Exercise during curative chemotherapy for breast cancer has proven benefits. It helps reduce fatigue, preserve muscle strength, improve fitness, and enhance overall quality of life. Staying physically active…
With a wave of FDA approvals and promising clinical trials, treatment options for metastatic breast cancer are expanding fast. Amy Tiersten, MD, highlights the power of immunotherapies—especially checkpoint…
Brad Leibovich, MD, a urologic oncologist at Mayo Clinic, explains that kidney cancer in its early stages often presents no signs or symptoms and there is no screening…
Rajiv Agarwal, MD, BS, a renowned nephrology expert, discusses the importance of early detection and treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD), particularly in patients with type 2 diabetes.…
Surya Seshan, MBBS, of New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College, discusses the basics of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, first described by Professor Hughes in the 1980s. The…
Marianne Geleijnse, Vice President of the Dutch Health Council, discussed human health as a multidimensional concept. Dr Geleijnse along with Roel Vermeulen, Utrecht University, and Martine van der…
Brian Shuch, MD, director of the UCLA Kidney Cancer Program, discusses renal cysts. These are very common, especially in individuals over the age of 50, and are usually asymptomatic.…
Nephrologist Sumeska Thavarajah, MD, of Johns Hopkins, highlights that CKD is more common than realized, affecting about 37 million adults in the US, but 90% may not be…
Majd Isreb, MD, FACP, FASN, IFMCP, from the Integrative Kidney Institute, discusses the link between inflammation and chronic kidney disease (CKD). He explains that CKD patients have higher…
