Tag: health
member name: Marc Garnick, M.D., Harvard Medical School
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January 21, 2008 11:49 AM EST --
When talking to patients about reducing their cancer risks, nearly every one asks me about diet and nutrition. For people worried about colon cancer, breast cancer, and especially prostate cancer, I . . .
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August 21, 2007 03:06 PM EDT --
When a patient receives a diagnosis of cancer, fear, disbelief, concern, anxiety and sometimes anger are the emotions often felt. In great part, these very justified emotions are due to the notorious fashion . . .
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January 04, 2008 04:50 PM EST --
It is not surprising that many patients, and some doctors, too, are confused about the barrage of news stories that abound in the media about cancer. Hardly a day goes by without some headline story about . . .
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October 22, 2007 10:34 AM EDT --
As I practice medicine as a cancer specialist, I realize that though we have learned so much already, we still have so much more to learn.
As I look into my crystal ball, I believe that the . . .
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October 23, 2007 03:55 PM EDT --
Anyone who has recently been diagnosed with cancer faces many challenges—anxiety, fear, uncertainty of the future, issues with body image, worry about long term survival, and concern over the likelihood . . .
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October 29, 2007 01:57 PM EDT --
Maybe it’s my age, or perhaps I have just seen too much. But every time a new test comes out and is touted as being better than the existing ones, I am excited, but also somewhat skeptical. What . . .
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January 14, 2008 04:49 PM EST --
Being a caregiver to someone you love can be scary, frustrating and sometimes thankless. Even at best, it's very, very hard work. While the news of cancer is often devastating to the person receiving . . .
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February 04, 2008 01:26 PM EST --
You've heard it once, you've heard it a thousand times – the big three things you can do to prevent cancer are eat right, exercise, and don't smoke cigarettes. But according to a new . . .
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February 11, 2008 03:32 PM EST --
When confronted with a diagnosis of cancer, patients simply WANT IT OUT, and the faster, the better. The two studies discussed below will go a long way in alleviating the anxiety to do something immediately, . . .
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April 14, 2008 09:41 AM EDT --
We've all heard the tales of women and men who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day and lived to be 100 years old—cancer free. And then there are the sad cases of people who smoked very little . . .
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April 28, 2008 04:42 PM EDT --
Whether it come in the form of low tar, low nicotine cigarettes, via a hookah pipe, tobacco and its toxins, is simply and utterly dangerous. The article below, first published in the Harvard Mental . . .
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May 05, 2008 12:27 PM EDT --
Medicare is far and away the biggest health insurer. So Medicare decisions about how doctors and hospitals get paid influence care. Read this article, written by my colleague Dr. Howard LeWine, and then . . .
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May 12, 2008 10:42 AM EDT --
As the therapies for various cancers expand, physicians find themselves involved in more and more complex decision making and counseling of patients regarding treatment options. For example, take women . . .
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May 27, 2008 10:09 AM EDT --
When a patient comes to see me, a substantial amount of time is typically spent on dietary issues related to weight control because, as the article below states, the course of many cancers is less . . .
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July 21, 2008 02:06 PM EDT --
From the physician's perspective, melanoma is one of the most challenging diseases to treat. If melanoma is caught after it has spread, it needs to be treated with intense anti-cancer medications. . . .
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June 26, 2007 02:00 PM EDT --
When I see a patient who has just been diagnosed with prostate cancer, he is usually concerned, fearful, angry, and wants to take care of the cancer—and take care of if fast! While “taking . . .
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November 05, 2007 11:16 AM EST --
As a practicing oncologist who recommends biopsies of various tissues on a regular basis, the following report on the benefits of hypnosis for patients undergoing cancer surgery is a welcome one. The . . .
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January 28, 2008 11:32 AM EST --
Breast cancer is one of the best examples of a cancer that is hormonally responsive. What does this mean? First, hormones are chemical substances made in one part of the body that circulate throughout . . .
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February 18, 2008 12:03 PM EST --
When a woman gets a mammogram, her doctor examines the x-ray pictures to see if the breast tissue displays characteristics that could indicate the presence of cancer. One of the dilemmas in interpreting . . .
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February 25, 2008 02:49 PM EST --
As we learn more about the importance of nutrition and diet as related to cancer, vitamin D is often the subject of interesting and important research. Several recent studies have shed light on the potential . . .
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