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Doctors located a tumor in Senator Kennedys left parietal lobe. A biopsy reveled that the tumor was a malignant glioma.
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Everyone knows that smoking causes lung cancer. But how big are your risks of getting lung cancer if you smoke and what is it about tobacco smoking that causes lung cancer?.
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November is lung cancer awareness month aiming to increase awareness of lung cancer, and its causes and to stimulate activities aimed at preventing and treating lung cancer. Most people are aware that by far the biggest cause of lung cancer is tob...
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In an effort to enhance the understanding of blood-related cancers and to encourage participation in voluntary activities to support education programs and the funding of research programs to find a cure for them the Leukemia& Lymphoma Society...
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I hope you are not one of those used car salesmen turned robotic surgeon. Rhonda said that her husband had had his prostate removed.
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Every now and again we see a new newspaper headline claiming that nicotine causes some serious health problem, whether it be heart attacks or cancer. Usually the headline is based on a very small study in humans, or a laboratory study of cells in ...
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Breast cancer is one of the oldest documented afflictions known to womankind; from those living in ancient times, to women living in the modern world, and every culture in between. We went from no treatment at all for the disease in Egyptian times...
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Recent Posts
Lent Begins: Get Creative With Meat Substitutes
Running vs Walking: More Calorie Burn
Which Burns More? Walking or Running A Mile?
Heart Healthy Snacks
3 Hours of Running. .
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Since we are still in Pink Month( Breast Cancer Awareness) I thought I would write another blog about a new study in Archives of Internal Medicine on caffeine and breast cancer risk. Many women who have fibrocystic breast disease have noticed that...
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Recent Posts
Teens & Sex: A Book Review
Violence and Schools
This Weeks' Best of Health Matters
The Best of the Medical Blogosphere
Cyber Bullying
Facts About Teen Sexual Activity
Routine HIV Testing
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Thank You - Grand Rounds 4. 44
Abusive Relationships
Summer Camp & Independence
Stigma and Teen Pregnancy
Youth Need More Exercise
Families Struggle to Make Ends Meet
Staycations with Teens
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Now what is the evidence relating use of these products to health problems?. Unfortunately most studies dont collect data on different brands or even categories of smokeless tobacco being used, and few compare directly the risks from smokeless wit...
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So today, lets digress to briefly elaborate on the sort of information I will discuss with patients when questions such as this one arise. Although almost all cervical cancer(as well as more than 50% of vaginal, vulvar, and anal cancer) are associ...
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In our fifth post in this series, we discussed a case of a woman who had a high-grade intraepithelial abnormality(HSIL) found on her intake Pap test and was subsequently diagnosed with minimally invasive cervical cancer(stage 1A1) during her pregn...
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This month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. According to 2005 American Cancer Society estimates, 211,240 women developed breast cancer and 40,410 died from the disease that year.
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In my introductory comments Breast Cancer During Pregnancy- Overview there were several important questions for which I have not yet offered answers. Each of these could be a blog unto themselves, but to keep things moving along, let me address se...
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More than 4 million births are expected in the U.S. this year and at current estimated rates, breast cancer will be diagnosed in at least 1300 of these pregnancies. While this constitutes only a small percentage of the total number of cases diagno...
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Our last post detailed the management of a pregnant woman who was found to have multifocal carcinoma in situ and microinvasive squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix early in pregnancy. Although she had a successful outcome from the management appr...
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When she left, I think she had a better understanding of her condition, although I am also not sure she was completely convinced by my reassurances. Both anogenital warts and the most common forms of cervical cancer are clearly associated with hum...
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In addition to establishing the tissue diagnosis of breast cancer, typically, your treating physicians will want to determine the molecular characteristics of the tumor cells. This information helps in counseling with regard to prognosis and, also...
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The American Cancer Society observes Cancer Control Month in April but did you know that the disease hits minorities and the uninsured harder than the general US population?. Ethnic minorities and the uninsured are:. more likely to get cancer more...
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Her mother was with her and the first thing I asked was if she wanted her boyfriend there as well. Again, she shook her head no, so I asked her to Look me in my eyes and hear me loud and clear You do NOT have cervical cancer.
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Awhile back, a reader asked me to discuss cervical cancer in pregnancy. I had put the topic on the back burner, waiting for a good segue into the subject from a patient care perspective.
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January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Please make it a point to visit the National Cervical Cancer Coalition( NCCC) and learn all you can to protect yourself and women you love!.
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Sponsored by the American Institute for Cancer Research(AICR), February is a good month to initiate some gradual changes in our lives to prevent cancer. AICR's website provides guidelines for simple dietary changes that will help anyone: make ever...
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Recent Posts
Could 1 in 4 Women be Infected with HPV?
Teens and Mothers
Supreme Court Restricts Women's Reproductive Freed. .
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2008. April 6-12 is National Public Health Week- Tell C...
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Within the past year, I helped the GYN Oncologist at our institution care for a pregnant woman who had cervical cancer. She was 33 years old and pregnant with her third child.
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An interesting article was published in the New York Times yesterday, revealing that one of the studies reporting the most positive effects on the potential of spiral CT in detecting early stage lung cancer, was funded by the tobacco industry. The...
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Early yesterday morning, my brother-in-law died of pancreatic cancer. He was only 44 years old.
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Recent Posts
Making knowledge matter: After sex ed and the talk. .
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Alan Landers, who became famous as a model in advertisements for Winston cigarettes, died of complications of cancer of the larynx on February 27th, after surviving lung cancer and heart disease that he also attributed to his previous heavy smokin...
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