Filtered By:
Therapy: Chemotherapy
This page shows you your search results in order of relevance.
Order by Relevance | Date
Total 11 results found since Jan 2013.
New Year’s Eve, again
… and as you read this post, Alan and I will be on our way home. We might get back in time for me to plant bulbs in the light; if not, I’ll do it in the darkness. (It’s something I did on New Year’s Eve last year, and I got such pleasure from it that I’m determined to do it again.)
Today marks four years from my first round of chemotherapy. This year, that feels like an abstract, something that happened to someone else; or the sort of ‘oh yes, I remember’ you have when someone reminds you of an old schoolmate or a shop that isn’t there any more. The fear, the unhappiness, the...
Source: Bah! to cancer - December 31, 2012 Category: Cancer Authors: Stephanie Tags: Emotional Well-Being Recovery From Breast Cancer anniversary chemotherapy coping ith cancer new year Source Type: blogs
The Nose Knows: Smell Disorders
By Amy Campbell
Some of my favorite smells are a Christmas tree, chocolate chip cookies baking in the oven, and freshly cut pumpkins at Halloween — I can't imagine not being able to smell these delightful things. But according to the National Institutes of Health, between 1% and 2% of people in North America say they have a smell disorder. About 25% of men age 60–69 and 11% of women in this same age range have difficulty being able to smell.
Not being able to smell, either somewhat or at all, can be dangerous, as our noses alert us to smells that can signal danger, such as a fire, a gas leak, or spoiled food. ...
Source: Diabetes Self-Management - February 19, 2013 Category: Diabetes Authors: Amy Campbell Source Type: blogs
Nora Ephron’s Final Act - NYTimes.com
At 10 p.m. on a Friday night in a private room on the 14th Floor of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital on 68th and York Avenue, my mother was lying in her bed hallucinating, in that dream space people go on their way to being gone.She spoke of seeing trees, possibly a forest. And she mentioned to Nick, my stepfather, that she had been to the theater where her play was showing and that the audience was full. In reality, she had not left the hospital in a month, and the play, "Lucky Guy," was nearly a year away from opening.My brother, Max, and I stood there in disbelief. Though it had been weeks since her blood count showed any ...
Source: Psychology of Pain - March 9, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs
Paying For Value In Cancer Care
Everyone wants to pay for value (and certainly not just for volume) and the value imperative is nowhere greater than in cancer care. Cancer care cost the US health care system $125 billion in 2010, accounting for 5 percent of total health care spending. Before Sovaldi hit the front pages for offering a breakthrough treatment for Hepatitis C at a cost of $84,000, and Turing Pharmaceuticals pushed Sovaldi out of the headlines for increasing the price of an HIV drug 50 fold, most of the attention to drug pricing was focused on cancer.
With average yearly treatment costs exceeding $100,000, cancer drugs in the US cost nearly t...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - October 29, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Alan Weil Tags: Costs and Spending Drugs and Medical Technology Long-term Services and Supports Medicare Once in a Weil Payment Policy Quality Bundled Payments Cancer ECRI performance payments Primary Care Source Type: blogs
You stay away from Ziggy Stardust and Severus Snape, Mike Adams!
I’ve been a big fan of David Bowie ever since high school. True, I didn’t appreciate his less mainstream stuff as intensely as I do now until I had been in college a couple of years, but it’s not an inaccurate to characterize the effect of David Bowie’s art on my life as significant. Basically,…
Source: Respectful Insolence - January 19, 2016 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Complementary and alternative medicine Movies Music Popular culture Pseudoscience Quackery Skepticism/critical thinking Alan Rickman Beau Biden chemotherapy David Bowie Die Hard Elizabeth Edwards Farrah Fawcett Harry P Source Type: blogs
Partnering to Help Survivors Address Financial Hardships
Cancer care has come a long way in recent years, with breakthroughs and advancements in areas such surgery, radiology, symptom management, chemotherapy and immunotherapy. However, in many cases, these advancements have also increased the cost and complexity of care. For example, patients are now paying higher insurance premiums, deductibles, coinsurance and co-payments. The rise in care costs has created a new side effect for cancer patients– financial toxicity(1). This term refers to the negative impact the cost of cancer care can have on the patient’s financial circumstances such as their ability to pay for medical b...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - June 9, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Guest Source Type: blogs
End-of-Life Healthcare Sessions at ASBH 2017
Conclusion: Patients with LEP had significant differences and disparities in
end-of-life decision-making. Interventions to facilitate informed
decision-making for those with LEP is a crucial component of care for this
group.
THU 1:30 pm: “But She’ll Die if You Don’t!”: Understanding and
Communicating Risks at the End of Life (Janet Malek)
Clinicians sometimes decline to offer interventions even if their refusal will
result in an earlier death for their patients. For example, a nephrologist may
decide against initiating hemodialysis despite a patient’s rising creatinine
levels if dea...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - July 26, 2017 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
First Kicks by Dr. Greene: Track Your Baby ’ s Development During Pregnancy, by Week
Sign-up here for a set of week-by-week newsletters so you can follow your baby’s development from now until the beautiful moment of birth.
Get Dr. Greene's Pregnancy Newsletter
Sign up for Dr. Greene's FREE week-by-week newsletter, timed to your pregnancy to keep you up to date on every stage of your baby's development.
Success! Now check your email to confirm your subscription.
There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again.
First Name
Your baby's due date?
...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - May 2, 2017 Category: Child Development Authors: DrGreene Team Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
First Kicks by Dr. Greene: Track Your Baby ’ s Development During Pregnancy, by Week
Sign-up here for a set of week-by-week newsletters so you can follow your baby’s development from now until the beautiful moment of birth.
.pika-single:before,
.pika-single:after {
content: " ";
display: table;
}
.pika-single:after {
clear: both;
}
.pika-single {
*zoom: 1;
}
.pika-single.is-hidden {
/* display: none; */
}
.pika-single.is-bound {
position: absolute;
box-shadow: 0 5px 15px -5px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
background: white;;
}
.pika-lendar {
float: left;
width: 240px;
margin: 8px;
}
.pika-title {
position: relative;
text-align: center;
...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - May 2, 2017 Category: Child Development Authors: DrGreene Team Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
August 25, 2022 Edition-----The big story this week has been the multiple PM story in Australia with ScoMo. What an amazing saga!In the UK there seems to be an impending collapse of the economy coming unless some-one takes some really smart steps real soon now.Relatively the US has seemed pretty calm this week – just waiting for an impending recession – along with China and Europe.Fair to say things globally are pretty messy!-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/markets/equity-markets/every-investing-trend-misfires-as-stock-bears-are-crushed-20220814-p5b9o2Every investing trend misfires as stock bears are crushedD...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 25, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
