Health

Most who undergo mastectomy lose feeling in their chests, but microsurgeons can now restore sensation by connecting nerves during tissue-based reconstruction.

Surgeons discussing reconstruction after mastectomy usually focus on the size and shape of the new breast and how to make something that looks as normal as possible. But what about making something that feels like it did before, and not just on the outside?

Almost all women who have a mastectomy lose sensation in their chest, many of them forever. Dr. ...

Participants in Airbnb’s Open Homes program help nonprofit organizations to provide temporary lodging for cancer patients.

WHEN KAROL HANSEN WAS DIAGNOSED ​​with metastatic breast cancer in April 2019, her doctors recommended simultaneous radiation and chemotherapy treatments daily for a period of six weeks to address her fast-growing tumors. To Hansen, driving 110 miles from her home in Temecula, California, to her oncologist’s office at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center didn’t seem realistic.

Hansen reached out to Cancer Support Community ...

Dan Rhon, PT, DSc, says the need to treat the whole patient extends far beyond the patient’s health.

“The Army’s surgeon general has determined that this is a matter of national security, because if you look at current trends, by the year 2030 we will not have a fit enough society to serve in our military and all of our community positions such as police officers and fire fighters,” Rhon observes. “These jobs all require some sort of physical and health ...

Psoriatic arthritis happens when your body’s immune systemcauses inflammation where your tendons or ligaments connect to your bone.

About a third of people who have psoriasis get psoriatic arthritis. Symptoms may be severe and get worse quickly. They can also be mild and get worse slowly over many years.

When Melissa Meli received a diagnosis of breast cancer earlier this year, her boyfriend’s mother was the first person to suggest — gently — that she look into freezing eggs before starting chemotherapy that could make her infertile. Meli’s oncologist agreed, and a few days later, Meli met with a reproductive specialist while her boyfriend was deployed. Aside from having breast cancer, Meli, who is under 40, was in good health, and the doctor said fertility preservation would take just ...