What I want for my birthday: Health and happiness for my family and friends A way to cure, or better yet, prevent all cancer so that I can retire, PLEASE! And, of course, world peace. To all my other friends who share my late December Christmas-birthday, I hope you get TWO presents this year! Best… Continue reading What I Want For My Birthday
The great Greek physician and teacher Hippocrates (460 BC-370 BC) described several kinds of cancer, referring to them with the Greek word "carcinos", meaning crab or crayfish. This name comes from the appearance of the cut surface of a solid malignant tumor, with the "veins stretched out on all sides as the animal the crab has its feet, whence it derives its name."