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=__//**Ovarian Cancer**//__= Feb. 28th, 2014 Wikipost #1

I choose to do this type of cancer for my wikipost because I can relate to it. My grandmother had this cancer along with three others which she overcame and recovered from then all. Today she is cancer free. Because of the family history of this types of cancer, cervical and breast cancer my mother and I might also have the particular genes.

__WHAT IT ACTUALLY IS__ This cancer has growth of cancerous cells on the ovaries... Who knew!?! The symptoms of ovarian cancer aren't usually present at the begin or they are misdiagnosis such as any sorts of menstrual illnesses; in theses cases there might be bloating, discomfort in the abdomen or pelvic area, difficulty eating and or urine symptoms. Most of these patience are "epithelium" which means the cancerous cells are on top of the ovaries but there has also been some research done and shows that less than 10% of patient have growth in the fallopian tubes. Women may also develop cyst. media type="custom" key="25250694"

__CAUSE AND PROBABILITIES__ This cancer can be caused by a hereditary genes which is BRCA1 and BRCA2. Also it is common in older women who have never given birth or infertile women. Women who take a low dose hormonal contraception pill have a better probability against the cancer along with women who have an early age first pregnancy and an older age final pregnancy. women with the BRCA genes also have a higher probability getting breast cancer.

In Sweden there has been studies of women over periods of time studying women and their habits to see if there was any links with ovarian cancer. The main link they with women who drank milk. The women who drank 2 or more glasses had a high risk... HA I'm not drinking anymore milk! Women who had children have better chance along with women who breastfeed a well. So ladies, have you some kids. __DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENTS__ Diagnosis of this cancer start with a physical examination, a blood test, transvaginal ultrasound, surgery to inspect the abdominal cavity and biopsies. Surgery is good for women with tumors but its usually too late to be just the tumors on the ovaries. But even if it is the patient might and should decide to do additional chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is a standard care type of treatment. But surgery is preferred. Radiation therapy is not very good treatment for women in the advanced stages... Which most women are in... Awkward. the cancer may spend to other organs if not successful. Sources [] [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovarian_cancer#Management] [] []

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 * The Evolutions of CATS **
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 * If we look at today's cats you would find 37 Felidae species even though there are about 600 million house cats on the planet. If you look at the stats they would say that 1 in 3 American households have some source of feline friend. Well they might not all be friendly. Out of the 37 that's all the wildcats and our house cats as well. They all have very well developed predator skills, it’s just some cats don't use them as much; they prefer to play with some string. **

**Egyptian Mau... as so known as my baby :) ** =**Around 35 million years is when the first cat dates back. The Nimravid, a cat like the saber-tooth. It didn't last very long because all its descendants went extinct. Our cats that we have today come from Southeast Asia dating back 10.8 million years ago. Our large cats today come from a panther-like cat. This makes sense to the family name Panthera for our large cats. Lions, leopards, jaguars, tigers, snow leopards, clouded leopards and Bornean clouded leopards are all a part of this family. All these cats are big predators wherever they live. **=
 * It’s believed that our cute little friends that rub up against our legs were first pets in Egypt. ****The ****Egyptians were the first people to keep cats as pets around 3600 million years ago, well so they say. But let’s look at the lineage of the domestic cat. **




 * Over the millions of years there has been many lineages created from this point on. **


 * The bay cats date back 9 million years ago. They are small to medium size cats limited to Southeast Asia. **


 * The servals and the African golden cats were split over 8.5 million years ago. The ocelots were formed 8 million years ago and traveled to North America. I find these cats unique because they only have 36 chromosomes while all the other cats have 38. I am puzzled to why they lost 2 in the process. The lynx lineage was formed in North America 7 million years ago. The lynx are unique as well for their short tail. The lynx traveled lots because there are lynx in different parts of the world today. **


 * The puma lineage was formed 6.7million years ago and the leopard lineage 6 million years ago. **


 * Our domestic ****cat lineage dates back 3 million years ago to its relatives ****the wildcat, sand cat, black-footed cat and jungle cat. This is where our cute cuddly kitten comes from. In the middle-east about 10 000 years ago the cat was domesticated. **

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= = =**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Wikipost #3 **= =**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">June 2014 The power of the thyroid gland**= Our thyroid controls lots in our body, it regulates our metabolism and controls how quickly energy is used in our and makes proteins to help the body know how sensitive the body is to other hormones. This gland is located in the body's neck and has a butterfly shape. Our thyroid has a lot on its shoulders but is not the master gland. Seeing with so much responsibility one would think it would worked just fine.

1 in 8 women have a risk of having some sort of thyroid problem in the lifetime. We seem to hear a lot about our little thyroid gland down in our neck and it is because most of the time its not working at a peak preference. There is two major disorders that we see in society with our thyroid and they hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. It has been described that when our thyroid doesn't work properly its kind of like a //butterfly effect//. One little part of our body can affect us greatly if not working properly.

Hypothyroidism is an under-active thyroid that does not produce enough thyroxine. This is more common of the two. It makes day to day life a lot harder. Some symptoms may include: -tiredness -poor ability to fight a cold -weight gain -lack of energy

Hyperthyroidism is the opposite. Its when the thyroid is over-active and creates too much thyroxine. An over-active thyroid is less likely. Some of the symptoms are the following: -nervousness -elevated body temperature -increased metabolic rate -increased blood pressure -weight loss

One of the cause to why our thyroid becomes over or under active is because there is not enough iodine in our diets. So some people will eat iodized salt to ensure that they will be okay. But the little amount of iodine you get from that salt it not enough. This is the may cause for hypothyroidism. There is a few other causes that are less likely but are still possible such as treatments using radioactive iodine, damage to the pituitary gland, medication or damage to the thyroid at birth

But there is a solution. You can go to your doctor and get checked properly to ensure that it is actually your thyroid that is causing your problems. You can get your iodine levels checked as well. The doctor will give you thyroid hormone medicine and will take most of the symptoms away within the first week, within a few months your thyroid problem should disappear. media type="custom" key="26203356" = = =**Sources**= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyroid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothyroidism http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/hypothyroidism-treatment-overview http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/t/thyroid/stats.htm

Further Readings
http://www.medicinenet.com/hypothyroidism/article.htm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001393/ http://www.thyroid.ca/ http://www.nativeremedies.com/products/thyroid-assist-healthy-functioning.html = =

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