What is an Aneurysm?
WHAT IS AN AORTIC ANEURYSM?
With Dr.Sateesh Babu
Vascular Associates of Westchester
Read more about What is an Aneurysm?
African American Women and Breast Cancer
“I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to see my children grow up and my grandchild grow, you get this really scary feeling inside,” says Rosamond Stallings. When 45 year old Rosamond Stallings was diagnosed with breast cancer 2 years ago, doctors urged her to immediately have a mastectomy. “They found like six malignant tumors,” says Rosamond.
Recent studies have shown that 30 percent or more of breast cancer patients fail to receive complete treatment, and that African American women are as much as 10 percent less likely than white women to receive optimal therapy. But now, supported by a $10 million grant from the Department of Defense, a study, led by a team of doctors at Columbia University Medical Center, will look at possible reasons for the disparity.
Read more about African American Women and Breast Cancer
What is Carotid Stenosis?
Dr. Sateesh Babu of Vascular Associates of Westchester discusses "What is Carotid Stenosis?", the treatments, who should be screened and future developments, such as new stenting techniques.
Read more about What is Carotid Stenosis?
Everyday Health
With the explosion of the internet there are now countless places to get health information.
Clearly there is one leader: WebMD. It has become a media behemoth.
WebMD is to health websites what McDonalds is to hamburgers--but clearly with a more heart health approach.
But McDonalds has Burger King, what’s the equivalent in the web health world?
Maybe it’s this: everydayhealth.com. The site has been beta testing over the past three months and officially launched two weeks ago.
Read more about Everyday Health
BREAST CANCER AND OVARIAN CANCER RISK
There’s an important piece of medical research released tonight which every woman with breast cancer or a family history of breast cancer needs to hear about.
The study looks at whether they need to worry about their risk of ovarian cancer, and what they should do about it.
Up to half of families with multiple cases of breast cancer do not end up having mutations in the major breast cancer genes, the BRCA 1 and BRCA 2 genes. Still, it’s clear there’s a genetic link somewhere…to another gene or genes which have not yet been identified.
What risk do these genes play in terms of ovarian cancer, if any? And do women need to do something about it?
Read more about BREAST CANCER AND OVARIAN CANCER RISK
ASTHMA/LUNG DISEASE
There is new research just released which shows adults with asthma may have an increased risk for developing a different and much longer term lung disease. According to a study published in the medical journal Chest, patients with asthma are at a much higher risk for developing COPD—chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Read more about ASTHMA/LUNG DISEASE
PROSTATE CANCER CALCULATOR
There is a new online tool for prostate cancer patients just unveiled that is said to be the most accurate way to predict one’s chances of long term survival.
Read more about PROSTATE CANCER CALCULATOR