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For Cancer Patients, Empathy Goes a Long Way

dennis — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:27:05 +0000

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.

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Breathing Disorders, Asthma

dennis — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:57:36 +0000

http://healthlibrary.brighamandwomens.org/Search/85,P00004

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asthma

Alternative Healing

dennis — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:15:04 +0000

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.

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Taking Steps to Cope With Chemo Brain

dennis — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:32:02 +0000

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

dennis — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:29:36 +0000

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

dennis — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:16:02 +0000

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.

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Fighting Cancer With Knowledge And Hope

dennis — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:45:51 +0000

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.

http://www.cpbn.org/program/faith-middleton-show/episode/cancer-myths-mysteries-and-truths-and-how-fight-it

Overdiagnosis in publicly organised mammography screening programmes: systematic review of incidence trends

dennis — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:02:18 +0000

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

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/339/jul09_1/b2587