Tag: cancer
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August 21, 2007 03:06 PM EDT --
When a patient receives a diagnosis of cancer, fear, disbelief, concern, anxiety and sometimes anger are the emotions often felt. In great part, these very justified emotions are due to the notorious fashion . . .
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October 28, 2008 11:01 AM EDT --
Join us on TONIGHT at 8pm ET in the Health Essential for a LIVE CHAT with Harvard Medical School’s Dr. Julie Silver . Julie is a well-known and trusted Gather member and also the author of What . . .
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March 03, 2008 10:44 AM EST --
Ovarian cancer is a particularly tough cancer to treat, mostly because it is very hard to diagnose. As the below article, first published in the Harvard Health Letter , discusses, by the time a person . . .
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March 04, 2008 05:02 PM EST --
You cannot control some risk factors for breast cancer. For example, you can't change your sex, age, or family history. But there are lifestyle changes that can help reduce your risk of breast cancer, . . .
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November 05, 2007 11:16 AM EST --
As a practicing oncologist who recommends biopsies of various tissues on a regular basis, the following report on the benefits of hypnosis for patients undergoing cancer surgery is a welcome one. The . . .
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August 21, 2007 03:18 PM EDT --
As a child, you probably never suspected that carefree days spent sunning and swimming could be a prelude to skin cancer. But those hours outdoors elevated your risk of developing skin cancer today. Experts . . .
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October 13, 2008 11:14 AM EDT --
Well, it’s officially Breast Cancer Awareness month, and I’m celebrating 5 years as a breast cancer survivor. I never expected to be the ONE of eight women diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. . . .
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September 04, 2007 04:31 PM EDT --
I just had The Test. It seems like it was only yesterday. Maybe it was yesterday. The details are fuzzy already. The truth is I can barely remember a thing.
Having just turned 50, I was supposed to have . . .
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November 20, 2007 11:43 AM EST --
Mary Jackson (not her real name) is 93 years old, and has been my patient for 35 years. She stopped school after the 8 th grade. Nevertheless, she is always up on the latest news and is a shrewd . . .
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October 01, 2007 05:54 PM EDT --
As a cancer specialist, nearly every patient I see has an enormous and often overwhelming interest in understanding what they can do to either prevent cancer or what can be done to lessen or reduce the . . .
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February 26, 2008 11:58 AM EST --
There are definitely recurring themes in cancer prevention, and the following tips are worth taking note of — and not only for colon cancer prevention. For example, I have been telling my prostate . . .
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January 21, 2008 11:49 AM EST --
When talking to patients about reducing their cancer risks, nearly every one asks me about diet and nutrition. For people worried about colon cancer, breast cancer, and especially prostate cancer, I . . .
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March 17, 2008 04:50 PM EDT --
As daylight's savings brings more daylight into our lives, it's a good time to start thinking about protecting your skin from the sun's rays. Though most people have heard of melanoma, and . . .
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November 11, 2008 03:55 PM EST --
While there is a great deal of information about breast cancer in the lay press, there is less written about the problem of precancerous abnormalities of the breast.
What do we mean by a precancerous . . .
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January 04, 2008 04:50 PM EST --
It is not surprising that many patients, and some doctors, too, are confused about the barrage of news stories that abound in the media about cancer. Hardly a day goes by without some headline story about . . .
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August 14, 2007 12:51 PM EDT --
People compete in a lot of areas – including their cholesterol levels. Cardiologists are just as likely as their patients to play the game of “My LDL is lower than yours.” . . .
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August 21, 2007 03:11 PM EDT --
When PSA levels rise to a certain threshold after prostate cancer treatment, the patient has suffered what is known technically as a biochemical recurrence, sometimes also referred to as a biochemical . . .
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October 28, 2008 11:29 AM EDT --
It's not much of a surprise that when it comes to health reporting, cancer remains at the top of the agenda.
When 2008 ends, more than 1.4 million people in the U.S. are expected to be . . .
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June 26, 2007 02:00 PM EDT --
When I see a patient who has just been diagnosed with prostate cancer, he is usually concerned, fearful, angry, and wants to take care of the cancer—and take care of if fast! While “taking . . .
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February 25, 2008 02:49 PM EST --
As we learn more about the importance of nutrition and diet as related to cancer, vitamin D is often the subject of interesting and important research. Several recent studies have shed light on the potential . . .
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