RadiologyInfo is designed to answer your questions related to the many radiologic procedures and therapies available to you and your family. This website is developed jointly by the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Website: www.radiologyinfo.org
 

The Dolan DNA Learning Center (DNALC) is the world's first science center devoted entirely to genetics education and is an operating unit of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, an important center for molecular genetics research. The DNALC extends the Laboratory's traditional research and postgraduate education mission to the college, precollege, and public levels.

This website of the DNALC provides timely information for genes in your life.

Website: www.dnalc.org
 

Bandolier is an independent journal about evidence-based healthcare, written by Oxford scientists, (RAM AND HJM) was first printed in February 1994. It has appeared monthly ever since and has become the premier source of evidence based healthcare information in the UK and worldwide for both healthcare professionals and consumers.

The Healthy Living section is developed to try and help the man on the street on what to do to avoid seeing our doctors except socially. Bandolier writers has researched the evidence and summarised the facts for us.

There is also a KNOWLEDGE LIBRARY as well as the Oxford PAIN SITE. Find out about acute pain and chronic pain from various causes as well as what type of medications are available.

Website: http://www.jr2.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/
 

Linda Finstad is a hat designer with a passion to make a difference to thousands of women and children who are experiencing the devastating side effects of hair-loss due to chemotherapy. All the hats and headwear she designs are cut to allow maximum cover for those experiencing hair loss due to chemotherapy.

Through her hard work and perseverance Linda has secured funding to enable all the kids with cancer in Alberta, BC and Ottawa to have access to free specialty headwear. Her goal is to provide free hats to all the kids with cancer right across the country. See her designs and get ideas for easy to make and wear hats during chemotherapy.

Website: www.hatsbyemmanuel.com
 

As of February 2004, the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) offers a new Prostate Cancer Brochure as one of the first steps in its new Public Awareness Campaign to educate the public about how radiation therapy is safely and effectively used to treat cancer. This is a new patient information brochure Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer, non surgical options: Facts to Help Patients Make an Informed Decision.

Prostate cancer is the leading type of cancer among American men, with nearly 29,000 men succumbing to the disease in 2003. While more than 220,000 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer last year, many are not aware of all of the options available to them when it comes to treatment.
Copies of the brochure are available free to patients and patient advocacy organizations by contacting Beth Bukata at 1-800-962-7876 or bethb@astro.org.

The brochure can also be viewed online at www.astro.org/patient/

The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology is the largest radiation oncology society in the world, with more than 7,500 members who specialize in treating patients with radiation therapies.

All you wanted to know about uterine fibroids including treatment options such as Uterine Fibroid Embolisation to treat fibroids as an alternative to surgery. 

Website: www.fibroids1.com

About Quackery...
Quackery is a society-wide public health problem but this is a little known topic. Here are some articles related to this subject that is of growing concern as many are misled by the baseless or unproven claims, especially in the field of cancer treatment.

Stephen Barrett, M.D.
Promoters of quackery know how to appeal to every aspect of human vulnerability. What sells is not the quality of their products but their ability to influence their audience. In this article are ten strategies to avoid being quacked:

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William T. Jarvis, Ph.D.
There is an old saying: "The highwayman demands 'your money OR your life,' but quacks demand `your money AND your life!'" This statement is particularly true when it comes to dubious cancer treatment. The harm done by quackery may be categorized as economic, direct, indirect, psychological and societal.

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Stephen Barrett, M.D.
Despite the advanced state of medical science, many people with health problems turn to dubious methods. Faced with the prospect of chronic suffering, deformity, or death, many individuals are tempted to try anything that offers relief or hope. Find out what makes people vulnerable to such claims.

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Complementary or alternative treatment
There is much hype about alternative treatment and these links are meant for general information only. We do not recommend abandonment of conventional therapies in favour of alternative therapies.

The content provided by Natural HealthLine and Natural Health Village is for educational purposes only and is in no way intended to be a substitute for the advice of a health care professional. 

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Alternative therapy is used to describe a wide range of treatments that, generally, are not available from conventional doctors.  In the treatment of cancer, conventional medicine includes surgery, chemotherapy (the use of drugs), and radiation. By contrast, alternative therapy includes nutritional supplements, enzymes, diet, detoxification, change in life style, stress control, prevention, and biofeedback.

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This site is set up by the Cancer Cure Foundation which is a non-profit organization dedicated to researching and providing information about alternative cancer treatments and therapies since 1976.  The Foundation does not recommend alternative therapy over conventional therapy. Every therapy may have potential side effects and should not be used without consulting a health-care practitioner, especially if you are already using another form of therapy, or if you are pregnant or nursing.

The listings of complementary therapies do not imply an endorsement on the part of The Cancer Cure Foundation. They are included because of their popularity and are for informational purposes only.  

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Other interesting articles
Below are more articles of interest. If you come across any items of interest that you may wish to share with the Radiology Malaysia community, please tell us about it. Click Here to submit links to the editor.

30,000 post menopausal women were tracked for 13 years to measure the impact of diet and lifestyle practices on their chances of developing and dying from cancer.

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Ivan Noble, a BBC News Online Science writer tells of his experience after being diagnosed with brain tumour…

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