Examples of completely biological diseases would include ovarian cancer, osteoporosis, breast cancer, and cervical cancer for women and prostrate cancer and testicular cancer for men. These diseases can only be had by members of a certain sex due to specific biological factors such as only women having ovaries therefore are able to have ovarian cancer whereas men have no ovaries and cannot get ovarian cancer. ...

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People with such life-threatening and debilitating illness as cancer, coronary heart disease, and chronic pain are learning to change their habits and attitude, as well as how they think. ... As the two most common killers in the Western world, coronary heart disease and cancer are often found in the limelight of the studies testing the mind-body connection and medical techniques. ... Cancer support groups for cancer and other serious diseases have become nearly universal. ... Of those who were in the control group (no group therapy), thirteen of thirty-four had a recurrence of cancer during...

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The specific known causes associated with Interestial Pulmonary Fibrosis include: "airborne toxins in the workplace, certain lung diseases, radiation directed to cancers in the lung or breast, and even some type of medical treatments" (Mayo clinic, 2014). ... Research has shown, that psychological effects for patients living with a chronic lung disease are often much worse than patients living with cancer (Kelly & Lynes, 2008). ...

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The surgical list was of oncology patients having breast surgeries. ... When chronically exposed to surgical smoke, environmental research in air pollution by Iwai et al (2005) has indicated that individuals may be exposed to increased risk of diseases in this manner, those of which are said to include Parkinson disease, cardiac diseases and lung/breast/prostatic cancers. ... Data from Nurses' Health Study showed no correlation between duration of employment in OR and lung cancer Gates et al (2007 cited in Mellor & Hutchinson 2013) but this area still remains little researched or at leas...

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