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Childhood cancer         Did you know that 1 in 2 people in the UK will get cancer in their lifetime? Or that cancer affects Affe approximately 400,000 people annually? September is childhood cancer awareness month and in honour of that here is everything you need to know about childhood cancer. What is childhood cancer?  Cancer is the uncontrollable division or abnormal growth of cells in the body, that can spread into different parts and impairs the individual's function over time. This happens when these abnormal cells accumulate to form a tumor which can damage the function of healthy tissues if not controlled early and spread through the rest of the body through metastasis. There're 200 different types of cancer namely lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer; But the most common ones that affect children are Leukaemia (which is a type of cancer that affects bone marrow and blood cells producing tissues ) , lymphomas (which is a type of cancer that...

  International HIV / AIDS and aging awareness day   S eptember 18 is the international HIV\AIDS and aging awareness day , in honour of that here is some background information on the virus and how the aging process works with the anti retroviral therapy .   About HIV/AIDS   The human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the name indicates is a type of virus that severely affects the human immune system by attacking the white blood cells (specifically the CD4 T-cells, macrophages and dendritic cells ) , which are responsible for disease prevention and protection of the body. If the virus is left untreated , it can cause susceptibility to opportunistic diseases like tuberculosis , salmonella and Herpes and it will further progress into Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) a progressively fatal syndrome with no cure . HIV is a serious global health issue having claimed 42.3 million lives to this date and killing almost 1 million people per year ; It m...