routine screening test every woman should have. Considered as one of the most effective tools in detecting cervical [...]
Breast Screening Helps Detect Early Signs Of Breast Cancer
Breast Screening is used to analyze the abnormal behavior of cells in normal women. Sometimes, these symptoms of breast cancer go unnoticed and hence it is advised that all those women who have crossed the age of 30-35 should undergo breast screening to ensure that there is none of the cancerous behavior and if there [...]
How Is Breast Cancer Detected?
Most of us are aware that early detection of breast cancer is a woman’s best bet if she wants to beat the disease and survive. Combined with factors such as personal health, age and lifestyle, the stage at which a breast cancer is detected will determine what a woman’s chances of survival are. Since breast [...]
Gastric Bands – The Real Costs You Should Be Aware Of
It may seem just the thing to do after you tried every diet on the internet and failed to lose the flab – have surgery to get in shape. However, while it is true that for some of us, the stomach shrinking surgery could cause the fat to fall away, for many, gastric surgery could [...]
Adjuvant Therapy – What Is It?
The dictionary meaning of adjuvant means, which serves to help or assist or which is auxiliary. In medical terms an adjuvant agent is something that helps the main prescription drug become more efficacious. Sometimes an adjuvant may also be added to a vaccine to make it more effective. It makes the immune response of the [...]
Non-Surgical Tubal Ligation – Some Pros And Cons
Tubal ligation is the procedure colloquially termed as getting the tubes tied when the fallopian tubes of a woman are severed and shut so that fertilization of an egg is not possible and a pregnancy cannot occur. This is a permanent sort of birth control and is usually advisable only for those women who have [...]
