Posts Tagged With ‘ cancer ’

Certainly, getting a cancer diagnosis is one of the scariest moments of life. You worry about your chance of survival and the impact cancer will have on you and your family. Additionally, it’s natural to worry about how you will manage possible treatment side effects. Before treatment can begin, you and your doctor will discuss available options. Importantly, your treatment options will depend on your type of cancer, if it has spread and where, and your overall health. Continue reading Understanding Cancer Treatment Options at ZaggoCare.  Continue Reading

Getting a cancer diagnosis is overwhelming and scary. You must learn about your cancer and available treatment options. As part of your treatment plan, your doctor may recommend radiation therapy. In this article, you will learn important things to know about radiation that will help you decide on the best course of treatment for you. Important things to know about radiation: The basics. Radiation therapy, also called radiotherapy, uses energy beams that contain supercharged particles to kill cancer cells, thereby causing tumors to shrink. Continue reading Important Things to Know About Radiation... Continue Reading

Getting a cancer diagnosis is one of the scariest things that can happen to a person. Not only would we worry about our survival, but many of us would also worry about what types of treatments we will face. Certainly, you know that doctors use chemotherapy treatments for cancer. But do you know how chemotherapy works, who it helps, and how you would receive treatments? How can you manage the side effects? Read on to learn important things about chemotherapy. Continue reading 6 Important Things to Know About Chemotherapy at ZaggoCare.  Continue Reading

We mistakenly believe there is a grief hierarchy, with the intensity of loss more legitimate for some events than others. The criteria are usually based on social norms. In this article, I explain that the intensity and duration of grief are related to the importance the lost person, pet, ability, or object had in our lives. Even more important, […] Originally Published on https://stangoldbergwriter.com/ Continue Reading

No one wants to get a cancer diagnosis. It’s one of the scariest things you can learn about your health or the health of a loved one. Although a cancer diagnosis is scary, the sooner you learn that you have cancer, the sooner you can start treatment, which can improve your chances of a better outcome. While doctors have historically been the only available source for cancer testing, improved technology has opened the market for at-home cancer tests. Continue reading Can you Trust At-Home Cancer Tests? at ZaggoCare.  Continue Reading

Title: Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity Author:  Peter Attia, MD (author, audiobook narrator) with Bill Gifford (author) Reviewed for BabyBoomer.org by Gregory Damian   I started listening to Peter Attia MD’s “The Drive” podcast in December of 2021. At first I was skeptical of some of Dr Attia’s thoughts and positions. I assumed he was a standard medicine 2.0 doctor. Medicine 2.0 is the term that Peter, himself, uses for the current state of health care, or more properly labeled “disease care.” I was quickly convinced that his approaches were much more holistic and... Continue Reading

The most COVID deaths were among Americans over age 60, who accounted for 300,000 of the 500,000 U.S. deaths from the disease in its first year. A new study by the Center for Retirement Research finds, not surprisingly, that the oldest survivors of the early months of the pandemic were healthier than those who died from the virus. Taking this into account, the researchers estimated what mortality might look like in a “post-COVID” world in an analysis that was based on a big assumption – that COVID’s deaths were confined to a single year. Factoring in the early impact of the virus, the researchers... Continue Reading