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Best to seek treatment early!

Best to seek treatment early! Best to seek treatment early! I don't mind repeating this until it gets into your head. However, I do get questions with regard to 'how' to seek treatment early? The most convenient and practical way is to see your nearest 'qualified' medical doctor either in a private or a government clinic. You just need to go to see the doctor. Most doctors don't do house call and you do not expect to give a call and expect to see the doctor in your house; except of course if you have a special arrangement with the doctor or you are a VIP. Clinics normally open during working hours but there are several 24 hrs clinics as well. However, if you have an emergency i.e. after a major accident or a suspected heart attack, the place to go will be the hospital. A normal clinic is NOT equipped to handle major injury and you may be adding to the delay by waiting for the doctor in the clinic to do something. Even a billionaire do seek treatment late, what...

The pancreas, the cancer and Steve Jobs

Source: TheStarOnline ...... Steve Jobs had a rare form of pancreatic cancer called an islet cell neuroendocrine tumour. The statements attributed to him about his cancer cure seven years ago is mere speculation from the press, as Jobs kept a very tight lid on his illness. But it’s possible that his cancer had either returned, or spread, which accounted for his liver transplant in 2009. It is very likely that his cancer had further spread, or his new liver had failed. That is why he died. Perhaps more detail will emerge in time to come. How did Jobs manage to live so long with pancreatic cancer, but Patrick Swayze didn’t? Jobs had cancer of the pancreatic islet cells. If treated, some people with this disease can live as long as 20 to 30 years. Swayze had a more common type of pancreatic cancer called adenocarcinoma, one that involved the pancreatic duct cells. The survival for Swayze’s type of cancer is only a few years at best. ...... How do you treat pancreatic c...