Understanding the Different Types of Ovarian Cancer with Nurse Kristina Rua
Kristina Rua, Patient Nurse Navigator with Miami Cancer Institute, shares the differences between epithelial, stromal, and germ cell tumors, which are different types of ovarian cancer. The epithelial tumor is the tumor that comes from the actual outer portion of the oval of the ovary. It is the significant majority of ovarian cancers. About 85…...
Read MoreUnderstanding Pancreatic Cancer and Its Symptoms with Dr. Omar Llaguna
Dr. Omar Llaguna, Oncologic Surgeon with Miami Cancer Institute, explains pancreatic cancer. He describes that cancer as a malignant transformation of what used to be a normal cell into an abnormal cell. “With this cancer, we have cells in the pancreas that have gained the ability to grow uncomfortable, unrestricted, and uncontrolled, and those tumors…...
Read MoreThe 3 Types of Skin Cancer | Health Channel
Dr. Deepa Sharma, Family Medicine Physician with Baptist Health Primary Care, discusses the three types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Basal and squamous cell carcinoma are two types of non-melanoma cancers. In contrast, melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. “Seeing a dermatologist is really important to…...
Read MoreHow Cancer Treatment Can Affect Fertility | Health Channel
Some cancer treatments affect fertility: surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, hormone therapy, and targeted therapy, explains Dr. Victor Guardiola, Medical Oncologist with Miami Cancer Institute. In general, types of cancer treatment that can affect infertility are surgery and chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is a medication given usually through the vein into the whole system. Intense treatment for radiation is…...
Read MoreCan Menopause Cause Heart Disease?
Menopause causes certain hormones in women to decrease and that can lead to an increased risk for heart disease...
Read MoreAfrican Americans and Heart Health
Diabetes can make controlling heart disease among African Americans more difficult but it’s the social and economic inequities that form the biggest barriers to decreasing deaths from the disease...
Read MoreMost Common Risk Factors of Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac arrest can happen to someone with no heart problems but there are some other risk factors you should be aware of...
Read MoreFighting Heart Health Inequities in People of Color
The American Heart Association is working to combat health inequities in several ways...
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