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ALL (see Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia)
by explainingmedicine June 13, 2016Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) An aggressive (fast-growing) type of ( ) in which too many (immature ) are found in the…
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Surviving on a meager $1,300 a month, 87-year-old Theresa Ferritto fretted about the cost when her dentist told her she needed two teeth pulled. She figured an oral surgeon would be too expensive. So she decided to try out a dental chain that promoted steep discounts in its advertisements. She went to an Aspen Dental […]
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Dr. Bill Calnon: Why Dentistry Needs More Prevention, Not More Treaters
by PBS June 10, 2016Is there a strict line between teeth and the rest of the body? There is distinct correlation between oral health and systemic or full-body health, especially in terms of poor oral conditions being very interrelated with diabetes, with cardiovascular disease and many other diseases. … Would it be better if dentistry and the rest of […]
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End-of-life care isn’t a subject that usually dominates media headlines. But over the past few weeks, the story of Brittany Maynard — a 29-year-old woman diagnosed with terminal brain cancer who has chosen to end her life on Nov. 1 rather than allow the disease to progress — has stirred a national conversation about death […]
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Why Is It So Hard for Doctors to Talk to Patients About Death?
by PBS June 10, 2016Dr. Atul Gawande just wanted to give a patient some hope. But he ended up saying something he would regret. In FRONTLINE’s new film Being Mortal, Gawande remembers treating Sara Monopoli, a woman who was diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer at 34, in the ninth month of her pregnancy. After giving birth to a […]
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In his book Being Mortal, writer and surgeon Atul Gawande has a chapter titled “Hard Conversations.” He writes about the extremely difficult, yet ultimately rewarding conversations his father, who was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor, had with his loved ones and with his doctors. The conversations allowed Gawande’s father to make critical decisions about his […]
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Dr. Atul Gawande: “Hope is Not a Plan” When Doctors, Patients Talk Death
by explainingmedicine June 10, 2016The United States has a problem when it comes to conversations around death and dying, says Dr. Atul Gawande. Patients with life-threatening illnesses tend to focus on how to beat the steep odds against them, he says, without hearing from their doctors about how certain kinds of treatment might actually worsen their remaining time alive. It’s understandable, […]