For Cancer Patients, Empathy Goes a Long Way
For Cancer Patients, Empathy Goes a Long Way- Marcus Wellby may have only been a TV show, but lessons of bedside manner work. Emotional support from the doctor goes a long way to helping the patient. The Journal of Clinical Oncology reported that too few doctors were able to convey empathy and training them would improve patients outcomes.
Breathing Disorders, Asthma
http://healthlibrary.brighamandwomens.org/Search/85,P00004
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asthma
Alternative Healing
Alternative Healing- Now it has a term “Integrative Medicine”, practiced in the Far East to centuries this practice of healing is gaining traction and is finding a place next to traditional medicine.
Taking Steps to Cope With Chemo Brain
Cancer can be a life-changing experience, both physically and mentally. And when cancer treatment delivers a knockout punch to cognitive abilities, patients with the resulting “chemo brain” often face major challenges trying to get their lives back on track.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/health/11brod.html?ref=health
The Fog That Follows Chemotherapy
As more people with cancer survive and try to return to their former lives, a side effect of chemotherapy is getting more and more attention. Its name is apt, if unappealing: chemo brain.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/health/04brod.html?em
9/13/09 Look on the Bright Side: It May Be Healthier: The Fog That Follows Chemotherapy: Taking Steps to Cope With Chemo Brain
Look on the Bright Side: It May Be Healthier: A healthy dose of optimism may help some women ward off risk of heart disease and death, researchers have found. Positive attitudes were associated with significantly lower rates of coronary heart disease and total mortality, compared with more negative outlooks on life: The Fog That Follows Chemotherapy: As more people with cancer survive and try to return to their former lives, a side effect of chemotherapy is getting more and more attention. Its name is apt, if unappealing: chemo brain. Taking Steps to Cope With Chemo Brain: Cancer can be a life-changing experience, both physically and mentally. And when cancer treatment delivers a knockout punch to cognitive abilities, patients with the resulting “chemo brain” often face major challenges trying to get their lives back on track.
Fighting Cancer With Knowledge And Hope
Anyone who is diagnosed with cancer receives a frightening blow, and in many cases the diagnosis is accompanied by a bewildering array of treatment choices. In this invaluable book, Dr. Richard C. Frank offers comfort and help to cancer patients, their families, and their caretakers. Dr. Frank empowers patients by unlocking the mysteries of the disease and explaining in plain language the ways to confront and combat it.
Overdiagnosis in publicly organised mammography screening programmes: systematic review of incidence trends
One in three breast cancers diagnosed in public mammography screenings is an overdiagnosed cancer that will never produce symptoms or lead to death, according to a meta-analysis by Danish researchers published July 9 in BMJ
