Your source for medical news, health » Cancer http://pharmagor.com Welcome to our look into the world health. Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:51:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 THE BASICS FOR SAFE NON-TOXIC CLEANING SOLUTIONS (BAKING SODA; WASHING SODA) http://pharmagor.com/2011/03/the-basics-for-safe-non-toxic-cleaning-solutions-baking-soda-washing-soda/ http://pharmagor.com/2011/03/the-basics-for-safe-non-toxic-cleaning-solutions-baking-soda-washing-soda/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 09:41:57 +0000 admin http://pharmagor.com/?p=165 One of the best ways to improve the quality of your indoor air is by cleaning without toxic chemicals. As an added bonus, ounce for ounce homemade cleaning formulas cost about one-tenth the price of their commercial counterparts. It’s easy and safe.
A commonly available mineral full of many cleaning attributes, baking soda is made from soda ash, and is slightly alkaline (its pH is around 8.1; 7 is neutral). It neutralizes acid-based odors in water, and absorbs odors from the air. Sprinkled on a damp sponge or cloth, baking soda can be used as a gentle nonabrasive cleanser for kitchen counter tops, sinks, bathtubs, ovens, and fiberglass. It will eliminate perspiration odors and even neutralize the smell of many chemicals if you add up to a cup per load to the laundry. It is a useful air freshener, and a fine carpet deodorizer.
A chemical neighbor of baking soda, washing soda (sodium carbonate) is much more strongly alkaline, with a pH around 11. It releases no harmful fumes and is far safer than a commercial solvent formula, but you should wear gloves when using it because it is caustic. Washing soda cuts grease, cleans petroleum oil, removes wax or lipstick, and neutralizes odors in the same way that baking soda does. Don’t use it on fiberglass, aluminum or waxed floors—unless you intend to remove the wax.
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]]> http://pharmagor.com/2011/03/the-basics-for-safe-non-toxic-cleaning-solutions-baking-soda-washing-soda/feed/ 0 CHECKING EXTENT OF CANCER BEFORE ATTEMPTING POTENTIALLY CURATIVE SURGERY – REMOVING CANCER http://pharmagor.com/2009/05/checking-extent-of-cancer-before-attempting-potentially-curative-surgery-%e2%80%93-removing-cancer/ http://pharmagor.com/2009/05/checking-extent-of-cancer-before-attempting-potentially-curative-surgery-%e2%80%93-removing-cancer/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 07:00:29 +0000 admin http://pharmagor.com/2009/05/checking-extent-of-cancer-before-attempting-potentially-curative-surgery-%e2%80%93-removing-cancer/ Say you do have a cancer which is in a part of the body that can be safely removed. How can you be as sure as possible, before the operation, that complete removal of the cancer is feasible? Firstly, you should understand that if only the visible cancer growth is removed, without a margin of apparently normal tissue, it is most unlikely that you will be cured. This is because of the ability of cancer cells to grow into the surrounding tissues. They do this in small columns or clumps which are much too tiny to be seen other than through a microscope. Before the operation, then, it is important to know just where the borders of your primary cancer growth appear to be. Your surgeon will then know whether or not it will be possible to remove an adequate margin of the apparently normal tissues surrounding it. Your doctor should check the apparent extent of your primary cancer growth by taking a careful history of your symptoms, examining you clinically and arranging, with your agreement, whatever tests—X-rays, scans, blood tests and so on—are necessary to provide a complete picture.

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