Go ahead – pick up the crystal ball. Take a look at what 2013 holds or may hold for health care. Two organizations have already laid out their thoughts on the next year in healthcare. Medscape’s slideshow is quick and... Read More
The November 2012 special issue of the National Cancer Institute Cancer Bulletin, The Science behind Cancer Screening, has a great infographic and accompanying article about the benefits and harms of PSA screening for prostate cancer. Currently, routine PSA screening for prostate cancer... Read More
Thousands of people place their lives in the hands of pilots and flight crews daily; the large majority arrive safely and soundly at their destinations. When an airplane crashes, it is breaking news and numerous organizations get involved to learn... Read More
Looking for a way to give back and see the world at the same time? You need to volunteer for my friends at Grounds for Health, a global nonprofit bringing women’s health to coffee-growing communities in Mexico, Tanzania, and Nicaragua.... Read More
Hiney. Tail. Rear-end. A$$. Tush. Badonkadonk. There is an ever-growing list of euphemisms for the gluteus maximus. Not too many for the colon, though. It’s not sexy. What is even less sexier? Colon, or colorectal, cancer. Yet, according to the... Read More
I love hearing from cancer survivors. I enjoy getting to know them and listening to their unique stories. A beautiful organization and website I adore is Voices of Survivors, which explores what “survivorship” means to individual “survivors.” In honor of cervical... Read More
If MacGyver was a nurse and needed to do a cervical cancer screening in the wilderness, this is the one he would use – visual inspection with acetic acid, or VIA*. I think he was more into wires and bomb... Read More
If you have ever had sexual intercourse or plan on having sex in the future, there’s a pretty good chance you either currently have HPV, have had HPV in the past, or will have HPV in the future. According to... Read More
päp-ə-ˈnē-kə-ˌlau You may know it more fondly as Pap – like Pap test or Pap smear. Okay, so maybe “fondly” is not the first word that comes to mind when thinking about stirrups, speculums, and cervical scrapings. Unless maybe it... Read More
While reading through The New Your Times Picture Your Life After Cancer site, I came upon Tyler’s picture and post. Tyler points out that, according to the American Cancer Society, 1 in 2 men and 1 in 3 women will... Read More