Maureen Connor

When you are told that a loved one has a Meningioma or maybe you have been diagnosed yourself, there are so many different questions, concerns and fears. It strikes terror into your heart when you don’t know much about the condition and starts an emotional roller coaster of feelings.Nothing conclusive has been found out about [...]

Aplastic anemia is pancytopenia with hypocellular bone marrow. Causes:i- Pancellular aplasia:1- Hereditary as for example Fanconi’s anemia. 2- Acquired: Idiopathic: about 50% of cases Secondary: This may include the following : Drugs: e.g. Antineoplastics, antibiotics or Anticonvulsants Toxins: e.g. Insecticides, Benzene or heavy metals as gold. Irradiation Infections: e.g. Aids and Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) [...]

Primary kidney cancer is a malignant tumor that develops in the kidney. There are two major forms of primary kidney tumors, renal-cortical tumors and transitional cell tumors.Renal-cortical tumors represent almost 90 percent of all kidney tumors. Transitional cell tumors of the kidneys and ureters are alike to bladder tumors. Kidney cancer hardly ever hits children [...]