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My husband was dying. I was being ignored.
It was a long December.
A few years ago, my husband of 37 years got his death sentence: recurrence of liver cancer with mets to his lungs and lymph nodes.
He had a “Whipple” — a surgical procedure for pancreatic cancer — on Dec 24, 2015, and the surgeon discovered liver cancer too. So it was a 16-hour surgery. We were told he might die on the table.
His eyes haunted me as I kissed him good luck for surgery. I didn’t know if this was our last moment together.
The surgery was successful, and chemo and radiation followed along with two heart attacks.
95 percent LAD and 90 percent circumflex the next year.
Contin...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 26, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/debbie-moore-black" rel="tag" > Debbie Moore-Black, RN < /a > Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Palliative Care Source Type: blogs
This Looks Like Really Good News To Me. Nobel Prize Winning Stuff If Proven Up I Reckon.
This appeared duding last week:Blood tests deliver cancer breakthroughThe Australian6:00AM January 19, 2018John RossScientists have created a blood test that can detect eight of the most common cancers long before they turn lethal, in a breakthrough that could save millions of people from premature death.The “liquid biopsy” identifies early-stage tumours from proteins and genetic mutations circulating in the blood.Trials have found that it can uncover fledgling cancers in about 70 per cent of cases, and up to 98 per cent for some types, long before they become detectable by other means. They include deadly conditions s...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - January 24, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Early Detection
We do regularly try to detect some cancers early through mammograms, colonoscopies, and PSA tests. I think most of us (meaning the general public) are comfortable with these tests as we age. But what if there was a genetic test available which you could have done regularly, every few years or whatever time frame, to test you for several different cancers before they had a chance to spread.A new test,CancerSEEK, has been tested on more than 1000 patients and seems very hopeful." The CancerSEEK test looks for mutations in 16 genes that regularly arise in cancer and eight proteins that are often released.It was trialled on 1,...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 20, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer detection cancer diagnosis medical tests Source Type: blogs
Can technology and the art of medicine coexist?
While on the way to a national meeting on health and public policy, I ponder on what the practice of medicine has become and whether this meeting will provide any hope for improvement. It hasn’t been clear to me that those most responsible for public health policy are listening to doctors. Politicians have been leading this charge, sometimes solo, sometimes in a group but rarely in a collaborative fashion — and mostly without the requisite experience or knowledge that appropriate collaboration can provide.
I think back to one of the seemingly endless coding and quality meetings in modern medicine as I talk with my pati...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 22, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/lianne-marks" rel="tag" > Lianne Marks, MD < /a > Tags: Policy Primary Care Public Health & Source Type: blogs
Medgadget Sci-Fi Contest 2017: Meet The Winning Stories
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the moment you have all been waiting for – the day that the winners of the Medgadget Medical Sci-Fi Competition are announced and their fantastic stories are published!
First, we would like to thank Eko Devices, th...
Source: Medgadget - December 15, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
The 10 Most Exciting Digital Health Stories of 2017
Gene-edited human embryo. Self-driving trucks. Practical quantum computers. 2017 has been an exciting year for science, technology – and digital health! It’s that time of the year again when it’s worth looking back at the past months; and list the inventions, methods and milestone events in healthcare to get a clearer picture what will shape medicine for the years to come.
2017 – Amazing year for science and healthcare
Scientists, researchers, and innovators come up with amazing breakthroughs every year, and that was no different in 2017 either. No matter whether we look at physics (proving the existence of gra...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 13, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine 3d printing artificial intelligence digital health genetics genomics Healthcare Innovation Personalized medicine robotics technology wearables Source Type: blogs
The Secrets in Your Triglycerides
Of the four measures available on any standard cholesterol blood panel, triglycerides are the most neglected. Yet that one value contains a wealth of information and insight into your health, information about your diet, insulin status, even a sign that you could have fatty liver–but I’ll bet, of the many times you’ve had a cholesterol panel drawn, your doctor never thought to even mention any of this.
Don’t let the medical system’s misguided obsession with cholesterol (because of the influence and marketing of the drug industry) keep you from learning and benefiting from the secrets in your t...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - November 30, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Undoctored Wheat Belly Lifestyle cholesterol diabetes gluten-free grain-free Inflammation low-carb triglycerides Weight Loss Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs
Yet another clickbait testimonial manipulates emotions to make cancer quackery appear effective
Cancer quackery, particularly the false hope it engenders in cancer patients, infuriates me. Earlier this week The Sun published an article suggesting that a form of quackery called the Berkson protocol allowed a mother with metastatic pancreatic cancer to survive unexpectedly long enough to see her daughter married. It almost certainly did nothing of the sort.
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Source: Respectful Insolence - November 24, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Cancer Medicine Popular culture Quackery ALA-LDN protocol alpha-lipoic acid alternative cancer cures Arthur Berkson Berkson protocol Burton Berkson featured low dose naltrexone pancreatic cancer testimonial Source Type: blogs
NYTimes: The Growing Toll of Our Ever-Expanding Waistlines
The Growing Toll of Our Ever-Expanding WaistlinesBy JANE E. BRODY NOV. 13, 2017Paul Rogers I hope you ’re not chomping on a bagel or, worse, a doughnut while you read about what is probably the most serious public health irony of the last half century in this country: As one major killer — smoking — declined, another rose precipitously to take its place: obesity.Many cancer deaths were averted after millions quit lighting up, but they are now rising because even greater numbers are unable to keep their waistlines in check.Today, obesity and smoking remain the two leading causes of preventable dea...
Source: Dr Portnay - November 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr Portnay Source Type: blogs
Targeted Radiotherapy Combined with Immunotherapy Kills 100% of Colorectal Cancer
Researchers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and from MIT are reporting the development of a new combination therapy that completely eliminates colon cancer, at least in laboratory mice. The technique is a type of radioimmunotherapy, whic...
Source: Medgadget - November 7, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Nuclear Medicine Radiation Oncology Source Type: blogs
Don ' t Let Things Slip Away From You
Kathy has written this guest post, about the unexpected death of a friend." Please don ’t let things slip away from you:first steps,first kiss,first real vacation …first time you know that something is not quite right in your body.I discovered yesterday that someone about my age whom I have known for at least 15 years had passed away in September. I had seen her once during the summer.I was told by her colleague that about a year and a half ago, she noticed leaking from one breast. Her coworkers persisted in asking about the situation and she then told them it was just an infection from a cat scratch. It is not clear s...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - October 25, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
Alternative medicine for cancer: Greater scrutiny is needed
As the calendar turns to early October, I’m reminded that this is the 6th anniversary of Steve Jobs’ death. At the time of his death, I was a medical student and my wife had just completed six months of chemotherapy. I was surprised to learn that Jobs had died from complications of cancer and shocked to discover that he had initially refused conventional cancer treatment in favor of alternative medicines. At first, I found it difficult to understand how someone with the intellectual and financial resources of Steve Jobs could make such a decision — but I was quickly reminded of the massive amounts of misinformati...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 14, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/skyler-johnson" rel="tag" > Skyler Johnson, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Endocrinology Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
Excess Visceral Fat Tissue Raises Cancer Risk
One of the many detrimental consequences of carrying excess fat tissue is an increased risk of cancer. Visceral fat generates chronic inflammation in addition to other forms of metabolic disruption, and that inflammation speeds the development and progression of all of the common age-related conditions, cancer included. The epidemiological research noted here is one way of looking at the numbers behind this relationship. When considering the number of people who are harming their health by being overweight, it is interesting to note the fact that progress in medical technology is still keeping pace to reduce mortality in l...
Source: Fight Aging! - October 6, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Why a case report being circulated by advocates doesn't show that the ketogenic diet combats cancer
In conclusion, this combined metabolic approach appears effective in treating advanced TNBC, given this patient’s complete response with a good quality of life.Now, there is one thing that is interesting here. The doses of chemotherapy used were considerably lower thanwhat is usually used, with doses decreased by at least half or more. Does this mean anything? Who knows? cPR rates for TNBC have been reported to range from 20-35%. It could mean the regimen made the chemotherapy more effective, or it could mean that this woman just happened to have a particularly chemosensitive tumor. Even if we take this case report at fa...
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 4, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: oracknows Source Type: blogs
Why a case report being circulated by advocates doesn ' t show that the ketogenic diet combats cancer
In conclusion, this combined metabolic approach appears effective in treating advanced TNBC, given this patient’s complete response with a good quality of life.Now, there is one thing that is interesting here. The doses of chemotherapy used were considerably lower thanwhat is usually used, with doses decreased by at least half or more. Does this mean anything? Who knows? cPR rates for TNBC have been reported to range from 20-35%. It could mean the regimen made the chemotherapy more effective, or it could mean that this woman just happened to have a particularly chemosensitive tumor. Even if we take this case report at fa...
Source: Respectful Insolence - October 4, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: oracknows Source Type: blogs
