Category: My lymphoma and related medical stuff

Lymphedema, a problem especially for breast cancer patients. Well – Weight Lifting May Help to Avert Lymph Problem – NYTimes.com After a woman has surgery for breast cancer, she is typically given a long list of don’ts. Don’t lift anything heavier than 15 pounds, including your child. Don’t carry a heavy purse or grocery bags.…

53 to 26%. Abortion – more harm than good (OneNewsNow.com) Georgette Forney of Silent No More says that is because more hurting women are opening up to loved ones about their abortion experiences. "We're the norm. We are women who have had abortions and then come to a place — sometimes the day after, sometimes 20 years later,…

Blacks Getting Equal Health Care Are Still More Likely to Die From Some Cancers – washingtonpost.com In the new study, Albain and her colleagues used data collected from about 19,457 patients between 1974 and 2001 by the Southwest Oncology Group, a National Cancer Institute-funded national cooperative of clinical trials. Because all patients in the studies…

Here's an interesting and speculative feature in the science section of this morning's NY Times, about a long term study of rhesus monkeys. Dieting Monkeys Offer Hope for Living Longer – NYTimes.com It's filled with amusing lines like "Although people are similar to mice in many ways, they differ in other ways…" There's an insight.

The first one says you can do a better marathon if you walk part of it (FULL DISCLOSURE - I have friends who've run marathons – Mike Sprag who we knew from Cayman did a 2:48 – and I've been to the NY Marathon – when Spragg ran. I ahve never had any desire – nor…

The always excellent NY Times health and fitness section had a good piece a couple of days ago on recent research into the value of moderate drinking. Or rather, perhaps the problem is that it's not possible to do the kind of study that could lead to a final conclusion. Alcohol’s Good for You? Some…

 My friend Maria and I had a quick walk up Turkey Mountain, which I’ve posted about before a few times, including here Up Turkey Mountain yesterday, and which is the highest point in the county. The round trip took us 54 minutes, including five minutes at the top, where we each snapped one picture of…

Short feature – Personal Health – Paying a Price for Loving Red Meat – NYTimes.com … other things being equal, the men and women who consumed the most red and processed meat were likely to die sooner, especially from one of our two leading killers, heart disease and cancer, than people who consumed much smaller…

UW-Madison reports another stem cell breakthrough — chicagotribune.com "I think we're getting to a position where we can start to think about using these cells therapeutically," Duncan said. Alan Trounson, president of the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, predicted the new method "will be recognized as another important step forward on reprogramming cells." Cell reprogramming…

An interesting six paragraph article from the excellent NY Times Health section.  Vital Signs – Exercise Helps After Heart Attack, as Long as It Continues – NYTimes.com “Cardiac rehabilitation is cheap,” said Dr. Margherita Vona, the lead author and director of cardiac rehabilitation at a clinic in Glion-sur-Montreux, Switzerland, “but the price of losing its benefits is high.…