I had breast cancer in my left breast 14 years ago. I was treated with chemotherapy and radiation after a lumpectomy and the ...
Some people can take “drug holidays” for years, sometimes, to keep the bone from becoming “frozen” and brittle.
A woman has filed suit against a UVA School of Medicine professor alleging he carried out a “non-standard third round of ...
A 65-year-old white woman presented with 9 months of intermittent “kaleidoscopic” visual disturbances and blurred vision upon ...
For the osteoporosis in my hip, I took alendronate for five years, but it did not stop the bone loss. I am now on Prolia, which has helped. I am healthy and fairly active. How lon ...
Unlike alendronate and similar drugs, Prolia stops working as soon as you stop taking it, so people who are on it need to ...
At age 48, I underwent a lumpectomy, chemo and radiation for stage I breast cancer. All is good so far, but I started ...
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7 myths about mastectomy

Mastectomy, a surgery that removes breast tissue, can prevent or treat breast cancer. More than 100,000 women have some type of mastectomy each year in the U.S. If you receive a breast cancer ...