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Do You Ride an E-Bike or E-Scooter? Here’s How To Stay Out of the ER
Electronic bikes and scooters have soared in popularity, helping people zip up and down city streets and cycling paths. Unfortunately, this surge has also resulted in skyrocketing numbers of cyclists ending up in emergency rooms.
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Coping with Changes in Appearance after Chemotherapy
Cancer can be life-altering in many ways. When you’re dealing with cancer, your main focus is your health, but for many people the disease and its subsequent treatment causes other changes that are just as challenging.
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Why Movember?
Millions of men across the world are looking hairier than usual this month.
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Tips To Make Roads Safer for Walkers and Cyclists
As the weather cools down, you might be thinking about heading outdoors to get some exercise.
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Using Siri to Get Your Health Questions Answered? Here’s Why You Should Stop
Today, we live in a 24/7, on-demand world, where with the click of a button you can communicate with anyone in any place, have coffee delivered at your doorstep or learn about different diseases and conditions (thanks, in part, to blogs like this).
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Why Doctors are Using a Surgical Treatment for Rib Fractures
Rib fractures usually occur after traumatic injury. Ten percent of all patients with blunt chest trauma have at least one rib fracture.
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Lisa Cooper: My Breast Cancer Survival Story
Most of us have been touched by cancer, either directly or indirectly. Pink October is a reminder to remember those lost to breast cancer, to encourage those still fighting, to celebrate the survivors and to prevent future cases. A year ago, I had my own battle with breast cancer. As a health care practitioner working in prevention and wellness, I felt almost immune to the possibility of developing cancer. I was healthy, I ate right, and I thought I knew the risk factors. In hindsight, I had more risks than I wanted to admit. With 1 in 8 women developing breast cancer, the likelihood that many of us will be touched personally is high.
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5 Common Misconceptions About Skin Cancer
Skin cancer comprises almost 50 percent of all cancer cases in the U.S. This year, more than 76,000 people will be diagnosed with melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer. More than 3.5 million people will be diagnosed with basal and squamous cell skin cancers, which are more slow-growing.
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Red and Processed Meats Can Increase Your Cancer Risk
This post is written in conjunction with Lauren Popeck, RD.
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New Blood Cancer Drug May Benefit Patients Who Don’t Respond to Chemotherapy
From immunotherapy and surgery to chemotherapy, we’ve made several advancements in cancer treatment.
