Skin cancer. Melanoma on the sole of the foot. Diagnostic punch biopsy site located at the top. Photo courtesy of Susan M. Swetter, MD, Director of Pigmented Lesion and Cutaneous Melanoma Clinic, Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology, Stanford University Medical Center, Veterans Affairs P...
There are three major types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma (the most common), squamous cell carcinoma (the second most common), which originate from skin cells, and melanoma, which originates from the pigment-producing skin cells (melanocytes) but is less common, though more dangerous, ...
When asbestos fibers are breathed in or swallowed, they can become lodged in the lungs and cause inflammation, and scarring. Smoking introduces harmful substances into the lungs, leading to additional damage. When an individual is exposed to both asbestos and tobacco smoke, the risk of developing...
Let me respond to my outburst of questions with a personal account: One day, I was at the foot of the operating table observing an abdominal Whipple maneuver. I had a clear view of the show where I stood, the omentum and intestines exposed beautifully. I idled where the sterile tools lay...
The constellation is identified with the crab, Karkinos, or Carcinus, that was sent by Hera to bite the foot of Hercules as he battled with the monstrous Hydra. Hercules crushed the crab with his foot. Hera placed the crab in the sky for this service. The crab is a symbol of powerful ...
Metagenomics data from CRC patients supported the hypothesis of an elevated formate metabolism via pfl along with a Fusobacterium-specific protumorigenic metabolic footprint. Nevertheless, the association of pfl activity and formate levels in Fusobacteriumhigh patients requires further analysis by using ...
Month and to bamboozle women into thinking that by removing their bras, they would be helping the breast cancer “cause”. If you ask me, Anastasia was probably a horny guy who was looking to expand his soft porn collection with girl-next-door pictures of breasts. Well, Mr. Doughnuts, ...
One particular chemo treatment left me with very dry hands and feet (they call it “hand and foot syndrome” – they couldn’t have come up with a better name for it? like maybe “crocodile skin syndrome” or even “skin-so-dry-you-can-sand-your-floor-itis”). You skin can crack ...
MiR-335-5p signal was observed exclusively in the cytoplasm of cancer cells. With the limitation of low numbers of samples, we observed a median total score of 3.3 in ARMS and 2.3 in ERMS patients (see Materials and Methods section for the score calculation). Representative pictures are shown...
Taran Noah Smith played the youngest Taylor son, Mark Taylor, onHome Improvement. He also had an appearance on the show7th Heaven,as well as a television movie calledEbbie. His only big-screen role was inLittle Bigfoot 2: The Journey Home,in which he played Brian Ferris. ...