Radiation/Chemotherapy And The Heart Women who have had breast cancer wish to know what they can do to preserve their life most successfully after that tragic event. There is a psychology that says if you contract disease you are weak or bad or guilty. There is no doubt that accepting responsibility for your health problem is an important first step, but guilt and other … [Read more...]
Abolition of Symptomatic Coronary Artery Disease
Reader's Comment Published in the American Journal of Cardiology March 2003 National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel-III Guidelines and the Abolition of Symptomatic Coronary Artery Disease Regarding the reassessment of the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Program-III (NCEP ATP-III) cholesterol guidelines referred to in the article … [Read more...]
Why is the Preventive Medicine Center special?
Cancer Facts About 7,000 Connecticut residents died from cancer in 1990. Nearly 1 in 4 people in the USA develop cancer-men and women. In 1990 there were 1 million new cases of cancer in the USA. More than 4 per week of alcohol drinks (1 beer=1 glass of wine/shot of whiskey) may increase your risk of throat, esophagus, stomach and liver cancer. In 1990 there were … [Read more...]
Ulcer Disease and You
Ulcer Disease And You Ulcer disease can occur from childhood into the 80's, usually from ages 20 through 50. Generally this is an uncomfortable, rather than a life-threatening, disorder. Ulcer symptoms are a burning or aching pain just below the breast bone in the upper belly. This frequently feels "hot" or "gnawing" and can go straight through the back. These are the usual, … [Read more...]
Pills As Surgery
Pills As Surgery In a humorous sense, what I am about to say is obvious. The only way to live your life is to be well. However, there are conditions which arise that may call for you to: Change what you're doing to correct/prevent a problem. Take medication for a problem. Have surgery for a problem. For all of us, the ideal is to follow number 1: quit doing what we … [Read more...]