_ Breast Cancer Update: Testing for the Breast Cancer Gene By Jane Farrell article Should you be tested to see if you have the breast-cancer gene? Here, experts from the federal Centers for Disease … Read More→
_ Dating Dating with Cancer: When Do You Share Your Diagnosis? By Sondra Forsyth article By Tracy Maxwell This article, which originally appeared on DemosHealth.com, is adapted from Being Single, With Cancer. "At what point in a new relationship is it appropriate to reveal your status as a cancer survivor?" If you have ever wondered what the right answer to this question is, you're not alone. Many survivors ask the same thing when dating after cancer or during treatment.
_ Delivering a Drug ΓÇ£CocktailΓÇ¥ to Cancer Cells By Jane Farrell article Biomedical engineering researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed daisy-shaped, nanoscale structures that are made predominantly of anti-cancer drugs and are capable of introducing a "cocktail" of multiple drugs into cancer cells.
_ Targeting Blood Vessels That Keep Cancer Alive By article Researchers from at the University of Pennsylvania are using a DNA vaccine to kill cancer, not by attacking tumor cells but targeting the blood vessels that keep them alive. The vaccine also indirectly creates an immune response to the tumor itself, which amplifies the attack because of a phenomenon called epitope spreading. The results of the study were published in April 2014 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
_ Improving Ultrasound for Cancer Detection By Jane Farrell article Researchers have made a breakthrough in the use of ultrasound to detect and monitor cancer, and the discovery could provide a safer method than the ones already in use. Ultrasound has some advantages over other detection and monitoring methods such as X-rays, CT scans and MRIs: It’s less expensive and is radiation-free. But it hasn’t provided as clear an image as have the other methods.
_ Metastatic Breast Cancer Managing the Emotional Aspects of Breast Reconstruction By Sondra Forsyth article More than 268,000 new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in 2018, according to estimates by the American Cancer Society. … Read More→
_ Mental & Emotional Health It's a Real Thing: Taking Psychedelic Drugs to Ease End-of-Life Anxiety By Sondra Forsyth article *Sheila, a 57-year-old patient diagnosed six months earlier with terminal cancer sat in my office, twisting Kleenex in her fingers. … Read More→
_ More Women Are Getting BRCA Mutation Testing By Sondra Forsyth blog About 5-10% of breast cancer cases and 10-18% of ovarian cancer cases can be attributed to two BRCA mutations. Previously, […]
_ Genetic Issues Needed: More Genetic Testing for At-Risk Women By Jane Farrell article Physicians often fail to recommend genetic testing for breast cancer patients who are at high risk for mutations associated with … Read More→
_ Perimenopause, Menopause, and Post-Menopause Testing By Sondra Forsyth blog Do you think you might be beginning your menopausal journey? Time to find a good menopause specialist! ┬áI canΓÇÖt stress […]
_ Just One Text By Jane Farrell blog A few weekends ago, we passed the six-year marker of my husband TimΓÇÖs death. Seven of my peeps and I […]
_ How Gut Microbes Help Chemotherapy Drugs By Sondra Forsyth article Two bacterial species that inhabit the human gut activate immune cells to boost the effectiveness of a commonly prescribed anticancer … Read More→
_ Aging Well Telomeres ΓÇô A Key to Aging? By Sondra Forsyth article In each of the human bodyΓÇÖs cells there are 23 chromosomes, which are twisted, double-strands of DNA molecules. Chromosomes are … Read More→
Women's Health and Wellness Should Women Have an Annual Pelvic Exam? By Jane Farrell article For decades, pelvic exams have been a regular part of a woman’s annual doctor visit. In 2014, new evidence-based guidelines … Read More→
Women's Health and Wellness Ten Symptoms Women Should Not Ignore By article Women around the world struggle to balance work, home, children, errands and so on. Their list of things to do … Read More→
_ Breast Cancer Medical Care An Update on Precision Medicine By article Everyone knows that different people donΓÇÖt respond the same way to medications, and that ΓÇ£one size does not fit all.ΓÇ¥ … Read More→
Should You Worry About Ebola Virus? By Jane Farrell article The Ebola virus made its first appearance in 1976. If you fast-forward 38 years, March 2014 was the start … Read More→
_ Women's Health and Wellness More Injuries with Robotic Surgery - At Least for Now By Jane Farrell article Robotic surgery for some procedures may be more expensive than conventional surgery ΓÇô and, at least for now, result in … Read More→