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Psychosocial Wellbeing among Patients with Breast Cancer during COVID-19
In conclusion, impairments to psychosocial wellbeing among patients during the pandemic were observed, particularly financial toxicity and poor mental health and emotional functioning, with greater problems among mBC patients.PMID:37185407 | DOI:10.3390/curroncol30040294
Source: Current Oncology - May 15, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Martine C Maculaitis Xianchen Liu Alexandra Berk Angelina Massa Marisa C Weiss Samantha K Kurosky Benjamin Li Lynn McRoy Source Type: research

Fight Aging! Newsletter, November 28th 2022
This study explored whether determining the gain or loss of specific taxa represent a more precise metric of healthy/unhealthy aging than summary microbiome statistics, such as diversity and uniqueness. We analyzed microbiome diversity and four measures of microbiome uniqueness in 21,000 gut microbiomes for their relationship with aging and health. We show that diversity and uniqueness measures are not synonymous; uniqueness is not a uniformly desirable feature of the aging microbiome, nor is it an accurate biomarker of healthy aging. Different measures of uniqueness show different associations with diversity and with mark...
Source: Fight Aging! - November 27, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Mental distress, quality of life and physical symptoms in Chinese women with ovarian cancer receiving olaparib treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic
ConclusionsThis study emphasized that mental health problems and reduced QoL should gain more attention in women with OC who are receiving oral olaparib at home. Appropriate psychological healthcare strategies are necessary for OC patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - September 21, 2022 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 11th 2019
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. This content is...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 10, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs