You Can ’t Have Healthy People On a Sick Planet
About a year ago, I was declared cancer-free after four months of chemotherapy at Providence St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. I had been diagnosed with low-grade B cell non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. This was not my first encounter with cancer. I’d had breast cancer a number of years prior, which was treated with radiation and then a full mastectomy. I realize I’m lucky. I had caring, attentive doctors and nurses who saved my life. I also realize how much progress has been made in cancer research and I am deeply grateful.
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Yet despite that, cancer has...
Source: TIME: Health - January 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jane Fonda Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything Source Type: news
Exercise Improved Quality of Life for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Among patients with metastatic breast cancer, those who took part in a 9-month structured exercise program reported less fatigue and improved quality of life compared with patients receiving usual care, results from the PREFERABLE... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - January 12, 2024 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Is Axillary Surgery for Abemaciclib Candidacy Overused? Is Axillary Surgery for Abemaciclib Candidacy Overused?
Many women with HR –positive, HER2–negative breast cancer may be exposed to unnecessary axillary surgery, new data show.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - January 12, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news
High body fat raises fracture risk in women treated for breast cancer
Women with high body fat undergoing early breast cancer treatment may be at higher risk for vertebral fractures, despite the use of bone health drugs, according to a study published January 10 in JAMA Network Open.
In a study of patients who received aromatase inhibitors and denosumab over four years, dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scans showed that high baseline fat body mass was independently associated with vertebral fractures after 18 months, wrote lead author Deborah Cosentini, MD, of the University of Brescia in Italy, and colleagues.
“These findings suggest that fat body mass may promote skeletal fragil...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 12, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Digital X-Ray Womens Imaging Source Type: news
Warning to women as scientists identify nearly 1,000 chemicals that may cause BREAST CANCER in everyday items - including shampoos, makeup and fruit and veg
Women are exposed to nearly a thousand chemicals that raise their risk of breast cancer almost daily, a study from researchers in Massachusetts has suggested. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
