Ovarian cancer often progresses quietly and advances to incurable stages. But there are a few questions you can ask yourself to assess warning signs and discover if you may be at risk.

This week, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center showed six key symptoms and a blood test, help improve the early detection of ovarian cancer by 20 percent, according to findings published online in the journal Cancer. (Source: New York Times

I have a friend who just emailed me and is suffering from IBS. I asked her the following questions...

-is it worse around your period
-have you been diagnosed with endometriosis
-do you suffer from diarrhea and or constipation or both
-do you have thyroid issues
-ever had a hysterctomy

She's asked me what the drug was that I took for spasming of the colon?

I will reply, once she answers my questions.

Best in health,

Michelle

What are the chances? Apparently our family is a bit of an anomoly. It all started when I rushed my 19 year old daughter to emergency one morning. I was on my way to work when I got a call on my cell phone. My daughter was very distressed, in a huge amount of pain and had rectal bleeding - could I take her to the hospital? I turned my car around - raced home and was shocked to see the pain she was in.