Understanding food noise - and how to turn down the volume
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4 keys to a heart-healthy diet
Understanding exercise heart rate zones
Resistant starch: Can you make the carbs you eat a little healthier?
Harvard study: A couple of daily cups of coffee or tea linked to lower dementia risk
Does everyone benefit from cutting saturated fat in their diet?
How to treat shoulder impingement
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Academic-industry collaborations matter: Personal perspectives of a cancer-surviving physician educator
Being diagnosed with and then recovering from lymphoma changed my life for the better. I've witnessed remarkable academic and industry collaboration, including the cooperation and clinical advances that saved my life.
In May 2002, I was about a year into my first job as an attending pulmonary critical care physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center when I woke up with a very strange sensation inside my abdomen. After giving my first ever "Medical Grand Rounds" talk on an unrelated subject, I ended up mentioning my symptoms to a few colleagues. At their insistence, I finally ended up going to the emergency room across campus. When the head of gastrointestinal radiology came in after I had an abdominal CT scan and said I needed to stay overnight, I knew I was in trouble. The scan showed large lymph nodes and that my spleen had ruptured spontaneously. Lo and behold, that's how I found out I had stage four non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which, at that time, had a five-year survival rate of only about 40%.
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Understanding food noise - and how to turn down the volume
Remedies for motion sickness: What works?
4 keys to a heart-healthy diet
Understanding exercise heart rate zones
Resistant starch: Can you make the carbs you eat a little healthier?
Harvard study: A couple of daily cups of coffee or tea linked to lower dementia risk
Does everyone benefit from cutting saturated fat in their diet?
How to treat shoulder impingement
Beyond protein: 6 other nutrients that help prevent muscle loss
Advancements in knee replacement: More precise and personalized
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