Post a CommentDo Mammogram Interpretations Vary from Clinic to Clinic?
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Fri, Aug 28, 2009, 3:00 pm PDTDo you know the No. 1 cause of medical malpractice suits in the U.S. today? It's when a diagnostic reading of a mammogram for possible breast cancer takes too long. Understandably, women can get antsy while…Read More
Coping With the GI Side Effects of Chemotherapy
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Wed, Aug 26, 2009, 12:37 am PDTIt's definitely not a walk in the park, and certainly no picnic. Chemotherapy is capable of causing side effects that can really derail you for a while. Here are some strategies, though, to help you overcome…Read More
Do Multivitamins Prevent Cancer?
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Wed, Aug 19, 2009, 5:23 pm PDTEach morning you pop a multivitamin and feel like you're doing something good for your overall health, even reducing your cancer risk. Well, think again. A recent study published in the Archives of Internal…Read More
Clinical Breast Exams from Your Doctor
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Sun, Aug 16, 2009, 1:08 am PDTDoes your doctor (either primary care physician or gynecologist) do a quality clinical breast exam (CBE)? Is he/she spending adequate time examining you, or are you just receiving more of a drive-by CBE? I…Read More
Estrogen Levels and Breast Cancer
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Fri, Aug 14, 2009, 3:56 pm PDTScience can now say with confidence that women who stopped taking post-menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT, consisting of estrogen combined with progesterone) have experienced a marked decline in their…Read More
Alcohol and Breast Cancer Risk
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Tue, Aug 11, 2009, 5:12 am PDTIt's been known for some time that drinking alcohol above what's classified as "moderate consumption" is a risk factor for developing breast cancer. Recently, researchers have brought us more thought-provoking…Read More
Defining Quality of Life
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Sat, Aug 08, 2009, 5:09 am PDTI think that too often the medical community measures "success" by how long we keep patients alive, and not by how good we've made those additional years. If you've ever been involved with someone who was dying…Read More
Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy
Posted By Lillie Shockney, R.N., M.A.S. - Wed, Aug 05, 2009, 6:04 pm PDTYou've heard of skin-sparing mastectomy, but have you heard of nipple-sparing mastectomy as well? This procedure is now possible and it's being requested more and more, both by women newly diagnosed with breast…Read More
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