Learn about the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's "Take Time to Talk about CAM" campaign to encourage patientsparticularly those age 50 or olderand their health care providers to openly discuss the use of complementary and alternative medicine. Also, visit the MedlinePlus complementary and alternative medicine topic page.
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Community Health Centers. The transcript is also available.
While current presidential candidates criticize the U.S.' ability to boost health care access for more Americans, a recent New England Journal of Medicine commentary reports increased bipartisan support for community health centers and details how they are improving...
Stay safe near the water this summer. Learn about recreational water safety and drowning.
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Community Health Centers. The transcript is also available.
While current presidential candidates criticize the U.S.' ability to boost health care access for more Americans, a recent New England Journal of Medicine commentary reports increased bipartisan support for community health centers and details how they are improving...
Learn about peripheral arterial disease (PAD) from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Also visit the peripheral vascular diseases health topic page on MedlinePlus.
Stay safe near the water this summer. Learn about recreational water safety and drowning.
Watch a live webcast of colorectal surgery on June 19 at 7:00 p.m. EDT.
Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.
Watch a live webcast of colorectal surgery on June 19 at 7:00 p.m. EDT.
Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.
Watch a live webcast of colorectal surgery on June 19 at 7:00 p.m. EDT.
Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Hormone Replacement Therapy Efficacy. The transcript is also available.
A recent study provides new evidence that hormone replacement therapy should be used judiciously and reinforces some treatment guidelines for post-menopausal women. The research, published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association, returned to a group of about 16,000 women involved in a study that was halted in 2002 -- when some participants developed a higher risk of heart attacks if they took a post-menopause hormone medication...
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Hormone Replacement Therapy Efficacy. The transcript is also available.
A recent study provides new evidence that hormone replacement therapy should be used judiciously and reinforces some treatment guidelines for post-menopausal women. The research, published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association, returned to a group of about 16,000 women involved in a study that was halted in 2002 -- when some participants developed a higher risk of heart attacks if they took a post-menopause hormone medication...
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Hormone Replacement Therapy Efficacy. The transcript is also available.
A recent study provides new evidence that hormone replacement therapy should be used judiciously and reinforces some treatment guidelines for post-menopausal women. The research, published recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association, returned to a group of about 16,000 women involved in a study that was halted in 2002 -- when some participants developed a higher risk of heart attacks if they took a post-menopause hormone medication...
Don't get bugged this summer! Learn about insect bites and stings, Lyme disease, tick bites and West Nile virus.
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Stay in shape this summer! Learn about exercise and physical fitness. Also, visit the MedlinePlus healthy living topic page.
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The herb St. John's wort is in the news. Learn more from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: St. John's Wort Shows No Impact on the Symptoms of ADHD and Herbs at a Glance: St. John's Wort
The herb St. John's wort is in the news. Learn more from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: St. John's Wort Shows No Impact on the Symptoms of ADHD and Herbs at a Glance: St. John's Wort
The herb St. John's wort is in the news. Learn more from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: St. John's Wort Shows No Impact on the Symptoms of ADHD and Herbs at a Glance: St. John's Wort
Give your father reliable health information for Father's Day! Visit the men's health topic page and sign him up for This Week in Men's Health. Also, check out all the e-mail lists and RSS feeds available through MedlinePlus.
The herb St. John's wort is in the news. Learn more from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: St. John's Wort Shows No Impact on the Symptoms of ADHD and Herbs at a Glance: St. John's Wort
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Nutrition and Income. The transcript is also available.
Guatemalans from two villages where children received a daily home nutrition supplement about 30 years ago earned 46 percent higher adult wages compared to two other towns where area kids simultaneously received a less nutritious mix. The study, which was recently published in the The Lancet, is one of the first to suggest nutrition in early childhood is linked to higher income later in life...
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Nutrition and Income. The transcript is also available.
Guatemalans from two villages where children received a daily home nutrition supplement about 30 years ago earned 46 percent higher adult wages compared to two other towns where area kids simultaneously received a less nutritious mix. The study, which was recently published in the The Lancet, is one of the first to suggest nutrition in early childhood is linked to higher income later in life...
It's hot out there! Visit the heat illness health topic page, and also check out information on hyperthermia from the National Institute on Aging.
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Watch a live webcast of partial knee replacement surgery on June 9 at 5:30 PM EDT.
Also, browse through links to prerecorded webcasts of surgical procedures. These are actual procedures performed at medical centers in the United States.
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Nutrition and Income. The transcript is also available.
Guatemalans from two villages where children received a daily home nutrition supplement about 30 years ago earned 46 percent higher adult wages compared to two other towns where area kids simultaneously received a less nutritious mix. The study, which was recently published in the The Lancet, is one of the first to suggest nutrition in early childhood is linked to higher income later in life...
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Drug Information Sites. The transcript is also available.
One of the health quandaries each of us tackle is to find trustworthy information about the drugs a physician prescribes. While many pharmacies supplement the information on drug labels, it helps to know how to find out more and where reliable information is readily accessible...
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Drug Information Sites. The transcript is also available.
One of the health quandaries each of us tackle is to find trustworthy information about the drugs a physician prescribes. While many pharmacies supplement the information on drug labels, it helps to know how to find out more and where reliable information is readily accessible...
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Drug Information Sites. The transcript is also available.
One of the health quandaries each of us tackle is to find trustworthy information about the drugs a physician prescribes. While many pharmacies supplement the information on drug labels, it helps to know how to find out more and where reliable information is readily accessible...
Filed under: Celebrity fundraisers
Popular celebrities like Kate Moss and Scarlett Johansson have lent their signature style to the fight against cancer by designing charms that reflect their own character, which will be sold with the profits going to a prominent UK cancer charity. The charms are appearing on a necklace that is being sold at Wallis for about $51USD each. Moss' charm is a petite swallow, while Johansson's is a vibrant yellow and orange lilly. Other contributors include designer Christian Louboutin and comedian Catherin Tate. Filed under: Pancreatic Cancer, Politics
Luciano Pavarotti, possibly the most famous classical singer on earth, received a final sendoff this past weekend in his hometown of Modena, Italy. Pavarotti died last week of pancreatic cancer. More than 100,000 people filed through the cathedral and plaza, more than 700 guests attended the funeral mass and millions watched the live broadcast on television.Filed under: All Cancers, Events, Services, Cancer Caregivers, Cancer Survivors, Cancer Pre-vivors
Experience Project is launching a new online cancer support network , The Cancer Support Project, on October 1st, 2007.Filed under: Breast Cancer
A new study from researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine shows that yoga can benefit ethnic minority breast cancer survivors, particularly African-Americans and Hispanics, as well as those from under-served communities. Filed under: Fundraisers
I'm a big fan of Fat Bastard wine, which I picked up a bottle of a few years back simply because of the odd name. If you enjoy their wine too be sure to pick some up during the months of September and October because the makers will be donating $0.25 from every bottle sold to breast cancer charities. Filed under: Stress Reduction, Cancer Caregivers, Cancer Survivors, Cancer Pre-vivors
According to an article in CANCER, mental illness and emotional distress in patients with advanced cancer is often overlooked by oncologists, but proper management can improve a patient's quality of life.
The review article was written by Dr. Michael Miovic and Dr. Susan Block from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Miovic and Block found that 50 percent or more of patients with advanced or terminal cancer suffer from at least one of three major disorders: adjustment disorders, anxiety disorders and depressive disorders. Medical management of cancer has improved in the last decade, but management of mental health issues has lagged, according to the authors. Studies show that depressive symptoms can even impact patients' lives even more than pain.
The authors recommend listening as the most important screening tool in the oncologist's toolkit.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | CommentsListen to the NLM Director's Comments on Drug Information Sites. The transcript is also available.
One of the health quandaries each of us tackle is to find trustworthy information about the drugs a physician prescribes. While many pharmacies supplement the information on drug labels, it helps to know how to find out more and where reliable information is readily accessible...
Filed under: All Cancers
In the last decade, we've seen studies that try to link mobile phone use to all kinds of cancer, the most common type being brain cancer. The thinking is that the radiation output from these devices affects the brain when those phones are held close to the head for extended periods.Filed under: Ovarian Cancer
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month. Advocates and researchers at the University of Michigan hope that increased awareness about ovarian cancer can save lives.Filed under: Drug, All Cancers
It's interesting when a drug is re-purposed into something aimed at fighting cancer, but that is what has happened to Evista, a prescription drug made by Eli Lilly which was originally for osteoporosis patients.Filed under: Endometrial Cancer
Postmenopausal women who consume two or more alcoholic drinks a day may double their risk of endometrial cancer, according to a new study published by Veronica Wendy Setiawan and colleagues at the University of Southern California. The June issue of NIH News in Health is available. Featured stories cover how the arts affect your health and headaches. Also check out the health capsules and the featured Web site.
Listen to the NLM Director's Comments on Drug Information Sites. The transcript is also available.
One of the health quandaries each of us tackle is to find trustworthy information about the drugs a physician prescribes. While many pharmacies supplement the information on drug labels, it helps to know how to find out more and where reliable information is readily accessible...
Visit Georgia Health Go Local, one of the latest Go Local sites.
Go Local connects users with local health services. To find local resources, you can go straight to your local area or use the Go Local link on a MedlinePlus Health Topic Page.
Protect your skin when you're out in the sun. Visit the sun exposure health topic page to learn more.
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The June issue of NIH News in Health is available. Featured stories cover how the arts affect your health and headaches. Also check out the health capsules and the featured Web site.
Filed under: All Cancers, Events, Services, Cancer Caregivers, Cancer Survivors, Cancer Pre-vivors
Experience Project is launching a new online cancer support network , The Cancer Support Project, on October 1st, 2007.For regular readers of this blog, I have disappointing news. The Cancer Blog is now retired. That means that, while it will still be available for reading and searching, new posts will not be added. Our Cardio and Diabetes blogs are also being retired, which I mention here because some readers bookmarked more than one of the Life Sciences group.
The choice to stop publishing these three blogs is a business decision, and has nothing whatsoever to do with their quality. I am, and everyone here is, deeply grateful to the bloggers whose dedication to these sites gave so much information and inspiration to thousands of people. These three blogs are among the longest-running properties in our network, and it is sad to let them go.
Thank you to our many readers for visiting us, and sharing in the community here.
Brad Hill
Programming Director, Weblogs / AOL
Filed under: Celebrity fundraisers
Popular celebrities like Kate Moss and Scarlett Johansson have lent their signature style to the fight against cancer by designing charms that reflect their own character, which will be sold with the profits going to a prominent UK cancer charity. The charms are appearing on a necklace that is being sold at Wallis for about $51USD each. Moss' charm is a petite swallow, while Johansson's is a vibrant yellow and orange lilly. Other contributors include designer Christian Louboutin and comedian Catherin Tate. Filed under: Stress Reduction, Cancer Caregivers, Cancer Survivors, Cancer Pre-vivors
According to an article in CANCER, mental illness and emotional distress in patients with advanced cancer is often overlooked by oncologists, but proper management can improve a patient's quality of life.
The review article was written by Dr. Michael Miovic and Dr. Susan Block from the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
Miovic and Block found that 50 percent or more of patients with advanced or terminal cancer suffer from at least one of three major disorders: adjustment disorders, anxiety disorders and depressive disorders. Medical management of cancer has improved in the last decade, but management of mental health issues has lagged, according to the authors. Studies show that depressive symptoms can even impact patients' lives even more than pain.
The authors recommend listening as the most important screening tool in the oncologist's toolkit.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | CommentsFiled under: All Cancers
It what seems like an obvious result, a recent U.S. study found that breast cancer survivors who received both chemotherapy and radiotherapy were the most apt to have severe fatigue. In addition, that fatigue lasted for prolonged periods of time.Filed under: Testicular Cancer
There might be some bad news out there for men with above or below normal birth weights -- new studies are showing that they might be at a high risk for testicular cancer than those who were born a more normal size. To be more precise, men with low birth weights were 18% more likely to develop testicular cancer than their normal-sized counterparts, and high birth weight men were 12% more likely to be diagnosed with the disease. It should be noted, however, that the findings are only try to seminoma testicular cancer, which is the most prevalent type. Filed under: Lung Cancer
Lung cancer screening by using CT scans may not be the best thing to do, according to a recent report by the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP).
