Losing The Man Who Helped Us Laugh The news that beloved actor and comedian Robin Williams killed himself should jar us from complacently accepting the status quo of mental healthcare in the US. His suicide also exposes the stigma of mental illness. In 2006, during an interview on “Fresh Air,” Williams’ responded to Terry...
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Below is a thorough Infographic by Mount Sinai Hospital on diabetes. It describes Type 1, Type 2 and gestational diabetes as well as the impact diabetes can have on your body. Source: Mount Sinai...
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Mapping the Human Genome Leads Where? There have been exciting findings since the mapping of the human genome. For example, mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome DNA have been used to determine where humans originated and how we populated the earth. The research has found that your close friends are as genetically similar as if they shared a great- great-...
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How do you share information with your doctor? This is a tough question. If you have had a bad experience or if you have been afraid to even broach something new with your doctor, this is the post for you. We asked two patient activists how they talk to their physicians and they provided us with tips that can help when sharing information. From Patient...
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A guy is in a line of patients trying to get released from a mental institution. He watches as the others go in to meet with the doctor and hears the questions the doctor asks: “point to your right arm,” “point to your stomach,” “point to your toes,” “point to your knee,” and so on. He sees which answers are correct, and which answers are...
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It’s time to add another tick in the pro column for exercise and weight loss. SHAPE-2 Two studies provide support to the importance of physical activity and weight loss. In a study called SHAPE-2, researchers wanted to find out if there was a reason to lose weight and become physically active. Guess what? The answer is a definite yes! Investigators in the...
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The new Advisory Board’s diverse, highly skilled brain trust brings together expertise in medicine, science, health technology, patient advocacy, and business to help guide the strategic direction of Medivizor’s award-winning service. New York, NY – June 30, 2014 Today, Medivizor, a pioneer in personalized health information and patient education,...
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Breast Cancer Research When Dr. Susan Love, author of The Breast Book, writes about recent research she’s learned, breast cancer bloggers take notice. Dr. Love’s recent report on research at the American Association of Cancer Research 2014 is one example. In her post she notes that research is moving toward finding ways to add to the...
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Prostate Cancer Impacts 1 in 6 Men in the US According to Kevin Loughlin, Urologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, “If prostate cancer survivors were a city, it would be the 4th largest in the US.” Alarming as this statement is, the lifetime risk of dying from prostate cancer is only 3%. That means that most men who are diagnosed with...
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Please Don’t Say This Facing mastectomy many breast cancer patients still hear something like this: “well at least you get a free boob job out of this.” Let’s straighten this out right now. Breast reconstruction following breast cancer surgery is not a boob job. A boob job, commonly done to augment or at times reduce the size of breasts, is a...
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“Keep Calm And Carry On:” Really? “The shock of that day you hear the words, ‘you have cancer’ never leaves you and your sense of certainty in life and in your body can be hard to recapture after a diagnosis of cancer.”-Marie Ennis-O’Connor After Surgery, Chemo, Radiation This is the time when feeling sick is supposed to be over. ...
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Blood Needs and Chemotherapy The Red Cross provides a wealth of information about donating blood. Often when in chemotherapy, people with cancer need blood or plasma. So when friends ask what they can do to help, one suggestion is to give blood. The need is great. According to the Red Cross Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. More than...
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