Category: My lymphoma and related medical stuff

How the heck did they come up with this stat? They said they did a survey, but good heavens, how accurate can it be? The NYC Health Department "did door to door interviews and in-person medical exams…" Huh? I guess the vast free NYC conodom giveaways don't seem to have helped much, eh? Although I suppose…

This is crazy. Saw a discussion on TV this morning while I was in the gym. FOXNews.com – Critics Slam Boston Doctor Who Offers Sex Change Treatment to Kids – Health News | Current Health News | Medica… Dr. Norman Spack, a pediatric specialist at the hospital, has launched a clinic for transgendered kids —…

Fascinating and amazing. Print and read the whole thing- it’s only a little bit more then three pages. A Child, a Bizarre Tumor and a Perilous Operation – New York Times PHOENIX — Three-year-old Grace Webster perches on the operating table, tiny and cold, covered only by a diaper and her sandy-blond Raggedy Ann hair.…

Evidently not. The NY Times consistently has the best health and fitness features … Benefits of Exercise – Medicine and Health – Jane Brody – New York Times “The single thing that comes close to a magic bullet, in terms of its strong and universal benefits, is exercise,” Frank Hu, epidemiologist at the Harvard School…

When I was in Sloan for my high dose chemo and stem cell transplant I met a guy in his early twenties with a T-cell lymphoma. I have often wondered how he’s made out. A Lifetime of Undying Devotion To a Life Tragically Cut Short – washingtonpost.com

Bigger stretchers, etc. Increasing Obesity Requires New Ambulance Equipment – New York Times The department’s gurneys could not adequately support the patients’ weight, and the department had to pay a private ambulance company. Last fall, the department bought three gurneys that can hold patients weighing up to 600 pounds, about twice the holding capacity of…

This is new from the AHA – American Heart Association – Hands-Only CPR – Home When an adult has a sudden cardiac arrest, his or her survival depends greatly on immediately getting CPR from someone nearby. Unfortunately, less than 1/3 of those people who experience a cardiac arrest at home, work or in a public…

Short posting on the NY Times health blog – Prayer, Faith and Doctors – Well – Tara Parker-Pope – Health – New York Times Blog Several doctors I spoke with were religious before they became patients, but they were admittedly even more so once they faced serious illness. Others changed more dramatically. “Patients used to…

Beer Helps Prevent Alzheimer??s Researchers from the University of Alcala in Madrid, Spain, in a report published in the January, 2008 issue of Food and Chemical Toxicology, pointed out that aluminum is neurotoxic and has been implicated as a causal factor in Alzheimer’s disease. But beer contains silicon, a substance that affects the bioavailability of…

I always accepted the conventional wisdom on this. The Claim: Identical Twins Have Identical DNA – New York Times It is a basic tenet of human biology, taught in grade schools everywhere: Identical twins come from the same fertilized egg and, thus, share identical genetic profiles. But according to new research, though identical twins share…