An advance directive is a written legal document that allows you to communicate your wishes for your health care in the event you are no longer able to make medical decisions for yourself.
Social work counselor Mark Anderson has years of experience working with patients on advance care planning, which includes advance directives. Here, he dispels six common myths about advance directives.
Myth #1: The Living Will and Medical...
Extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, or MALT lymphoma, is a slow-growing type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that...
Last updated Sept. 12, 2023
Most of the time, nipples on the breast point outward. Sometimes a nipple lays flat against the areola,...
Cancer and its treatment can affect patients in many ways. Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), also known as physiatry, is a medical specialty that focuses on the prevention, diagnosis, non-surgical treatment and rehabilitation of patients with a disability or disease, such as cancer.
Though they work closely with one another to treat the same conditions, physiatrists and physical therapists are not the same. Think...
Central nervous system lymphoma, or CNS lymphoma, is an aggressive, rare subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. It most often occurs when cancerous...
Anal cancer is a fairly rare type of cancer that develops in the anus and anal canal. About 8,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with anal...
A cancer diagnosis can be life-changing. Many patients struggle to deal with the physical and emotional symptoms and side effects caused by...
Chemotherapy is one of the most common treatments for cancer. It’s typically used to kill cancerous cells in the body, but it can also be...
Watery eyes, also known by the medical term epiphora, occur when excessive tears drain from the eyes.
This may seem common, but can...
On Oct. 29, 2022, David Irwin woke up in a hospital, groggy and confused. It was his 39th birthday, but it was clear this was no celebration...