Tag: marc garnick
member name: Marc Garnick, M.D., Harvard Medical School
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March 03, 2008 10:44 AM EST --
Ovarian cancer is a particularly tough cancer to treat, mostly because it is very hard to diagnose. As the below article, first published in the Harvard Health Letter , discusses, by the time a person . . .
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March 17, 2008 04:50 PM EDT --
As daylight's savings brings more daylight into our lives, it's a good time to start thinking about protecting your skin from the sun's rays. Though most people have heard of melanoma, and . . .
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March 31, 2008 09:39 AM EDT --
In regards to taking the supplement selenium, we again find ourselves at a crossroad—on the one hand, studies have shown it to help prevent prostate cancer; on the other hand, other studies have . . .
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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 08, 2008 10:27 AM EDT --
Cancer support groups, especially for prostate cancer patients and their families, provide invaluable assistance with many aspects of the disease—coping with the diagnosis of cancer, issues of side . . .
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July 08, 2008 04:39 PM EDT --
Whether it's about the obesity epidemic affecting children, or the fattening of the America adult population, information about obesity and being overweight permeates the press each day. Put simply: . . .
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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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September 02, 2008 10:46 AM EDT --
The following article shows the incredible complexities that come of mixing great science, clinical investigation, and product development with public policy and morality issues. That a vaccine has been . . .
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November 11, 2008 03:55 PM EST --
While there is a great deal of information about breast cancer in the lay press, there is less written about the problem of precancerous abnormalities of the breast.
What do we mean by a precancerous . . .
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February 24, 2009 09:13 AM EST --
My patients (both with and without prostate cancer) have an insatiable desire for information regarding foods, vitamins, nutritional supplements, and other non-prescription “stuff” that they can add to . . .
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March 20, 2009 10:17 AM EDT --
Personalized medicine—where doctors tailor treatment of a disease to characteristics of an individual person and unique features of his or her disease —is becoming a reality for colon cancer patients. . . .
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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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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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March 10, 2008 01:36 PM EDT --
Nutritional and vitamin supplements are again in the news. Folate (also known as folic acid), long considered to be essentially beneficial, now has been shown to have some potential downsides. The article . . .
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March 24, 2008 10:56 AM EDT --
I have written here before about "inferential" research results—results that are derived from studies that were actually studying something else, and low and behold, an unexpected result . . .
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June 09, 2008 05:42 PM EDT --
Below, my colleague, Dr. Loughlin, answers a question that patients often ask me, especially if they have been following their PSA levels—or prostate-specific antigen—for a while.
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July 01, 2008 11:10 AM EDT --
It is hard to imagine that the term "smoking" and "benefit" can be used in the same sentence, but in this week's blog, we present the results of some encouraging information suggesting . . .
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