Bone Marrow Transplant : Types, Procedures, and Risks
What Is a Bone Marrow Transplant? A bone marrow transplant is a medical procedure performed to replace bone marrow that has been damaged or destroyed by disease, infection, or chemotherapy. This procedure involves transplanting blood stem cells, which travel to the
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy : Uses, Types, Procedure, and Precautions
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or HBOT, is a type of treatment used to speed up healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, gangrene, stubborn wounds, and infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen. If you undergo this therapy, you will enter a special
3 Tips for Coping with News-Related Stress and Trauma
In our connected and complicated world, it can seem as if news of disease, natural disasters, violence and suffering bombards us from every direction. We’re more connected to a planet’s worth of chaos than we ever have been before. Combine
Living Young and Metastatic: How to Live Like You’re Dying (When You Are)
I’ve been living with metastatic breast cancer for two years, two months, and 15 days. For the longest time – close to a year – I felt like a cancer newbie. In groups, I was always the youngest one, the one with
What’s the Deal with Chemo (Brain) Drain?
What is Chemobrain? First, let’s clarify terminology: “Chemobrain” is often used in everyday language to describe cognitive changes (e.g., memory, thinking, or attention processing) due to cancer treatment that significantly interfere with an individual’s quality of life. This term is frequently used.
Open Wide: Let’s Talk Oral Health & Breast Cancer
Caring for your mouth is about far more than having a pretty smile. Poor oral health has proven to raise risks for a variety of medical conditions, such as heart attacks, strokes (1), respiratory infections (2), pregnancy complications (3), and even Alzheimer’s disease (4). After
New Research on Pregnancy After Breast Cancer
The issue of pregnancy after breast cancer is an important one for younger patients who are often diagnosed before they’ve had a chance to complete their families. A young survivor may wonder if they can still get pregnant after treatment. Will they
STEM CELL THERAPY: ADDRESSING THE EFFECTS OF AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES
Millions of Americans suffer from the effects of autoimmune diseases, a wide range of conditions in which the body’s immune system attacks healthy cells. For most autoimmune disease, a patient’s quality of life is significantly altered and there are few
ARE STEM CELLS THE COVID-19 TREATMENT WE’VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR?
Medical professionals would surely welcome any safe and effective treatment option for people with COVID-19 — and pharmaceutical companies are doing their best to hastily find solutions. Preclinical and clinical trials now under way are testing seemingly every plausible hypothesis,
How COVID-19 Can Impact Your Sense of Smell
Smell loss is among the very first signs of COVID-19, and nearly everyone who has COVID-19 has some degree of smell loss. Dr. Richard Doty, Director of the Smell and Taste Center at Penn Medicine Ear, Nose and Throat, outlines all you need