“We continue to discover so many new things every day,” says Otis Brawley, M.D., chief medical and scientific officer for the American Cancer Society. In just one year, 31 new therapies to treat more than 16 types of cancers were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. One thing that’s not new: Screening saves lives. “Some estimates say that we can decrease the number of colorectal … [Read more...] about 5 Exciting Innovations in Cancer Screening and Treatment
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Menopause and Panic Attacks: What’s the Connection?
Your hands tremble, your chest heaves, you're sweating and clammy and feel like you're having nervous breakdown or a heart attack. You feel out of control and detached from the world. (FYI, the chest pain from a panic attack usually feels like a sharp or stabbing, localized pain in the mid-chest area, while pain from a heart attack is usually a pressure or squeezing sensation that can radiate … [Read more...] about Menopause and Panic Attacks: What’s the Connection?
How Do You Know If You Have Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a specific type of depression, one much graver than a simple case of the winter blues, says Norman Rosenthal, MD, the world’s leading expert on the disorder and author of Winter Blues: Everything You Need to Know to Beat Seasonal Affective Disorder. But how can you know the difference between SAD and other types of depression? For starters, SAD emerges … [Read more...] about How Do You Know If You Have Seasonal Affective Disorder?
The 5 Best Free Brain Games Training Apps
It’s normal for brain function to decline with age, but that doesn’t mean you can’t strengthen it. Multiple studies suggest that playing brain games helps maintain and even boost cognitive performance, says Marwan Sabbagh, M.D., medical director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health at the Cleveland Clinic in Las Vegas, Nevada. Read the full article on Parade.com … [Read more...] about The 5 Best Free Brain Games Training Apps
Seven Effective Ways to Deal With Menopause
It seems that lately, everyone is talking about menopause. Okay, not everyone, but the people I associate with. We're all of "that age:" either we've gone through it or we're presently going through it. And, as unreliable as memories can sometimes be, when it comes to menopause mine are crystal clear (even though my periods officially ended years ago in my early 50s): the hot flashes that … [Read more...] about Seven Effective Ways to Deal With Menopause