When doctors can ’t hug
I stood outside the busy ICU room with Gregory’s mom, holding her hand and talking softly, while the team inside removed his breathing tube and prepared him for his final trip home. Gregory was dying from a devastating brain tumor with no known cure, and his mother had made the difficult decision to take himRead more …When doctors can’t hug originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 1, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/julie-i-krystal" rel="tag" > Julie I. Krystal, MD, MPH < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Oncology/Hematology Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Keeping a cancer diagnosis silent
It is a seasonally cold fall evening in Long Island, NY, and I am standing in a field in the middle of what should be a darkened park. Still, I am truly amazed by how bright it is lit up by lanterns with different colors demarcating patients, families, and remembrances. As an oncologist who treatsRead more …Keeping a cancer diagnosis silent originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 7, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/marc-braunstein" rel="tag" > Marc Braunstein, MD, PhD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
A physician and sister, but also an accomplice?
My older sister, Joy, will soon die from metastatic breast cancer. She will pass away at age 50. She will leave behind a husband of 21 years and the three children they nurtured to young adulthood. Our elderly parents will lament the unnatural timing of their firstborn’s death. And, I will mourn this loss, wondering whether my support ofRead more …A physician and sister, but also an accomplice? originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 1, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/kasi-chu" rel="tag" > Kasi Chu, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
To my patient who is going to lose her hair from chemotherapy
I understand that the biggest fear you have about going through chemotherapy is losing your hair. I just want to tell you. You will be fine. Trust me. I know it ’s barbaric. Why don’t we have medicines to treat cancer that will not make you lose your hair in this day and age? Strange, right?Read more …To my patient who is going to lose her hair from chemotherapy originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 25, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/farhan-s-imran" rel="tag" > Farhan S. Imran, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
Cancer provided an unexpected silver lining
When I first met her, I perceived she was nervous. I could sense the doctor skepticism. She simply had a negative aura about her. An Eeyore, if you will. A“no” person. A drag. To my absolute non-surprise, she declined all screenings that a woman of her age is recommended to get. No labs. NoRead more …Cancer provided an unexpected silver lining originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 25, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/erin-olaughlin" rel="tag" > Erin O'Laughlin, DO < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, November 22nd 2021
This study nicely illustrates the importance of the cellular metabolic state of myeloid cells: it highlights that not only the availability of glucose, but also its channeling into different pathways (glycolysis versus glycogen synthesis) contributes to maintaining proper myeloid function.
On the Ability of Redundant Blood Vessels to Lower Cardiovascular Mortality
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2021/11/on-the-ability-of-redundant-blood-vessels-to-lower-cardiovascular-mortality/
A few strategies offer the possibility of growing additional redundant blood vessels, though this is far from rigorously p...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 21, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Results From a Small, Informal Trial of Telomerase and Klotho Gene Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease
Bioviva was at one point developing telomerase gene therapies, work that has transitioned into the medical tourism industry via Integrated Health Systems rather than proceeding towards regulatory approval. The institutional communities of science and funding strongly disapproved of the self-experiment undertaken by the Bioviva founder, and the way that self-experiment was popularized in order to build the company. I think this a pity, given the long history of self-experimentation by noted figures in the scientific community. Nonetheless, we live in an era that frowns upon self-experimentation as a part of the path to prog...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 17, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Myelodysplasia, Clonal Hematopoiesis, and Aging
Asking whether an age-associated disease is a part of normal aging is an exercise in boundary drawing. The very definition of an age-related disease as something distinct from aging is the result of past boundary drawing. Many of these boundaries are quite arbitrary. Aging is a complex phenomenon, and people like to lay taxonomies on top of a complex space of many interacting mechanisms in order to try to make some sense of it. The results are sometimes helpful, sometimes not. The discussion in this open access paper is perhaps a good example of where the exercise of drawing boundaries can lead, while trying to separate ou...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 17, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Until next year, breast care center
I enter the breast care center, check in, and take a seat. Though there are few people in the room; there is a sense of dread and trepidation that hangs in the air. It feels almost like a sacred space as I am acutely aware of all the prayers, meditations, and laments that have beenRead more …Until next year, breast care center originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 16, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/courtney-markham-abedi" rel="tag" > Courtney Markham-Abedi, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
How MRI-guided radiation therapy is changing the paradigm in pancreatic cancer
I truly believe we ’re at the beginning of something great in terms of fundamentally changing how we approach pancreatic cancer, the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States. With a mortality rate of roughly 80 percent, it’s been referred to as a medical emergency, yet minimal progress has been mad e in itsRead more …How MRI-guided radiation therapy is changing the paradigm in pancreatic cancer originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 14, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/michael-chuong" rel="tag" > Michael Chuong, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
The rise of targeted therapies: the era of the patient-focused approach
There is an urgent need for innovation in cancer treatments. Although we ’ve seen significant progress in indications for drugs treating particular diseases, cancer research data shows that 10-year survival statistics for cancers such as esophageal and lung cancer, for instance, have shown only a 10 percent increase, while pancreatic cancer has shown no significant im provement sinceRead more …The rise of targeted therapies: the era of the patient-focused approach originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 12, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/m-yair-levy" rel="tag" > M. Yair Levy, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Meds Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
Tackling racial disparities in cancer care by creating new ways for institutions to operate
At 84, Emma Shuford found a lump in her breast. After a lumpectomy, she was diagnosed with locally aggressive breast cancer. Her doctors said it was treatable but she needed radiation to help stop it from growing. At first, she refused. Because of her age and a chronic leg injury, she didn ’t feel safe drivingRead more …Tackling racial disparities in cancer care by creating new ways for institutions to operate originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 31, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/joseph-d-stern" rel="tag" > Joseph D. Stern, MD, PhD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
A son ’s brain cancer. A father’s story. [PODCAST]
“As you wait, you have a lot of time to think. You comb through the past in search of something you might have missed. If we had acted sooner on the signs of his illness —had the cancer been diagnosed earlier—would Lee have had a better chance? You think about your child as a toddler andRead more …A son’s brain cancer. A father’s story. [PODCAST] originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 21, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/the-podcast-by-kevinmd" rel="tag" > The Podcast by KevinMD < /a > < /span > Tags: Podcast Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
Breast cancer ’s silver lining
In many ways, this woman was similar to other patients I have seen after a diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Her hair was growing back, and I immediately noticed that she was comfortable enough to not be wearing a wig or head covering for our Zoom visit. I keep my hair very short byRead more …Breast cancer’s silver lining originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 19, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/anne-katz" rel="tag" > Anne Katz, RN, PhD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
The syndrome of vanishing ACS : Who activates spontaneous thrombolysis doctor ?
Background
“Your husband was really lucky, his heart attack got spontaneously aborted. His ECG is near normal now. The angiogram is normal.No stent, no lysis. He secreted his own Tpa and got rid of the clot. We will discharge him to tomorrow.”
Thank you very much, Doctor. How did this happen, doctor?
Don’t thank me. Definitely, I don’t have an answer. Spontaneous successful thrombolysis (Ref 4) happens up to 15 % of ACS. All I can say is he has a very disciplined mast cell network and fibrinolytic system.
Vascular events: Pathobiology
Vascular highway accidents that happen with sudden freezing...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - October 8, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized anti fibrinolytic system thrombolysis Source Type: blogs
