Your First Visit
By Tauseef Ahmed, MD, FACP
Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Oncology / Hematology at New York Medical College
Your tests have come back. The news is not good and your doctor refers you to a specialist. Oncologist, Orthopedist, Neurologist, each one trusted by your doctor, each one trained to help you, whatever your problem might be. Each one can and should be helped by you.
Here are a few tips to help your caregiver help you:
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Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers in America today. There are nearly 200,000 cases diagnosed annually.
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What is Cancer?
By Dr. Chitti Moorthy -Director, Departments of Radiation Medicine and Radiology,
New York Medical College, Valhalla , NY
The cause of cancer lies deep within the building blocks of a person's cells (genes and DNA). If these blocks become disorganized, cancer may develop.
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What is Cancer and How it is Caused
Cancer is a term used to describe a group of illnesses all having certain common characteristics. There are over 200 different types of cancer and all have a specific name, treatment and a chance of being cured. The human body is made of organs, such as the brain, liver and heart. And each of these organs is made up tissues, such as fat, blood vessels and muscles.
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SICKLE CELL BREAKTHROUGH
Researchers at Duke University have made a potentially dramatic advance in the study of sickle cell disease.
The scientists now say they are beginning to understand what happens, on the cellular level, to patients with this often debilitating inherited disease.
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Artificial Blood
The first modern based blood-transfusion was attempted in 18h century France when an anemic boy received blood from a lamb. The boy died because then nothing was known of blood groups or blood compatibility. However, blood grouping and typing did not help in preventing the transmitting of diseases such as AIDS or hepatitis A. This became a great concern in the past decade.
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SICKLE CELL CURE
There is new hope for kids suffering from the intensely painful condition called sickle cell disease. Doctors are now successfully performing bone marrow transplants on these children, completely curing them of the disease!
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Your First Visit
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Mitchell Forslind appeared to be a healthy two year old. But his mom Fran noticed something odd. He started to walk a little differently, and fell down a lot.
Doctors confirmed Mitchell had a rare, deadly genetic disease called Krabbe’s disease.
Krabbe’s disease results from an inability to create a key enzyme that prevents the accumulation of toxic substances resulting in damage to the nervous system.
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