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Staging helps healthcare providers identify the most effective treatment options and your likely prognosis (outcome). The two most common types of cancer are staged and treated differently. This article discusses the stages of cancer, how cancer progresses, where in the body it can spread, and what to expect throughout the process. Small-Cell Lung Cancer Small cell lung cancer (SCLC), also known as “oat cell cancer,” occurs in approximately 15% of cases....

The early stages of lung cancer often have no obvious symptoms. By the time symptoms are noticeable, cancer may have already progressed and spread beyond the lungs, and the symptoms may reflect the effects it is having elsewhere in the body. The symptoms of lung cancer can include: Persistent cough Coughing up blood Chest pain Shortness of breath Wheezing (whistling sound while breathing) Unintentional weight loss Feeling tired People are living longer with lung cancer as new screening tools, such as lung computed tomography (CT) scans, are able to diagnose cancer at an earlier stage, and newer cancer treatments have been effective....

This article will examine lupus and birth control, safe options, possible side effects, and when you should see your healthcare provider. Lupus and Birth Control Anyone can develop lupus, but most diagnoses are in biological females between the ages of 15 and 44. This is the time considered the childbearing years. Research suggests people with lupus are less likely to use birth control than those without it. This practice may be a holdover from the years when the medical community warned against estrogen-containing birth control pills....

Symptoms of lupus are different for each person and range from mild to severe. People with lupus often go through periods of remission, when their symptoms subside or disappear, and periods of flare-ups, when new symptoms develop or existing symptoms become worse. While anyone can develop lupus, women between the ages of 15 and 44 are 13 times more likely than men to develop the disease. There are an estimated 1....

Advisers to the other front runner, Sen. John Kerry, don’t want to attack Dean now because they think he’ll crumble quickly when they finally do. In the meantime, Kerry advisers say, it’s good for the race to be seen by many party insiders as a two-way Kerry-Dean contest, since that deprives the other top-tier candidates–Dick Gephardt, John Edwards and Joe Lieberman–of media attention and campaign donations. “We can take Howard Dean out whenever we want to,” said one Kerry adviser....

The parties have entered into exclusive negotiations and expect to close the transaction before January 31, 2020. Lyon have been the dominant force in women’s football in Europe over the last decade, winning the Women’s Champions League in six of the past nine seasons. Last term’s Division 1 Feminine triumph was Lyon’s 13th successive league title. An OL Groupe statement read: “This investment is expected to consolidate OL’s position as a major player in women’s football worldwide and further develop the OL brand in the United States....

Webcams are pretty useful! Don’t you think so? And especially in this Coronavirus pandemic when working from home has become crucial to our lifestyle. Usage of video conferencing apps like Skype, Zoom has highly increased, which we most often use to connect with our fellow teammates to streamline the work process, assign day-to-day tasks with ease, and connect with our folks at the very comfort of our home. Wouldn’t it be a bit disheartening if your Mac’s camera suddenly stops working?...

The only Indian players left included the three winners from yesterday’s play. All eyes were on the top-seeded P.V. Sindhu and her quest for the title. In the match between P.V. Sindhu of India and Salakjit Ponsana of Thailand, Sindhu registered a comeback victory, winning 18-21, 21-8 and 21-14. She led the first game by 15-10 at the intermediate stage. But soon, the opponent from Thailand rushed her with some quick points to win the game 21-18....

In the video, which was shared by singer Alice Glass on Twitter on Monday, the “Bad Things” hitmaker was seen being interviewed on the red carpet at the 2012 BET Awards, during which he declared that “Black girls give the best head.” “Y’all either give the best head or you say you don’t give head,” he said while speaking with a Black female journalist. “White girls they just give head....

As of September 4, there have been 12 confirmed storm-related deaths in Louisiana due to Ida, Reuters reported. Nungesser said even more people may die due to high summer temperatures, a lack of community services, limited restoration of electricity and crowded shelters, all occurring as the Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to surge in the state, journalist Victoria Brownworth reported on Monday. Ida hit the state on August 29, damaging homes, businesses, hospitals and schools and flooding areas throughout the state....

Tee Webb, a 13-year-old signal caller from Carrollton, Ga., tweeted Thursday he has received a scholarship offer from Petrino to play football for Louisville. MORE: Manziel tweet backfires on A&M | Recruit declares for two different schools | UGA recruit hurt in science class Webb is a 6-3, 165-pound seventh-grader. According to his Hudl account, he’s the 25th-ranked quarterback in the Class of 2020. McGee is Louisville’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach....

He just so happens to be arguably the best power forward in the country. But that strength. That freakish athleticism. Harrell is currently participating in the “The League” in Cincinnati, and apparently his freakish strength got the best of the basket. That poor basket never stood a chance.

Louisville joined the ACC this year and has already played three conference games (2-1 SU, 1-2 ATS). Syracuse is playing its first conference game after going 4-4 SU and ATS in its debut last season. The Line: Louisville -3, Total: 47 Line movement: Louisville opened as 6-point road favorites at The Wynn on Sunday, with the spread dropping to -2.5 on Tuesday. On Friday morning, though, the Cardinals are -3 across Las Vegas....

Love is Blind season 1 aired on February 13, 2020. Out of the 30 featured contestants only six couples got engaged after talking through the “pods". At the end of the season, only two couples (Lauren Speed and Cameron Hamilton and Amber Pike and Matt Barnett) were pronounced husband and wife at the Altar. Love is Blind Season 1 Cast: Where Are They Now? Season 1 of the dating experiment show was high on emotional drama....

Ten conservative members of Congress will meet with President Joe Biden on Monday afternoon to pitch their scaled-back proposal for a relief package—a $618 billion bill that is roughly one-third the size of what the president has put on the table. “With your support, we believe Congress can once again craft a relief package that will provide meaningful, effective assistance to the American people and set us on a path to recovery,” the group wrote in a letter to Biden on Sunday....

Durant was helped off after damaging his Achilles in the second quarter on his return from a calf injury in Game 5 of the NBA Finals on Monday. Although many Toronto supporters applauded Durant when he made his way off court, there were also cheers when he went down in pain. Raptors guard Lowry said there can be no repeat of the reaction to Durant’s misfortune after the Warriors reduced the deficit to 3-2 with a 106-105 victory at Scotiabank Arena....

The Spanish striker has found game time difficult to come by this season despite impressing in the handful of opportunities he’s been given, including a Champions League group stage match at Basel in December where the 28-year-old scored a hat-trick. Alexis Sanchez retreats to Italy He announced himself on English soil back in September when scoring two goals in an EFL Cup tie against Nottingham Forest and the summer signing from Deportivo La Coruna has made an impact in most of the 17 appearances he’s played in this season....

The name Ludwig’s angina was coined after William Fredrich Von Ludwig, who was the first to describe the condition in the 1800s. Historically, before the discovery of antibiotics, Ludwig’s angina was a common cause of death from gangrenous cellulitis and edema (swelling) of the soft tissues of the neck and floor of the mouth. In severe instances, Ludwig’s angina can spread from the neck into the mediastinum (the area located between the lungs, where the heart lies), causing some people to experience chest pain....