Michael Douglas reveals throat cancer at stage 4

September 2, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
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Actor says he’s optimistic he can beat ‘intense’ disease at most advanced stage

Michael Douglas said on Tuesday he felt optimistic about recovering from throat cancer but drew gasps when he told a television audience he had the most advanced stage.

The 65-year-old “Wall Street” actor told talk-show host David Letterman that a biopsy indicated that his cancer was at stage 4, which he described as “intense, and so they’ve got to go at it …”

Letterman asked whether stage 4 was a good diagnosis. “Um no,” Douglas replied, according to a transcript provided by CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman.” “You like to be down at stage one … but it has not — the big thing you’re always worried about is it spreading.”

Stage 4 cancer has spread far beyond the original tumor and is usually impossible to cure. Read more

What Is Albuterol?

August 31, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
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Albuterol can be a bronchodilator that relaxes muscles within the airways and increases air flow towards the lungs.

Albuterol is utilized to treat or stop bronchospasm in individuals with reversible obstructive airway illness. Albuterol can be utilized to prevent exercise-induced bronchospasm.

Albuterol may also be used for other purposes not listed in this medication guide.

Important details about albuterol?

It can be important to help keep Albuterol on hand in any way times. Get your prescription refilled before you operate out of treatments entirely. Maintain utilizing all of one’s other drugs as prescribed by your physician. Read more

Oliver Sacks’, Man Living with Battle “Face Blindness” called Prosopagnosia

August 27, 2010 by · 1 Comment
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Oliver Sacks and his book "The Mind's Eye."

Imagine looking in the mirror and seeing a stranger. That situation – so bizarre as to be almost unfathomable for most people – is part of everyday life for people with a rare and incurable condition known as prosopagnosia.

People with prosopagnosia, also known as face blindness, are unable to recognize faces, including those of friends and even close family members – and in some cases one’s own face. Read more

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