Tag: cancer
group name: staywell
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April 03, 2007 10:59 AM EDT --
You think you’ve moved beyond it. In fact, you hardly ever give it a second thought these days. The breast cancer you had seven years ago.
Like a slumbering beast, though, the memory . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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October 29, 2007 01:57 PM EDT --
Maybe it’s my age, or perhaps I have just seen too much. But every time a new test comes out and is touted as being better than the existing ones, I am excited, but also somewhat skeptical. What . . . more
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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 . . . more
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September 02, 2008 10:46 AM EDT --
The following article shows the incredible complexities that come of mixing great science, clinical investigation, and product development with public policy and morality issues. That a vaccine has been . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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.” . . . more
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March 31, 2008 09:39 AM EDT --
In regards to taking the supplement selenium, we again find ourselves at a crossroad—on the one hand, studies have shown it to help prevent prostate cancer; on the other hand, other studies have . . . more
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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 . . . more
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January 28, 2008 11:32 AM EST --
Breast cancer is one of the best examples of a cancer that is hormonally responsive. What does this mean? First, hormones are chemical substances made in one part of the body that circulate throughout . . . more
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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 . . . more
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July 01, 2008 11:10 AM EDT --
It is hard to imagine that the term "smoking" and "benefit" can be used in the same sentence, but in this week's blog, we present the results of some encouraging information suggesting . . . more
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March 25, 2008 02:44 PM EDT --
If you are a man over 50, should you have a prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test to test for prostate cancer?
Quite honestly, I don't know. Cancer screening tests are a great idea as long . . . more
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October 08, 2008 10:06 AM EDT --
This week’s blog addresses our ability to predict the likelihood that individuals with a family history of cancer will actually contract the disease themselves. In the case of breast cancer, there is . . . more
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June 24, 2008 11:44 AM EDT --
Most skin cancer develops in the epidermis, the outer layer of the skin. The most common types of skin cancer are basal cell cancer and squamous cell cancer, both of which develop in the keratinocytes, . . . more
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June 19, 2007 03:26 PM EDT --
Q. Recently, I read about a vaccine against cancer of the cervix. Is this something I should consider?
A. You’re referring to two vaccines in development as of spring 2006 for use against the human . . . more
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April 01, 2008 12:08 PM EDT --
When you have cancer, it's only natural to focus on the treatment — what it will be, how long it will take, and so on — almost to the exclusion of everything else. But the journey to recovery . . . more
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April 14, 2008 09:41 AM EDT --
We've all heard the tales of women and men who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day and lived to be 100 years old—cancer free. And then there are the sad cases of people who smoked very little . . . more
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