Published September 24, 2014

If you need a lumpectomy to remove a breast cancer tumor, you must read this first

Here's an outrageous statistic. Did you know that when a woman goes in to have a breast cancer lump removed there is a 15-40% chance that the surgeons will miss part of it? That means that they will have to go in a second time to get the job done completely. The good news is a new procedure developed at Mayo Clinic might be able to dramatically reduce the chance of a re-do to 3%.

 

 

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Published September 22, 2014

How antibiotics can make asthma even worse

As you may know, asthma rates have gone through the roof in the last 30 years. So researchers are trying to find out if antibiotics are to blame. These researchers, from the University of Manchester in the U.K., are asking, "What came first — the deficient immune system or the antibiotic?" And what they found may have a big impact on asthma rates.

 

 

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Published September 19, 2014

The surprising pill women can take to get in the mood

One of the most common problems women (or their husbands!) tell me about is decreased libido. Most of the time, doctors view this as a hormonal problem. And often it is. In those cases, you can easily remedy it with hormonal replacement, particularly DHEA. But there's a problem. A lot of the time that doesn't work.

 

 

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