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Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month: Why It Matters
This month is Brain Injury Awareness Month. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a complex injury with a broad spectrum of symptoms and disabilities. The impact on a person and his or her family can be devastating. A TBI is caused …
Cancer: Matters of the Heart
After a cancer diagnosis, heart health is probably not the first thing on a patient’s mind. However, many existing and emerging cancer therapies can significantly affect cardiovascular health during treatment and beyond.
At MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, the …
Research Shows a Decline in Lung Cancer Diagnoses During COVID—But This Is Not Good News
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A recent study shows that the number of lung cancer diagnoses has dropped over the past year. However, although this sounds like good news, researchers are saying that people who are …
Mammograms and the COVID-19 Vaccine: What You Need to Know Before Scheduling
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Because COVID-19 vaccination may cause lymph nodes to swell, women who are due for a screening mammography should consider scheduling the study before receiving their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine
…Valentine’s Day Is a Perfect Time to Show Yourself Some Love—with a Mammogram
Although chocolates and flowers are traditionally associated with Valentine’s Day, it is also a perfect time to show yourself some love by scheduling your breast cancer screening.
Mammograms are essential to catching cancer early, at its most treatable stages, …
Commentary: Dr. Shersher Discusses Late-Stage Lung Cancer Diagnosis After Death of Dustin Diamond
It is with sadness that we learn about the untimely passing of actor Dustin Diamond at the young age of 44 from stage 4 lung cancer. Mr. Diamond, who we commonly remember from the popular sitcom Saved by the Bell, …
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month – Prevention is Key
January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. It’s a good time to talk about how women can protect themselves from cervical cancer and HPV (human papillomavirus).
Each year, about 13,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer in the United States, …
Commentary: Cancer and Pregnancy Expert Dr. Elyce Cardonick Discusses Rare Mother-to-Infant Transmission of Cervical Cancer
…Vaginal transmission of cervical cancer — a phenomenon that has not been previously reported — was detected in two pediatric patients, researchers in Japan reported. Two boys whose mothers had undetected cervical cancer at delivery went on to develop lung
Commentary: Dr. Gerard Carroll Discusses COVID-19’s Toll on Patients With Opioid Use Disorder
…We had one specialty, only one, where during the pandemic, even at its height, visits went up. It was our addiction services. It’s the epidemic within the pandemic.”
Cooper Co-CEO Anthony Mazzarelli, MD, JD, MBE