Chemotherapy is one of the most common weapons in the cancer-treatment arsenal, but its side effects are well known. Hair ...

Chemotherapy is a treatment involving powerful medicines to treat cancer, but it comes with a range of adverse effects, ...

Chemotherapy causes harsh side effects because it targets fast-growing cancer cells along with healthy cells like hair follicles, gut lining, and bone marrow. This leads to fatigue, nausea, hair loss, ...

Also known as metastatic breast cancer (mBC), Stage IV means the disease has spread to other parts of the body, and approximately 1 in 3 people with breast cancer develop mBC.³ In Lynn’s case, her ...

A new paper was published in Volume 13 of Oncoscience on February 6, 2026, titled "Gastrointestinal toxicity of targeted cancer therapies in the United States: Clinicopathologic patterns, FDA safety ...

THE HSE has issued guidance to the public over an infectious disease – and symptoms to look out for. Thrush is a fungal ...

The same radiation that saves you from that unwelcome guest called cancer can also damage your alveolar bone, the bone that supports your teeth. It damages your salivary glands. It damages the blood ...

A man went to the emergency room after being in and out of hospitals for a month, and doctors found a surprising explanation ...

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While all Muslims who are mukallaf (have reached puberty and are of sound mind) are required to fast from sunrise to sunset, exemptions are made for several categories, including those who are ill, ...

Bengaluru doctors in a rare surgeryBy : Dr Narayana SubramaniamLead Consultant – Head and Neck Surgery & Oncology, ...

Oral cancer doesn’t get the attention it deserves because it hides in plain sight. It doesn’t come with dramatic early symptoms, and when something does feel off, a mouth ulcer that won’t heal, a ...