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Juggling complex emotions in my cancer journey – Cancerwise | MD Anderson Cancer Center

My dualities piece adapted for Cancerwise – part 2. Juggling complex emotions in my cancer journey – Cancerwise | Cancer blog from MD Anderson Cancer Center. Filed under: Cancer, Lymphoma Tagged: attitude, cancerwise, dualities, Living with Cancer: A Journey

Mindful Medicine for the Terminally Ill – NYTimes.com

Good piece on oncologist and doctor stress, and how mindfulness meditation can help cope and provide better care: “It’s like pressing an internal pause button,” Dr. [Michael] Kearney said. “The doctor is able to recognize he’s being stressed, and it prevents him from invoking the survival defense mechanisms of fight (‘Let’s do another course of [...]

What would your personal health checklist look like?

A good piece, recognizing that when illness strikes, we may not be able to be as empowered a patient as we like. Hence thinking about what is important before hand through a checklist. The only thing missing is the link with an advanced directive, should treatment options make one necessary. The checklist: I always want [...]

Can Housework Help You Live Longer? – NYTimes.com

More on longevity and exercise further to Exercise and longevity: Worth all the sweat and Minutes of exercise a day may add years to your life. Benefits are clear, and not much activity or intensity required: Interestingly, the association between physical activity and longer life held true also for those volunteers who reported exercising only occasionally. “A [...]

Finding the Doctors Your Doctor Trusts | Wired.com

A creative solution to rating doctors users referrals as the indicator. While not perfect (referrals may be based more upon reputation than outcomes), likely one of the better approaches out there and certainly better than the current hit-and-miss approach that most of us rely on: At the highest level, [Healthtap founder and CEO Ron] Gutman [...]

Mathematical modelling: Forecasting cancer : Nature

Interesting summary of how mathematical modelling is helping develop new cancer fighting strategies, by integrating, analyzing, and modelling a broader range of data. Another approach to more personalized medicine and improving treatment, based on better understanding of how cancer cells evolve and adapt. Quote: The evolutionary game-theory model — in which each treatment was a [...]

Balancing acceptance and anger in my cancer journey – Cancerwise | Cancer blog from MD Anderson Cancer Center

My dualities piece adapted for Cancerwise – part 1. Balancing acceptance and anger in my cancer journey – Cancerwise | Cancer blog from MD Anderson Cancer Center. Filed under: Cancer, Lymphoma Tagged: attitude, cancerwise, dualities, Living with Cancer: A Journey

Year 1, Week 15: Above the Clouds

1:15 A wonderful start to the week. We rented a car, went to a typical French market in Divonne (the usual collection of fruit, vegetables, cheese, meat and fish to die for), a nice restaurant, and then finally above the clouds to St. Cergue, seeing sun for the first time in over a week, with [...]

What an Oncologist feels – Sunrise Rounds

A good piece by Sunrise Rounds on the practice of oncology (or hematology, or medicine in general). Quote: On the other hand the continuous evolution in this complicated area of medicine means that you can never know everything, need to appreciate your own limits, and must be ready to adjust quickly, intellectually and emotionally, when [...]

A healthcare scenario for 2040 | Forum:Blog | The World Economic Forum

The science fiction view of the future of healthcare. These exercises are always useful in testing future directions. The biggest fallacy, in my mind, is to view healthcare through a consumer lens; choosing hospitals and providers, even where possible financially, requires a higher level of expertise than other ‘shopping’ activities. While greater transparency and better [...]