A series of lab tests that detected a potentially dangerous gene in seven women from one family were wrong, the family learned earlier this year — after they underwent major surgeries to reduce their chances of cancer. “I treated my test results like the Bible,” Katy Mathes, a 37-year-old Colorado elementary school teacher told The… Read More »
Does Social Media Drive Eating Disorders? Would you say the same thing to a parent trying to save their cancer stricken child? While I am NOT a child anymore, I have been called this for 30 years. This group is growing because can anorexia run in the family people care about empowering their members and… Read More »
A close-knit family, laughter and a good cup of tea are among the secrets to happiness. Regular exercise, being kind to strangers and singing in the shower also feature as the ingredients for a cheerful existence. Getting ‘enough’ sleep also helps make life more enjoyable as well as going on holiday at least once a… Read More »
Toward the end of my clinical rotations, I met Salma, a 34-year-old woman who came from Egypt with her family to the U.S. two years ago. Wearing a latte-colored hijab, she was here at the hospital to care for her father, who had a case of congestive heart failure exacerbation with pleural effusions. When deoxygenated… Read More »