Month: December 2015

Why Is It so Hard to Treat Cancer in Young Adults?

More than 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with cancer every year. The vast majority of those patients will be older adults; that’s a fact, one born out by decades of statistical research. Only 4% of all the cancers diagnosed are found in young adults, patients between the ages of 20 and 39. Some doctors even …

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Can Cancer Be Detected In Blood Work?

Signs and symptoms are rarely enough to conclusively diagnose a patient with cancer. To confirm their suspicions, doctors turn to a wide range of diagnostic tests. Assisted by advanced technologies, physicians gather evidence and clues, looking for signs of rapidly-dividing cells. Visual tests, like magnetic resonance imagining (MRI) and computed tomography (CT), can produce clear …

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Get a Second Opinion. It Can Save Your Life.

Medical misdiagnosis is a major problem for America’s healthcare system. In a 2015 report, the Institute of Medicine estimated that 12 million Americans are on the wrong end of a diagnostic error every year. Most of us will be misdiagnosed at least once in our lifetime, and those mistakes have real consequences for our health and well-being. …

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The 7 Diseases Doctors Almost Always Fail to Diagnose

Ever experience an odd pain, notice a strange rash or feel tired for no reason? You probably went to the doctor looking for answers. But physicians can have just as much difficulty pinpointing a medical condition as their untrained patients do. Do You Have One of These Easily Misdiagnosed Diseases? Faced by an inexplicable set …

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