Category: Breast Cancer
FDA shouldn’t cave to pressure and allow Genentech to keep advanced metastatic breast cancer on the Avastin label, argues Merrill Goozner.
Covered services include mammograms and colorectal cancer screening, bone mass measurement and nutritional counseling.
Fish-oil supplements may lower your risk of breast cancer, but don’t run out and stock up on pills just yet. QFC recalls some containers of broccoli raisin salad because they contain walnuts.
Latinas also have lower 5-year survival rates than non-Hispanic white women because they are more likely to be diagnosed with more advanced and aggressive tumors.
Hip implant recalled. Local health plan executives score big bonuses. Institute for Systems Biology screens genomes to pinpoint disease genes.
Diagnosed with breast cancer and no longer covered by her health insurance, Erica Rex married and moved to England to get care.
Putting off the first mammogram until age 50 could endanger the lives of black women.
People don’t always want to do what the data say to do.
This is not the first time that breast cancer has become a big political issue.
The coach will provide same-day mammography services at the Evergreen clinics in Bothell, Sammamish and Duvall every week on a regular rotation.
By Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D. August 18, 2009 Our parents and grandparents share family values, traditions, and heirlooms with us to help define who we are. They also pass along genes that determine our eye color, height, and risk for developing certain medical conditions. Decades of experience have shown us that inherited risks play a [...]
Virginia Mason Medical Center reports that 99% of its staff members have been immunized against influenza, the highest rate Virginia Mason has achieved since implementing its patient safety policy in 2005. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that all health-care personnel be vaccinated each year to protect themselves and to prevent [...]
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Lost in translation: Lack of trained interpreters can lead to medical errors
Interpreter services at hospitals and other medical settings are often inadequate, forcing family members, including children, to step in, or the task falls to medical staff members who may not speak the language well.
Some insurers deny ER coverage to people who have been drinking
Laws in more than half the states permit insurers to deny payment for medical services related to alcohol or drug use. Faced with the prospect of not getting paid for care, some ER personnel sidestep the problem by simply not testing patients’ blood or urine for alcohol.
Travel insurance can protect your wallet — and your health on vacation
Think your regular health insurance policy will cover you if you get into medical trouble overseas?
Don’t bet on it.
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