Cancer care remains accessible under renewed NHSO program
The Cancer Anywhere program will continue, despite changes to funding from 2025. The National Health Security Office is adjusting the rules to make healthcare spending more efficient and ensure access to essential cancer treatments. Cancer patients will be able to rely on seamless care, while the NHSO will work with healthcare providers to ensure a smooth transition.
Why Magnesium is So Important for Your Health (Especially for Seniors)
Magnesium plays a crucial role in your health, but it’s often overlooked. This mineral is involved in hundreds of bodily processes, from blood pressure regulation to DNA repair. Scientific studies show that magnesium deficiency can contribute to serious conditions, such as heart disease and even cancer. Discover in this article just how important magnesium really is and why you shouldn’t neglect getting enough.
My fight against an unforeseen illness and the costs, the health insurer does not care
Last year I was faced with severe back pain, which led to a life-changing diagnosis: multiple myeloma. My story and question is about the search for medical help, the challenges with my health insurance, and the choices I had to make in a system that failed me when I needed it most.
This Sunday is World Cancer Day, an international day created to raise awareness about cancer and promote education regarding the prevention, detection, and treatment of this disease. It is also a day when people around the world come together to show support for those affected by cancer and to celebrate progress in the fight against this disease.
Research from Harvard University, published in JAMA Open, shows that daily intake of a high-dose vitamin D supplement can significantly reduce the risk of metastatic or fatal cancer. These findings, emerging from the VITAL study, highlight the potentially life-saving role of vitamin D in cancer prevention.
Cancer prevention through lifestyle: The Netherlands can avoid 40.000 cases annually
New research by TNO, commissioned by the Dutch Cancer Society, shows that the Netherlands can prevent up to 40.000 cancer cases every year through healthier lifestyles and environments. The study, which identifies the biggest risk factors such as smoking, sun exposure and unhealthy diet, highlights the potential of effective prevention policies.
Question to GP Maarten: Is a vaccine against mycobacteria a possibility for the prevention of cancer?
Recently Dr John Campbell had an interview with the very highly regarded Professor Dalgleish. During this broadcast, an explanation was given regarding our T cells that are present in our body. The effectiveness of the T cells decreases from the age of around 55 and decreases almost completely from the age of 70. The T cells are involved in inactivating cancer cells. That is why you see that cancers mainly develop from the age of 70 and older.
Empirical Evidence
From the comments on all sorts of posts on this blog there seems to be a lot of followers who are blessed with a lot of science level brains and there's nothing wrong with that but it does bring a bit of an inconvenience to people less fortunate. The smarties come up with comments that proclaim the truth for them while there is more between heaven and earth namely empirical evidence.
Question to general practitioner Maarten: How can you detect pancreatic cancer in time?
Are there preventive tests - such as PSA for prostate cancer - to detect pancreatic cancer in time?
Reader Submission: Korat State Hospital
A year ago my son, 11 years young, was diagnosed with cancer. He had chemotherapy for a year, then he had to stay in the hospital for a week.
Tomorrow is World Cancer Day, every year on February 4 worldwide we reflect on this serious disease, which has already caused so much suffering. It is good to pay attention to it because last year alone 118.000 Dutch people were told that they have cancer.
Cancer most common cause of death in the Netherlands
In 2018, more than 153.000 residents of the Netherlands died. With nearly 47.000 deaths (30 percent), cancer was, as in recent years, the most common cause of death. Cardiovascular disease accounted for approximately 25 percent of deaths, and 1 percent of deaths were due to the flu. This is evident from new figures from Statistics Netherlands.
The National Health Security Office says that between 2016 and 2018, a total of 4,1 million Thai people received treatment after being diagnosed with cancer.
Visit to Ubon Ratchathani cancer hospital
In Thailand, the government has a number of specialized hospitals. In Isaan there is the Sirikit heart center in Khon Kaen and the Ubon Ratchathani the cancer center. Cancer research and treatment takes place in Ubon.
Are some hospitals in Thailand slower or faster?
I recently went with my wife (Thai) to the Bangkok Hospital in Bangkok for an MRI examination because she had been having stomach problems for a few months and still could not be diagnosed correctly after RX and ultrasound at the hospital in Surin. The MRI at Bangkok Hospital cost 47.000 baht. A tumor was diagnosed.
Correlation between smog and cancer in Northern Thailand
A link has been found between the smog season and an increase in cancer in northern Thailand. Narongchai Autsavapprompron, lecturer in therapeutic radiology and oncology at Chiang Mai University, has been researching this for three years.
Today is World Cancer Day and that is a reason to once again reflect on this terrible disease. Everyone knows someone in his or her environment who has (had) cancer or has died from it.
WHO: Number of people with cancer continues to rise, especially in Asia
According to a WHO forecast, more than 2018 million people will die from cancer in 9,6 and at least 18,1 million people will be diagnosed with cancer in the same year.
Today, the findings of the largest study ever on nutrition, lifestyle and cancer are being presented simultaneously in Amsterdam, London and Washington. After 10 years of research, the World Cancer Research Fund announces new recommendations for reducing the risk of cancer.
Relationship between unhealthy eating and cancer demonstrated
There is a relationship between bad food and cancer. Eating 10 percent more junk food increases the risk of cancer by 12 percent. Junk food is food with a low nutritional value, but which contains a lot of salt, sugar and unhealthy fats. Think of burgers, fries, sweet snacks such as donuts, soft drinks, biscuits and desserts with a lot of sugar, according to the AD.
Cancer now number 1 cause of death in Dutch women
In 2016, 149.000 inhabitants of the Netherlands died. Most people died from cancer and cardiovascular disease, namely 30 percent (45.000) from cancer and 26 percent (39.000) from cardiovascular disease. In 2016, for the first time, more women died from cancer than from cardiovascular disease. This is evident from a new analysis by Statistics Netherlands.
Ask general practitioner Maarten: Tumors in the gallbladder
A Thai friend of mine doesn't know what to do. By means of an ultrasound, a doctor has found that he has 3 small tumors in his gallbladder. No biopsy was done, so not sure if it's malignant, but presumably according to the doctor because this is usually the case with bile tumors.