January 19, 2023 – Cancer dietitian Lisa Cianciotta often finds herself sitting across from a patient who suddenly fishes a bottle of antioxidant supplements from their bag and says, “My…
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Coming to Terms With Your Diagnosis
When Nina Beaty had a low-dose CT scan to check for lung cancer in 2014, she didn’t expect the radiologist to find anything. Although she smoked as a young adult…
Experts Still Don’t Agree About How Much Water We Need Daily
January 19, 2023 – Water is the key to human life. It helps cells survive, it lubricates our joints and helps our metabolism, breathing, waste removal, and temperature regulation. We…
How to Accept Body After Metastatic Breast Cancer Diagnosis
By Deltra Kroemer, Caryn Sullivan, and Ann Gootee, as told to Keri Wiginton How have you adapted to your diagnosis over time? Delta: After my initial shock wore off, I…
I Am More Than My Medication
By Susan Rahn, as told to Lauren Evoy Davis I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in August 2013. It was exactly 9 months after a clear mammogram. I didn’t…
Most Men Who Apply to Donate Sperm Don’t Complete the Process
January 18, 2023 – Only about 4% of men who signed up to be sperm donors in the United States or Denmark completed the process and had their sperm frozen…
Can ‘Radical Rest’ Help With Long-Term COVID Symptoms?
January 18, 2023 – On March 18, 2020, Megan Fitzgerald was lying on the floor of her Philadelphia home after COVID-19 hit her like a ton of bricks. She had…
Kids’ COVID More Dangerous When Co-Infected With RSV, Colds
By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18, 2023 (HealthDay News) — As colds, flu and COVID continue to circulate this winter, a new US government study finds that young…
Balancing Diet and Medications to Treat Hyperkalemia
When you have hyperkalemia, you have too much potassium in your blood. You can lower your potassium levels with diet, medicine, or both. What Your Doctor May Recommend Your doctor…
How to Tell If Your Psoriasis Treatment Is Working
There isn’t a cure for psoriasis yet. But if you have the condition, there are lots of treatment options available. The trick is to find one that works for you.…