Diagnosis and Treatment

VIDEO: IBC Project, Take Two

Empowered Patient: How to choose the right hospital

Chuck Toeniskoetter says he's alive today because of a nurse and a paramedic who made sure he went  to the right hospital when he suffered a stroke on a California mountaintop.   The lesson Toeniskoetter learned can make everyone a more empowered patient.

Less Invasive Breast Cancer Surgery Equally Effective, Study Shows

Women with early breast cancer who had some of their lymph nodes removed had the same survival rates as women who had a more aggressive surgery to remove all of their lymph nodes, according to new study published in the journal Lancet Oncology, the AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The study is the largest trial to date to compare the two procedures.

I Have Breast Cancer... Now What?

How to Get Answers to the Most Important Medical and Health Questions

Report: Cancer is the world's costliest disease

Cancer is the world's top "economic killer" as well as its likely leading cause of death, the American Cancer Society contends in a new report it will present at a global cancer conference in China this week.

Cancer costs more in productivity and lost life than AIDS, malaria, the flu and other diseases that spread person-to-person, the report concludes.

Eight Numbers that Can Save Your Life

More and more Americans are weighing in as obese, creating a health crisis in the country. When it comes to your body, eight critical numbers can save your life:

1. Weight
2. Body Mass Index (BMI)
3. Body Composition
4. Hormone Levels
5. Waist-to-Hip Ratio
6. Cholesterol
7. Bone Density
8. Blood Pressure

POEM: Ordinary Courage

Ordinary Courage
 
You do what you have to do
You may not think your strong
That is ordinary courage
Which you've had all along
 
When you're faced with something
That could stop you in your tracks
You manage to keep going
Without falling through the cracks
 

Fish Oil May Lower Risk for Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women

Fish oil supplement intake is associated with a lower risk for breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to the results of the VITamins And Lifestyle (VITAL) Cohort study reported in the July issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

Dessert First - Facing death twice in one's life is a powerful and life changing experience

Laurel Borowick knew that something was wrong after feeling a hard, misshapen lump in the scar tissue of her right breast. Twelve years earlier, at age 42, she had undergone a mastectomy and major reconstruction after being diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time. She is also my mother.

Poor Breast Cancer Survival in Blacks May Not Be Due to Race

Underinsured black breast cancer patients have worse survival outcomes than underinsured white patients, a new U.S. study has found.

Researchers analyzed the records of 574 breast cancer patients treated at Wishard Memorial Hospital in Indianapolis between Jan. 1, 1997 and Feb. 28, 2006, and found that 84 percent of these patients were underinsured.

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