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Breast lump

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

I have a lump between the chest wall and breast and i was wondering if i will lose my breast cancerous or benign????

Answered by: Maria/MDHealthForum.com Team
It’s normal to be worried about lumps, but worrying is not healthy if it makes you panic and you get too scared to visit a doctor. [...]

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Cell Phone Cancer Link? - Mobile Phones and Brain Tumors

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

Is there an increased risk of brain tumor due to effects of radiation from cell phones?
Doctor Joshua’s Answer:
Just recently (Jan 2007), a study was published which found no clear connection of mobile phone use with glioma, a type of brain tumor. The study is inconclusive, because of a borderline statistically significant finding linking increased risk [...]

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breast lump in men

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Hello! ?
I am a 26 year old male with a rather unusual problem. My left nipple has a swollen lump directly under the nipple. When I first noticed the lump 2 months ago it was painless but it has since started hurting whenever a small amount of pressure is [...]

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Pain during intercourse, ovarian tumor, ovarian cancer?

Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

I have experienced pain in my lower left abdomen and during intercourse. After several months I went to the gynecologist. He set up two ultrasounds, a regular ultrasound and a transvaginal ultrasound. The results of these were that I do have some fibroid tumors, but they are small and he did not [...]

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Parotid Region Lump Below Ear

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

Dear Doctor,
I am 18 years of age and I recently discovered a swelling bellow my left ear that protrudes like a lump or a gland enlarged. I just got my ear pierced on that same side about a month ago and I don’t think that it has anything to do with the piercing. [...]

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Lung Cancer Brain Metastasis

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Dear Doctor,  I am from Bangalore, India. My mother, 67 years old, had a lesion on her left lung which was operated. After 6 months we found that she had a 2 cm tumor in the left lobe of her brain. Had radiation, SRT, chemo,temodal etc but it did not shrink. The last was surgery. The [...]

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Lump on Forehead, Painless, Firm

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

I have a lump on my forehead, 2 inches above my right eye. There’s no pain or discoloration. It appeared suddenly about 2 weeks ago, and hasn’t changed since. I’ve had no fall or head injury. The bump is about the size of a medium green pea. I’ve found very little on line to assist [...]

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Nausea, Night Sweats, Nose bleed

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

My husband is 38 years old and is in fairly good health. He works out
everyday, lifing weights and doing cardio.
Over the past month, he has been blowing his nose and getting a small
amount of blood in dark mucus in the morning and light mucus throughout
the day. His nose runs quite a bit when exerting himself. [...]

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Throat Pain, Scratchy Throat, Swollen Lymph Nodes, Shooting Pain, Allergies, Smoker

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

I am 53 years old and have been a smoker for 6 years. I just recently noticed a deep pain in my throat. It’s not like any sore throat I’ve ever had. It comes and goes and shoots down into my upper chest area a little. My Lymph glands are swollen and my throat is [...]

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Lump Inside Vagina, Cervix Cancer Symptom?

Monday, March 13th, 2006

I would like to ask a question about something I felt up inside of my vagina. I believe what I am feeling is on my cervix. I feel a small bump that is hard and the size of a pea. It does not hurt or feel like a sore. It does not feel like it [...]

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