Real Thoughts Real Women Had About Their Mammograms
“Is this fun? NOPE. Is it worth it? ABSOLUTELY.” Starting from age 40, guidelines indicate women undergo mammography exams annually – and sometimes starting even earlier for patients at risk. Evidence shows that finding breast cancer early reduces a woman’s risk of dying from the disease by 25-30 percent or more. Yet one in four women still avoid getting a mammogram because of the fear and anxiety from the potential result and exam discomfort. The Pulse asked women around
The Skeleton in Your Closet – Osteoporosis
Evidence indicates that better understanding bone health can predict risk of the disease that causes a fracture every three seconds Adriana* recognized the warning signs. Her mother, an active woman in good health, broke her hip at age 82. After the fracture, she watched her mother’s life change dramatically. It seemed as though the fracture triggered a cascade of depression and low mobility. Ultimately, she suffered a fatal stroke at 84. Determined to change her lifestyle to avoid mother’s fate, Adriana
Targeted Therapy: Predicting Treatment Response with a Shot of Tracer and Tech
How combining tech innovation and tracer research can pave the way to more targeted therapies. Targeted therapy is becoming an increasingly important option in the management of cancer and an exciting research area. This innovative way to fight cancer acts on specific molecular targets that are associated with cancer. But accurately determining whether a patient is presenting the specific target that will respond to treatment can be challenging. “The effects of the new targeted therapy are more complex than standard
How One Doctor Saved his Father from a Problematic Prostate
After nearly two decades of discomfort, Jose turned to his son – the doctor – for minimally invasive treatment. For nearly 20 years, Jose Angelo Carnevale tried his best to ignore his growing discomfort. His enlarged prostate, a condition commonly known as benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), subjected him to daily bouts of urinary incontinence. He once lost control of his bladder in the middle of a busy shopping mall – a moment of monumental embarrassment for a proud man. Even the
From Rhinos to Naked Mole Rats: Scanning the Most Unique Patients
Working to save at-risk species with ultrasound The only male northern white rhino left in the world lives on a conservancy in central Kenya with 24-hour armed guards, along with the last two remaining females. The entire future of the species rests with these three, named Sudan, Najin and Fatu. But all three rhinos are unable to reproduce — a fact that Professor Thomas Hildebrandt of Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin confirmed earlier this year with
Race to Market: Collaborating to Accelerate Cell Therapy
Simplifying and automating cell therapy manufacturing to help reach more patients Cell therapy may be a new field, but it’s rapidly advancing. CAR-T therapy, which uses a patient’s own re-engineered T-cells to find and kill cancer, is now treating patients in over 800 clinical trials, with the first of its kind now approved by the FDA. “The efficacy of treatments we’re seeing from this first generation of genetically modified immune cells is absolutely astounding,” said Dr. Aaron Dulgar-Tulloch, Director of
