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octobre 8, 2025Like
Clinically Speaking: Questions and Answers About HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Around 1 in 5 breast cancers are HER2-positive. HER2-positive cancers are a type of breast cancer that contains higher-than-normal levels of HER2 proteins, which help cancer cells grow and multiply. HER2-positive cancers can spread quickly, but they also have one of the highest survival rates when diagnosed early, thanks to highly effective treatments that specifically target HER2 proteins. Understanding how HER2 status is diagnosed and treated can help you advocate for yourself and make Healthy
octobre 8, 2025Like
Conversación clínica: Preguntas y respuestas sobre el cáncer de mama con mutación del gen HER2
English Octubre es el Mes de Concientización del Cáncer de Mama. Aproximadamente 1 de cada 5 cánceres de mama tienen mutación del gen HER2. Los cánceres con mutaciones del gen HER2 son un tipo de cáncer de mama con niveles altos de proteínas HER2, lo cual promueve el crecimiento y la reproducción de células cancerosas. Los cánceres con mutación del gen HER2 pueden diseminarse rápidamente, pero también tienen las mayores tasas de supervivencia cuando se diagnostican en forma temprana, gracias Healthy
octobre 8, 2025Like
15 Minutes With: Tamsen Fadal Talks Making Menopause Mainstream and the Perks of Midlife
In 2019, Emmy-award winning journalist Tamsen Fadal was on air, broadcasting the evening news, when her mind went blank. The word “subpoena” was up on the teleprompter, but she couldn’t remember how to pronounce it. If you’ve ever watched the news, you know “subpoena” isn’t exactly an uncommon word. It wasn’t like Fadal to flub on air, but it was happening more and more. Fadal assumed the worst. She thought there must be something seriously wrong with her brain. But Healthy
octobre 7, 2025Like
3 Reasons to Get the Flu Vaccine This Fall
The holidays are just around the corner, and you know what that means — it’s time to get your flu vaccine! You probably thought we were going to say holiday parties and presents, but that’s the thing about the flu. It can germ its way into your festive spirit and ruin all your plans with fever, headache, chills, body aches and joint pain. “The influenza virus is nasty,” said Ilan Shapiro, M.D., senior vice president and chief health correspondent and Healthy
octobre 7, 2025Like
Can Virtual Reality Sport Gaming Offer More Than Just Entertainment?
A new study published in the International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction looked at the social dimensions of virtual/augmented reality sport gaming and the interplay among game involvement, interpersonal relationships, social capital, and psychological well-being. “In this study, we investigated whether AR/VR sport games can do more than just entertain,” study author Sanghoon Kim told us. “Virtual sport has many features. Users can create and use their own avatars, and they can also play with others beyond physical space. We believe theravive
octobre 6, 2025Like
We Asked Teens If There’s Still a Stigma Around Mental Health. Their Answers Might Surprise You
There are a lot of headlines about Gen Z defeating mental health stigma. And while it’s true that mental health is a much bigger part of the conversation these days, deep-rooted stigmas aren’t always so easy to get rid of. That’s why we turned to our SheKnows Teen Council to get answers from Gen Z’ers themselves — do they feel there’s still a stigma around mental health and therapy? In our latest “Where I Stand” video, the vast majority of shek
octobre 1, 2025Like
15 Minutes With: Maneesha Ghiya Talks Femtech and the Future of Women’s Healthcare
When it comes to innovations in healthcare, Maneesha Ghiya means business. As a venture capitalist and investor at hedge funds, the Harvard Business grad has spent more than 25 years — pretty much her entire career — investing in healthcare. But when a medical emergency almost took her life, Ghiya saw firsthand the need for innovation in women’s healthcare specifically. So, she started her own venture capital firm, FemTech Ventures, to fill that gap. FemTech Ventures partners with businesses to Healthy
octobre 1, 2025Like
Why Do Some Love President Trump And Others Don’t? Science May Have An Answer
Do you admire an antagonistic leader? Researchers may have an explanation for that. Researchers have discovered that those who view the world as a savage social jungle are more likely to admire leaders who are antagonistic. “Reactions to a leader’s coercive behavior aren’t universal, but vary from observer to observer, depending on the observer’s worldview. In other words, every individual has an idiosyncratic understanding of how the world “works,” and these beliefs serve as lenses that shape how they theravive
septembre 30, 2025Like
My Sobriety Convinced My Husband To Quit Drinking — But Not The Way You Think
I quit drinking five and a half years ago. My husband didn’t. “I’m done,” I said on January 19, 2020, barely surviving what would become my very last hangover. The shame hadn’t fully landed yet; the memory of nursing my baby in a blackout was still a blur, but it hovered like a storm cloud. Heavy. Inevitable. It pressed down on me, whispering: This is the last time. I didn’t make a pros-and-cons list. I didn’t Google “am I an shek
septembre 30, 2025Like
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) 101
September is Pain Awareness Month. Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a lot like it sounds and is a broad term for a wide range of conditions causing pain. The chronic pain condition usually causes long-lasting intense pain, swelling, sensitivity to touch or cold, and other symptoms in extremities — the arms, hands, legs and feet — although it can happen anywhere in the body. CRPS is typically triggered after an injury or serious medical event that affects the nerves Healthy
septembre 30, 2025Like
Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria 101
October 1, 2025, is World Urticaria Day. Urticaria is the medical word for hives — itchy red welts that appear on your skin. Acute urticaria happens in response to an allergy or some other source you can identify, like sun exposure. The welts usually go away with time or treatment. But chronic spontaneous urticaria, or CSU, are hives that occur suddenly, last for more than six weeks and, unlike acute urticaria, have no known cause. About 1% of people around Healthy
septembre 30, 2025Like
I’ve Lived with Migraine Since Childhood. Advocacy Helps Me Fight Through the Pain.
As told to Shannon Shelton Miller Even though I was eight when I was officially diagnosed with migraine, I can’t remember a time when I didn’t have severe headaches. My sensitivity to the lights and sounds in elementary school led to sudden severe headaches, nausea and vomiting. I’d also get terrible headaches playing at recess or having any kind of physical exertion. My mother had migraine as a child, so because of her history and because my parents were very Healthy