Overview Cancer arises when normal cells convert to tumour cells which grow more rapidly and uncontrollably. Since cancer has no definite, specific symptoms, limiting your risk of the disease and undergoing appropriate screening is crucial. These are some common symptoms that you should not ignore as their manifestation may be an indication of the [...]
Overiew Blood pressure is basically the force exerted by the blood against the blood vessel walls as the heart pumps blood through the circulatory system. More than 8 million people are living with hypertension (High blood pressure) worldwide. That is probably why hypertension is the blood pressure problem that the majority of people know [...]
Congenital Heart Defects Awareness Day 2019 Congenital anomalies, commonly referred to as Birth Defects, are some of the most common causes of deaths during the neonatal period, causing over 300,000 deaths every year, worldwide, within the first 4 weeks of birth. Heart defects are the most common congenital anomalies claiming thousands of lives every [...]
Chronic Vulvovaginal Candidiasis Candidiasis is most commonly referred to as yeast infection and because January is cervical health month, we at International Medical Treatment, will, in this article, focus on vaginal yeast infection. Vaginal yeast infection, also known as vulvovaginal candidiasis, is so common that approximately 75% of women worldwide experience vaginal yeast infection [...]
How much do you know about sarcoma cancer? The following questions are meant to test your knowledge on sarcoma cancer. Please note you are required to select one answer on the multiple choices. Once you are done, click the submit button to see your score. Click the button below to [...]
World No Tobacco Day 2018 Don’t smoke the life out of you More than 1.1 billion people worldwide are tobacco users. Every year, over 7 million people lose their lives due to tobacco use out of which 900,000 are second-hand smokers. This means that tobacco kills up to half of its users. Smoking is [...]
How Much Do You Know About Tuberculosis? The following questions are meant to test your knowledge on tuberculosis facts. Please note you are required to select one answer on the multiple choices. Once you are done, click the submit button to see your score. Click the button below to find out more [...]
World Kidney Day 2018 Kidneys & Women’s Health: Include, Value, Empower The World Kidney Day is a day set aside to raise awareness on the importance of kidneys to our overall health and in turn reduce the frequency and impact of kidney disease and the associated problems worldwide. This initiative was started 12 years [...]
What Is Immunotherapy & How Does It Treat Cancer? For most of us, surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the only treatment options we think about when we hear of cancer. However, there are several other treatment options available to people with cancer depending on the type and stage of the cancer, the general health of [...]
How do you choose which country for medical treatment? Seeking overseas medical treatment can be a headache for most people, especially if you have to go through the entire process of finding a favourable country for treatment, narrowing your research down to a specific hospital, and then booking your doctor’s appointment, flights and accommodation. [...]
