Oncology
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Cysts: What Are They Anyway?
… eight to 12 weeks. "Opting for surgery could decrease your fertility," says Barbara Goff, MD, professor of gynecologic oncology at the University of Washington. "If you must have surgery—because, say, a cyst is bleeding—ask if you …
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Growing Up Green
… cleaning up this earth. Deirdre Imus is the founder and the president of the Deirdre Imus. Environmental center for pediatric oncology . At the Hackensack University Medical Center. She's the co-founder of the Imus cattle ranch for kids with …
the founder and the president of the Deirdre Imus. Environmental center for pediatric oncology . At the Hackensack University Medical Center. She's the co-founder of the Imus cattle ranch for kids with cancer where I believe she -
Get a Jump on the Silent Killer
… lead study author John van Nagell, MD, director of gynecologic oncology at the university. Of the 25,000 women, 364 were ..... elevated risk," says Goff, director of gynecologic oncology at the university. "Know the symptoms and start …
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Fight Cancer with Food
… One drink a day increases your risk by 7 percent. Alcohol also increases your estrogen. A study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology found that survivors who have one or more drinks per day have a 90 percent—90 percent!—increased risk of recurrence …
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The Biography of Cancer
… what is happening in a lot of oncology today. Logical to Well I can ..... at and so. I sort of came to oncology from the sell upwards into medicine ..... pediatric on the history. Of pediatric oncology and one lesson is that nearly …
care was -- summary of what is happening in a lot of oncology today. Logical to -- -- Well I can't and don't quality is sort of been the reverse -- strained. As a cell biologist laden and then. I began to look at cancer says in the microscope under the microscope. -- and then as I as I train to finish my -- got a Ph.D. And then decided it wanted to see the human face of four of the so that I was looking at and so. I sort of came to oncology from the sell upwards into medicine. And every depress you to who working if you Wear. Don't have the quick fix solutions -
Toxic-Free Living on a Budget
… dinner plate and in your home without breaking the bank. As the founder of The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology and The Imus Cattle Ranch for Kids with Cancer, Deirdre says she wants to help kids affected by childhood illness …
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Health and the Environment
… friendly initiatives, including The Imus Ranch for Kids with Cancer, The Deirdre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology and the Greening the Cleaning® institutional program, which helps eliminate toxic cleaning agents and replace …
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No More Drive-Through Mastectomies
… and 65 percent will be discharged within 24 hours, according to a report presented to the American Society of Clinical Oncology last year. Although DeLauro's bill has broad bipartisan support, its passage isn't guaranteed. In the fall …
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The Breast Cancer Nobody Is Talking About
… cancer was hardly a blip on the radar of oncology research until about five years ago ..... associate professor of hematology and oncology at the Emory Winship Cancer Institute ..... differences." Still, she and other oncology researchers, including Olopade, who received …
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Mystery Diagnosis: The Answer Was Right at His Feet
… first reaction is just foolish everything is happening so suddenly. I was afraid. With no time to waste is transferred to the oncology department. Where doctor Kenneth it takes over. His skates when I first walked in another examined him and then I'm the …
was afraid. With no time to waste -- is transferred to the oncology department. Where doctor Kenneth -- it takes over. His skates when I first walked in another examined him and then I'm the
