Category: Health Newsfeed
August 26, 2016 – End of Life and Survivors
August 25, 2016 – Insurance and Outcomes
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Anchor lead: Insurance status influences cancer outcomes, Elizabeth Tracey reports Men with testicular cancer and either no insurance or Medicaid fared worse than men with commercial insurance, a recent study concluded. William Nelson, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center at …
August 24, 2016 – Pokemon Go
August 23, 2016 – Best Amount
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Anchor lead: Do we really know how much physical activity is best? Elizabeth Tracey reports All of your physical activity during the day counts when you calculate METs, or metabolic equivalent tasks, simply defined as a comparison to how much …
August 22, 2016 – METs
August 19, 2016 -Alternatives
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Anchor lead: What medication choices exist for women following breast cancer? Elizabeth Tracey reports Ten years of aromatase inhibitors, a class of estrogen depleting medications used in women with the most common type of breast cancer, works better than taking …