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Craig Stoltz

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posted 08/30/2007, comments (3)

Quackwatch, Alternative Medicine, and the Search for "Truth"

Today I'd like to step--respectfully, carefully--into the productive discussion taking place in this breast cancer forum in response to one of my earlier postings, about the value of the Web site Quackwatch. I had recommended (and still do) patients considering alternative treatments for any condition to consult the Quackwatch site. I... Read more Chevron

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PJ Hamel

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posted 08/07/2007, comment (1)

After Breast Cancer – Now What? Two Books Answer the Question

When you go through breast cancer treatment, your life feels like some kind of terrifying amusement park ride. Locked into your seat, there’s no chance of stopping, getting off, or changing direction as you head through the House of Horrors. Finally, coughed out at the end, you step off to resume your “regular life.” Guess what?... Read more Chevron

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PJ Hamel

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posted 05/10/2007, comments (0)

Book Review: What Atul Gawande's Newest Book Means for Breast Cancer Patients and Survivors

On reading the title of the book, Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance, and glancing at its cover, which pictures a gowned-up surgeon, you’d expect it to be a graphic exploration of surgery, a “you are there” treatment of what goes on in a typical hospital operating room. But, by the time you get through the introduction, you... Read more Chevron

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Beth Brophy

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posted 05/09/2007, comments (0)

Book Review: Atul Gawande's New Book, Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance

Ever since my breast cancer experience in 1996, when I started spending lots of time with medical professionals, I have become fascinated by how doctors think about their profession and their patients. There is such a wide variation, I have found, in bedside manner and people skills, from compassionate to arrogant. Thus, any magazine... Read more Chevron

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posted 04/13/2007, comment (1)

Affordable Mammograms

I am a 50 year old female who put off mammograms, mostly because of the cost. I always heard the same old song and dance that what I had felt was the same cysts that I had been noticing everytime I went in for a yearly checkup. They always told me that my breast tissue was too dense to see much on a mammogram, so I also required a sonagram. I... Read more Chevron

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