The early symptoms of lung cancer resemble the symptoms of other common illnesses. As such, it can be difficult to diagnose lung cancer until it is too late. Also confounding the problem, at least 25 percent of the people that are diagnosed with lung cancer have no symptoms at all.
Therefore, when you get a physical [...]
Asbestos fibers can cause a variety of dangerous diseases, including asbestosis, pleural plaques, lung cancer, and mesothelioma. Research shows that the ingestion or inhalation of these fibers causes damage to the lungs and the development of cancer over an extended period of time. When the human body inhales an irritating substance, the body normally produces [...]
Lung cancer is generally divided into two main categories; small cell and non small cell. The small cell lung cancer is further divided into several additional subcategories. The vast majority (approximately 80 percent) of people diagnosed have non small cell lung cancer.
Symptoms of non small cell lung cancer include breathlessness, chest pain, coughing up blood, [...]
Cell Phone Radiation Causes Cancer
Do you use a cell phone? Most people do. In fact, they have pretty much become something that no one can live without. No matter where you go, someone is talking into their cell phone, or has it shoved up against their head, listening. Unfortunately, those who use cell phones may [...]
When you breathe in, air passes from your nose or mouth through the windpipe (trachea), which divides into two tubes (airways), one going to each lung. These are known as the right and left bronchus and they divide to form smaller tubes called bronchioles, which carry air through the lungs. At the end of the [...]
