If you are going through cancer treatment, fatigue is likely to occur at some point. There are several causes of fatigue ranging from the treatment you are undergoing to the disease progression itself. Exercising is one way that you can stay healthy and combat feelings of fatigue. The National Cancer Institute says physical activity may help reduce fatigue and assist with energy balance. Speak to your oncologist or medical doctor about how much exercise is right for you.
Although it does not affect all cancer patients, cancer-related fatigue is one of the most common side effects of cancer and its associated treatments, according to the Cleveland Clinic. When it strikes, cancer fatigue can leav...
The National Cancer Institute, or NCI, estimates that every year about 443,000 people die because of direct or secondhand smoke. If you think these deaths involve only diseases of the lungs, think again. Although lung cancer is...
AIDS is a sexually transmitted disease and although, medications can slow the progression of the disease, they cannot completely cure it. An individual infected with HIV can become susceptible to several types of infections and...
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, has killed almost 22 million people all over the world already and another 42 million people are battling the virus. But these figures are only the tip of the iceberg. The Centers ...
According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the American Cancer Society (ACS), people with diabetes have twice the risk of cancers of the liver, pancreas and the uterine lining and are at a greater risk for colorec...
AIDS affects the immune system, inhibiting the body's ability to fight off infection, leaving the host open to dangerous opportunistic diseases, such as pneumonia, toxoplasmosis and certain types of cancer. Although there is no...
This accounts for about 20 percent of all deaths in the United States and outnumbers the deaths from alcohol, car accidents, suicide, AIDS and homicide combined. Cigarettes also account for 30 percent of cancer deaths in the US...
Because the immune system plays a key role in preventing the development of certain types of cancer, diminished immunity caused by HIV infection is often associated with some cancers.
Worldwide, the Mayo Clinic estimates that approximately 39.5 million people are infected with HIV. HIV attacks the immune system, weakening your body's defense against infections, bacteria, viruses, some cancers, and other illn...
Kaposi sarcoma (KS) used to be a rare form of cancer found mainly in men of Mediterranean or Jewish descent. This changed with the rise in HIV incidence. Now, doctors distinguish the rarer, classic KS from the epidemic KS that...
