Meditation Eases Breast Biopsy Anxiety And Pain
Guided meditation can helpwomen undergoing breast biopsies experience less anxiety and pain. In addition, researchers from the Duke Cancer Institute report that providingmeditation can improve the effectiveness of the biopsy procedure, which can be compromised if women move during the procedure. The researchers enrolled 121 women scheduled for a stereotacticand ultrasound guided (needle) breast biopsy and randomly assigned them to a recorded meditation, music or the usual care with a technologist offering support. The meditation, described as a guided“loving/kindness” script, focused on building positive emotio...
Source: Dr. Weil's Daily Health Tips - November 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dr. Weil Tags: Science and Supplement News anxiety breast biopsy meditation pain Source Type: blogs
every week. in pictures.
I have now had24 treatments ofIntrathecal Herceptin. A few weeks ago, my friend Karin came and took photos. They were for me (because I can ' t see my own head) and they helped me a lot to understand the process. It ' s occurred to me that some of you might like to see them too. Every week, I am placed in a private room. It ' s been the same room every time and I have come to think of it as mine. I get the usual " pre-meds " of intravenous Gravol (dramamine) and Demerol (meperidine) that I have had for years with Herceptin to keep fromhaving a reaction. My oncologist (only doctors are trained to dealwith the Omma...
Source: Not just about cancer - November 14, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: brain metastasis breast cancer cancer blog herceptin show and tell weird Source Type: blogs
More Needles????
I hate needles. I really hate needles. If a needle is near me I can ' t look. If a needle is near anyone else, I leave the room. (Actually sewing needles and knitting needles are fine. Its those icky medical ones that cause me problems.)Now it looks like more needles are in my future. Ick. Double ick!Yesterday I went to see neurosurgery because of increasing pain in my neck. Real pain in my neck, not the literal kind. I do have to deal with the literal pains in the neck (like insurance companies, hospital billing departments, and poor bedside manners). Back in 2014, I was having problems with my right arm. I was sent to se...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - September 22, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: doctors more pain MRI neck pain needles physical therapy Source Type: blogs
I Am Entitled To Change My Mind
Most days I blog about what is on my mind and it just sort of pours out of me. Sometimes its in reaction to something I saw, read, or heard. Sometimes its just what is on my mind. And sometimes I change my mind. Sometimes I read my blog again and think about what I actually wrote.Yesterday, I blogged aboutchanges I could make and a week ago I blogged about how I amdone making lifestyle changes. And I realized I totally changed my mind. But then I realized I didn ' t. I am ready to make changes that other people tell me to do. And I am ready to make changes that I want to do. I don ' t want to be told what to do. I am ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - September 17, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: choices decisions healthy lifestyle Source Type: blogs
Breast Cancer Retrospective
Before my breast cancer diagnosis, I was aware of breast cancer around me. A co-worker ' s mother, another co-worker ' s wife, my parent ' s neighbor, and more. But it never really touched me because no one I knew personally was diagnosed with breast cancer. It was a disease of older women. I also felt because I had previously had cancer that sometimes people expected me to be more sympathetic to other ' s cancer diagnoses. I did feel some guilt because of this.I never expected to be diagnosed with another cancer. I felt I already had my share of cancer with thyroid cancer. I didn ' t ' deserve ' any more. Because I had a ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - August 18, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: acceptance anger breast cancer denial depression grief Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, August 1st 2016
Fight Aging! provides a weekly digest of news and commentary for thousands of subscribers interested in the latest longevity science: progress towards the medical control of aging in order to prevent age-related frailty, suffering, and disease, as well as improvements in the present understanding of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to extending healthy life. Expect to see summaries of recent advances in medical research, news from the scientific community, advocacy and fundraising initiatives to help speed work on the repair and reversal of aging, links to online resources, and much more.
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Source: Fight Aging! - July 31, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, June 27th 2016
In conclusion, we showed for the first time that 7-KC induces oxidative stress via lysosomal dysfunction, resulting in exacerbation of calcification.
CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTOR CANCER THERAPIES CAN NOW TARGET SOLID TUMORS
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2016/06/chimeric-antigen-receptor-cancer-therapies-can-now-target-solid-tumors/
If the research community is to win in the fight to cure cancer, and win soon enough to matter for all of us, then the focus must be on technology platforms that can be easily and cheaply adapted to many different types of cancer. The biggest strategic problem in the field is t...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 26, 2016 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
5 Myths and Truths About Choking
As a pediatric feeding therapist, I often encounter parents with misconceived notions about choking, especially when their children are between 6 months and 4 years old and just learning to eat a variety of solid foods. Below, I list five common myths SLPs can dispel, along with five truths we can share to raise awareness and keep “learning eaters” safe.
Myths:
Coughing while eating signals choking. Typically, occasional coughing while eating means the child experienced difficulty coordinating the swallowing mechanism, and is attempting to expel any residue from the airway and surrounding area. In order to cough, air...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - June 23, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Melanie Potock MA Tags: Speech-Language Pathology Feeding Disorders Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs
LGBT Protections In Affordable Care Act Section 1557
On May 13, 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) issued a historic new rule that codifies nationwide nondiscrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in health facilities, programs, and activities receiving federal funding. This rule confirms that Affordable Care Act Section 1557 prohibits discrimination against LGBT people in health insurance coverage and health care.
Key provisions of the final rule that relate specifically to LGBT people include:
Interpreting Section 1557’s sex nondiscrimination protections to include explicit p...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - June 6, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Kellan Baker Tags: Costs and Spending Equity and Disparities Following the ACA Insurance and Coverage Medicaid and CHIP Public Health Quality HHS OCR LGBT issues section 1557 transgender rights Source Type: blogs
Actually, Medical Errors are the Leading Cause of Death
By SAURABH JHA, MD
Josef Stalin famously said: one death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic. Perhaps 250, 000 preventable deaths from medical errors, according to an analysis by Makary and Daniel in the BMJ, maketh a Stalin.
The problem with Makary’s analysis, which also concluded that medical errors are the third leading cause of death, isn’t the method. Yes, the method is shaky. It projects medical errors from a series of thirty five patients to a country of 320 million, which is like deciding national spice tolerance on what my family eats for dinner.
The problem with Makary’s analysis isn’t that it is ful...
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: THCB Source Type: blogs
Pink is The New Black
By DAVID EICHLER, MD
Pink is the new black this October, which marks the 30th anniversary of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. NFL players are clad in bright pink shoes and wrist bands. American Airlines employees are wearing pink uniform accents and serving complimentary pink lemonade. Police departments across the country are patrolling in pink cruisers. It’s all for a great cause. The money and awareness raised through this campaign helps to fight an insidious disease that will kill more than 40,000 women in the U.S. this year.
But the feel-good spirit is clouded by ongoing debate around the value of breast canc...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 27, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Simon Nath Tags: THCB David Eichler Source Type: blogs
Study on Potential Toxicity of E-Cigarette Flavorings Produces Unwarranted Scare
A study published in the journal Tobacco Control this past April has produced an unwarranted scare about the potential toxicity of the flavorings in electronic cigarettes.(See: Tierney PA, et al. Flavour chemicals in electronic cigarette fluids. Tobacco Control. Published online ahead of print on April 15, 2015. DOI: 0.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052175.)The study used gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to analyze the chemical constituents in e-liquids of various flavors. It appears that 30 different e-liquid flavors were tested. Multiple flavors of two brands of disposable e-cigarettes (Blu and NJOY) were tested along with...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - July 16, 2015 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
Breast Cancer Screening: Let Evidence Trump Fear
Once again, the United States Preventive Services Task Force’s latest draft report on the potential benefits and harms of mammography screening was met by outcries from radiologists and others that thousands of women would die if the recommendations were followed. The Task Force concluded that women between the ages of 50 and 74 should get mammograms every two years. But for women under 50, the chances that a mammogram will help her rather than harm her are very small. For younger women, the decision to get a mammogram should be made on a case-by-case basis.
This is reasonable advice, but you wouldn’t know it from comm...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - May 15, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Lisa Simpson and Shannon Brownlee Tags: Costs and Spending Drugs and Medical Technology Featured Insurance and Coverage Payment Policy Population Health breast cancer early diagnosis false positives mammography over treatment United States Preventive Services Task Force Source Type: blogs
Body of Proof Star Dana Delany Uses Incorrect CPR Technique and Protocol
In the opening scenes in the last episode of Body of Proof, a television series starring Dana Delany as medical examiner Dr. Megan Hunt, a patient was given CPR after being shot in the back.
While the writers of Body of Proof, no doubt, will claim dramatic license in the depiction of the scene to further the episode’s story line, the technique and protocol used by Dr. Hunt does not fit with the standard diagnosis and treatment steps as described in the 2010 guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and practiced in real-life resuscitations by trauma surgeons, intensive care physicians, emergency medicine physician...
Source: Inside Surgery - May 15, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Editor Tags: Musings Body of Proof CPR Dana Delany Megan Hunt protocol Source Type: blogs
Physician Payments Sunshine Act: Top Michigan Doctors Provide Context To Their Payments
We often highlight the beneficial relationships between pharmaceutical and medical device companies and physicians, and the significant advances that are made possible by such collaboration. With the release of the Open Payments database—which details the payments from industry to physician—many were concerned that the benefits of this partnership would be lost in the discussion. After all, Open Payments provides little room for context, and is essentially just a spreadsheet of payment transactions. While some media outlets did take the Open Payments release as an opportunity for a witch hunt, others dug deeper into th...
Source: Policy and Medicine - November 19, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
