Doctors use breast cancer staging to develop the treatment plans that can lead to the best outcomes By Valerie Gorman, MD, Breast Surgeon at Baylor Scott & White Texas Surgical Specialists A lot of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer have questions about their breast cancer stage. To answer their questions, the treatment…
Could Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery Be the Key to Your Weight-Loss Success? By Dr. Mazen Iskandar, Dr. Timothy Kelly, and Dr. Watson Roye, weight-loss surgeons at Baylor Scott & White Texas Surgical Specialists If you’re like a lot of people, excess body weight might be a problem you’ve struggled with for years. And it’s…
By Christopher Trinh, D.O. Sports medicine physician for Baylor Scott & White Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Institute in Midlothian and Waxahachie Dr. Trinh is a fellowship trained sports medicine physician who provides skilled, non-surgical treatment for musculoskeletal injuries and disorders. He takes care of patients of all ages who have both acute and chronic…
WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE STRUGGLES YOU’VE OVERCOME IN YOUR FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER For a lot of my patients, celebrating breast cancer survivorship is important— they understand that overcoming the challenges of diagnosis and treatment is something that they want to acknowledge and honor. Even if fighting breast cancer isn’t always a positive…
Adult acne can persist through adolescence into adult years or can first appear in adults in their 30s, 40, or 50s. t more commonly affects women than men. Red bumps, pustules, whiteheads, and blackheads can all occur. Larger acne bumps, or nodulocystic acne, can result in scarring. The most frequently affected area is the jawline. However, adult acne can also occur elsewhere on the face,…
BY MAKING LIFESTYLE CHANGES AND KNOWING YOUR RISK, YOU CAN LOWER YOUR ODDS OF FACING THE DISEASE Early detection of breast cancer grabs a lot of attention. And that’s not a bad thing. When you know your risk factors, get your mammograms and other screening tests on schedule, and see your health provider if you notice anything…
Cancer is a serious illness. And the traditional treatments for cancer – surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy – often have a reputation of being as hard on the body as the disease itself. While for some forms of cancer that may unfortunately still be the case, the progress that has been made in diagnosing and…
It’s a time-honored tradition. Couples entering marriage take vows to stick by their spouse, “for richer or poorer,” and, “in sickness and in health.” While not every married couple will experience post-nuptial times of poverty or wealth, every family is certain to face health challenges during a marriage. Hopefully, those challenges will be relatively minor…
When you think of costly health conditions, what comes to mind? Heart disease? Diabetes? Obesity? Probably not arthritis. However, arthritis is among the most widespread, costliest – but often overlooked – conditions affecting Americans. According to a 2013 National Institutes of Health study, 55 million adults in the United States had physician-diagnosed arthritis costing an…
