Breast and Ovarian Cancer: Can Genetic Counseling Help Determine Risk?
With Angelina Jolie in the news recently for preventatively having her ovaries removed—following a preventative double mastectomy just two years ago—many women have questions about genetic counseling...
View ArticleDocsTALK Podcast: What Does Healthy Look Like?
Listen to the April 2015 docsTALK podcast. Even if you are not a doctor there are a lot of times you can tell someone is not in the best of health just by looking at them. Maybe their skin is just not...
View ArticleSkin Cancer Screening Starts With You: Know What to Look For
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States, and it’s on the rise. Skin cancer can affect anyone at any age, with more than three-and-a-half million skin cancer cases diagnosed...
View ArticleScreening for lung cancer: Excerpts from Living well with Cancer Podcast
Excerpts from Living Well with Cancer podcast interview with Stephen Cattaneo, MD, thoracic surgeon at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Dr. Cattaneo discusses screening for lung cancer and Anne Arundel...
View ArticleLooking for cancer with cancer screenings: Excerpts from Living Well with...
Excerpts from Living Well with Cancer podcast interview with Joanne Ebner, Supervisor of Anne Arundel Medical Center’s DeCesaris Cancer Institute’s cancer prevention program. Listen to the entire...
View ArticleTreating Chemo Brain: Excerpts from Living Well with Cancer Podcast
Excerpts from the Living Well with Cancer podcast interview with Rebecca Gondak, speech language pathologist at Anne Arundel Medical Center. Rebecca discusses therapy to treat cognitive impairment,...
View ArticleBeating Cancer Only to Find There’s Another Battle: Chemo Brain
It was finally time to celebrate. Earl Shellner had just received an honorary certificate for completing a long course of chemotherapy. This was the last big hurdle in his cancer treatment. Earl had...
View ArticleThings to Know Before You Vape
In recent years, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have increased substantially in popularity. They are commonly advertised as a “healthier” and cheaper alternative to cigarette smoking. Smoking...
View ArticleDiagnostic imaging—what you should know: Excerpts from Living Well with...
Excerpts from our Living Well with Cancer podcast interview with Karen Scott, executive director of Anne Arundel Diagnostics Imaging. Listen to the entire interview here. Once you’ve had an image...
View ArticleFamily ties: Genetic testing empowers a breast cancer survivor
“As far as I know, there is no breast cancer in my family history,” says Aileen Carlucci. But in the summer of 2008, she was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 49 after a routine mammogram....
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