What does a cancer patient do when told that he or she has no other treatment options, and that the disease is too far advanced, perhaps even “terminal”? What if no standard
Though Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is now well over a century old and has been clinically approved for treating various cancers, most oncologists view it as a relatively new form of cancer
Two years ago, European media sources published a story about a scientist who was running in the London Marathon to raise funds for some groundbreaking cancer research. That scientist was
What’s the number one cause of blindness in people over age 60 living in Europe and North America? The answer is age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, which currently
When it comes to treating cancer, the first-line of attack from a conventional standpoint is to cut out the disease using surgery. One of the problems with surgery, however, is that
The ideal form of cancer therapy should be able to selectively destroy the cells making up the tumor while at the same time activating the immune system so that it can
Sometimes what doctors call “cancer” actually consists of many different types of the disease. This is certainly the case with head and neck cancer, a label that can
The common condition known as “heartburn” results in a burning pain or discomfort that typically moves from the stomach to the chest or even up to the throat.