What is the Polypill?
Dr. Valentin Fuster discusses the Polypill. The Polypill is being developed in response to an important reality surrounding cardiovascular disease. There are three important drugs that can help prevent heart disease (statins, ACE inhibitors, and aspirin). These drugs are not taken for two major reasons. First, the drugs are simply too expensive for much of the world, including countries as developed as Russia. And secondly, in developed nations where the drugs are affordable patients too often fail to comply - after three years 70% of patients do not take the medications as prescribed. (Read more about What is the Polypill?)
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Low Fat Diet Linked to Reduced Risk of Ovarian Cancer
A recent study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests that there is a link between a low fat diet high in fruits, vegetables, and grains and a reduced risk of ovarian cancer. The discovery came from the Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification Randomized Controlled Trial over 8 years. The trial assigned 20,000 women to the diet change group and had 30,000 women maintain their current diet. The diet change group limited their fat intake to only 20 percent of their total calories and had to eat 5 or more daily servings of fruits and vegetables in addition to 6 or more servings of grains. (Read more about Low Fat Diet Linked to Reduced Risk of Ovarian Cancer)
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Symptoms Identified For Ovarian Cancer
The notion that ovarian cancer is a "silent killer" without early warning signs has changed.
The Gynecologic Cancer Foundation has announced a national consensus on symptoms for ovarian cancer. Symptoms that women should consider as warning signs include: bloating, pelvic or abdominal pain, difficulty eating or feeling full quickly, and frequent or urgent urination. If women have these symptoms daily over the course of several weeks they should consult with a gynecologist about them, particularly if the symptoms are new or unusual. (Read more about Symptoms Identified For Ovarian Cancer)
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Ovarian Cancer Risk
Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death among women with gynecologic cancer in North America, according to the American Cancer society. And new research finds yet another reason why women should make their annual appointments for the gynecologist, and make it to that appointment every year. (Read more about Ovarian Cancer Risk)
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Tylenol and Ovarian Cancer
Could a common over the counter pain reliever be a key to the prevention of ovarian cancer?
Last week we heard about the dangers of Tylenol, that it could, even in appropriately prescribed doses, affect the liver.
Well, here’s a piece of good news: even very low doses of Tylenol might help prevent ovarian cancer.
Ovarian cancer patient Irene Elizabeth Janda says any good news is great. “Just plain and simple this is a disease that is still so very silent. Within a matter of days found I was in advanced stage of ovarian cancer.” (Read more about Tylenol and Ovarian Cancer)
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Health Wrap - Week of June 5th
The cervical cancer vaccine that was approved Thursday called Gardisil also appears to protect women against vulvar and vaginal cancers.
HPV, or human papillomavirus, is present in 80 percent of the 6,000 cases of vaginal and vulvar cancers diagnosed in the United States each year.
The Gardasil vaccine was 100 percent effective against vulvar and vaginal pre-cancerous lesions caused by HPV types 16 and 18, and 81 percent effective against all hpv types.
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The power of persuasion might be found in a cup of coffee.
New research shows caffeine makes us more likely to say yes.
Australian scientists found it was easier to change the opinions of volunteers who drank orange juice laced with caffeine compared to those who drank straight orange juice without caffeine.
Positive mood is associated with more agreeability.
This might be particularly useful if you’re trying to get someone to like you…so a cup of coffee might be a great first date. (Read more about Health Wrap - Week of June 5th)
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New Ovarian Cancer Treatment
There’s new hope for ovarian cancer patients. Doctors are saying that giving chemo through the abdomen rather than through the vein should now be the way many ovarian cancer patients are treated.
This is actually an old method to deliver chemo; it dates back fifty years. It delivers the chemo into what’s called the intra-peritoneal area of the abdomen.
The goal is to get the remaining cancer cells after the tumor is surgically removed, in patients like Eleanor Lewis. Eleanor is looking for a way to lessen the significance of time. (Read more about New Ovarian Cancer Treatment)
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What is Cancer?
By Dr. Chitti Moorthy -Director, Departments of Radiation Medicine and Radiology,
New York Medical College, Valhalla , NY
The cause of cancer lies deep within the building blocks of a person's cells (genes and DNA). If these blocks become disorganized, cancer may develop. (Read more about What is Cancer?)
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Radiation Oncology
By Dr. Chitti Moorthy
In recent years, Radiation Oncology has made great strides in cancer treatment. Alone or in combination with other treatments, radiation therapy is dramatically raising cancer cure rates. Leading medical centers provide state-of-the-art radiation therapy in a comfortable and caring environment. (Read more about Radiation Oncology)
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What is Cancer and How it is Caused
Cancer is a term used to describe a group of illnesses all having certain common characteristics. There are over 200 different types of cancer and all have a specific name, treatment and a chance of being cured. The human body is made of organs, such as the brain, liver and heart. And each of these organs is made up tissues, such as fat, blood vessels and muscles. (Read more about What is Cancer and How it is Caused)
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Hawthorne,
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Westchester Oncology & Hematology
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Hawthorne,
NY
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Need an oncologist? Dr. Asim Aijaz focuses on the management of range of solid tumor. The newest member of the Westchester Oncology team is known for his experience and skill in treating those with lung cancer. His personal touch with his patients and their families has made him a beacon guiding them through a very tough time in their lives.
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The Eastchester Center for Cancer Care
2330 Eastchester Road
Bronx,
NY
10469
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Need cutting edge imaging services? Positron Emission Tomography (PET) represents the very latest innovation in nuclear medicine, making cancer detection much easier. Dr. Lucia Boselli at Eastchester Center for Cancer Care in the Bronx is a radiation oncology specialist who can give you the treatment you need for your cancer.
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Westchester Oncology & Hematology
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Hawthorne,
NY
10532
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Dr. Tauseef Ahmed
Westchester Oncology & Hematology
19 Bradhurst Avenue
Hawthorne,
NY
10532
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With so many doctors to choose from these days, it’'s hard to make a decision without at least some doubt. But if you’re looking for the best skin cancer doctor around, go ahead and lay those doubts to rest; Dr. Tauseef Ahmed serves Manhattan and is the one specialist you'’ll want to have on your side when the going gets tough. He is an authority in the world of oncology and has the resume to show for it.
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Immune Recovery Foundation, LLC
4646 N. Shallowford Rd
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Have you or loved ones been searching for another way to fight cancer? At the Immune Recovery Foundation they believe cancer treatment has to be comprehensive for the best chance of success. They've created a program that uses conventional and alternative treatment techniques to give patients another choice in the cancer battle. If you feel dissatisfied by the way conventional medicine handles cancer, alternative medicine may be able to offer you more. Those in the Charlotte, North Carolina area contact the Immune Recovery Foundation today.
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Immune Recovery Foundation, LLC
4646 N. Shallowford Rd
Atlanta,
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Dr. Tauseef Ahmed
Westchester Oncology & Hematology
19 Bradhurst Avenue
Hawthorne,
NY
10532
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Ovarian cancer strikes at such a fundamental part of how you define yourself. Treating it is not just a matter of medicine and surgery, but also helping to adjust to the fear and stress that it causes. If you want doctors in Westchester, NY that understand this, then contact Westchester Oncology and Hematology Group (WOHG).
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Eastchester Center for Cancer Care
2330 Eastchester Road
Bronx,
NY
10469
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Are you living with breast cancer? You may need to undergo breast cancer surgery. If you are considering the procedure, you should look into Dr. Nella Shapiro. She is a breast cancer surgery specialist at the Eastchester Center for Cancer Care in the Bronx. She offers her patients such procedures as lumpectomy, mastectomy, auxillary lymph node dissection, sentinel lymph node dissection and reconstructive breast cancer surgery. Dr. Shapiro is Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery.
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The Eastchester Center for Cancer Care
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Bronx,
NY
10469
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Lawrence Hospital Center | Center for Advanced Surgery
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Bronxville,
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