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Throat Cancer Warning Signs
It wasn't a big deal until Jose realized that his throat was persistently sore and its hoarseness wouldn't go away. In the cancer survivor stories shared by The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the victim suffers from an early stage of laryngeal cancer. An...
How to Support a Loved One with a Terminal Illness
Receiving a terminal diagnosis can be terrifying. Like newborn babies need parental support to come to grips with the sensory overload of coming into this world, terminal patients need their loved ones to be there for them when they’ve been handed a definite lease on...
Knowing More about Systemic Cancer Treatments
Cancer is not a germ or bacteria that infects the body. It's the replication of abnormal cells within the body that attack and destabilizes surrounding cells, just like the process of rotting. Experts believe the tendency for cancer to kill comes from the impairment...
4 Lifestyle Changes to Optimize Your Cancer Care
Over 45% of cancer deaths have been linked to “modifiable risk factors.” While there’s a lack of research and evidence-based guidelines for people who’ve already been diagnosed with cancer, many guidelines for cancer prevention can be optimized for cancer care. In our...
An Overview of Biomarker Testing for Cancer Treatment
Cancer, as most people understand it, is not a distinct disease or illness. As the World Health Organization defines it, cancer is a general term for a set of conditions that affect any part of the body. Other popular terminologies for cancer include neoplasms. You...
Career Advice by Experts for Medical Trainees of the 21st Century: Mindset Class
Medical training begins from med school and ends when you complete your fellowship. However, as a medical professional, continuously learning and developing your skills is the key to true leadership. For effectively learning to take place in later life, you need to...
The Best Ways for Doctors to Market their Medical Practice
There are over 1 million active medical practitioners and physicians in the US. Oftentimes, doctors don’t have patients lining up at their doorstep. They wish that was the case, but it isn’t. Any business, even a medical practice service, needs a good marketing...
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Know What Your Doctor Knows: What is Microsatellite instability-high [MSI-H]
Microsatellite instability-high or MSI-high is a genetic condition where the chances of mutations are high, and if someone has cancer, their cells have a high number of mutations. It’s also called MSI-H cancer. The microsatellite testing is done to figure out how many...
Prominent Signs of a Neuroendocrine Tumor
The neuroendocrine tumor has a few types, and this disease can show up in different places in the human body. The symptoms and signs depend on where in the body the tumor is growing and what kind of tumor it is. The first step to identifying your condition is finding...
The Role of Yoga in Cancer Treatments
In 2020, almost 2 million people were diagnosed with cancer. While cancer treatments are rigorous and painful, yoga has proven to be one of the therapeutic activities and lifestyle changes that can aid patients to heal from the battle they’re fighting during cancer...
Why It is Beneficial for Patients to Prepare for Doctor’s Visit
Ask a child what they want to be when they grow up and odds are pretty good that they’ll say “a doctor”. Scroll through the channels on your TV at any point during the day and you’re bound to come across some show that features doctors (i.e. “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Dr....