In a sample of more than 40,000 women, researchers concluded that eating red meat is associated with a higher risk of breast cancer, but eating poultry appears to be linked to a lower risk. Breast cancer, which affects roughly 1 in 8 women in North...
The American Heart Association (AHA) strives to reduce death from heart disease or related conditions like strokes. One way they are doing so is via their guideline for cardiovascular health, which is known as “Life’s Simple 7”. Heart health is important for every age group,...
CRISPR, or clustered regularly inter-spaced short palindromic repeats, is a technology that allows scientists to make precise alterations to any DNA, whether it be human or bacterial. Most recently, this technology has allowed a team of American, Canadian and Swedish scientists to target the genetic...
Summer is finally here and in full effect. We know skin care is important and during these warm summer months you must pay extra attention to keeping your skin safe. Beauty and healthcare regimens must be evaluated to avoid future harmful skin conditions such as...
Leukemia treatment often proves to be more complicated in comparison to treatment for other types of cancer. For leukemia patients, researchers at Northwestern Medicine believe multiple overactive protein complexes may be to blame. Thus, by moving away from the idea that one particular protein complex,...
Let’s face the truth, making an accurate diagnosis is not always easy for doctors and in many cases patients are left without a diagnosis or left wondering if they had received the correct diagnoses and best treatment plan. This uncertainty doesn’t just fall on the...
Neuro-degenerative diseases are often some of the most challenging conditions to handle, luckily for patients suffering from such conditions one of our medical second opinion providers, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is leading the path to ease these patients’ lives. Rudolph Tanzi, Ph.D. and Robert Moir,...
From successfully achieving the first remission of a pediatric cancer case in 1948, to creating the most revolutionary medical achievements WorldCare Consortium® medical second opinion (MSO) providers, Dana-Farber and Massachusetts General Hospital have successfully created a molecular tool that helps study the accumulation of...
It is safe to say that many of us fear hearing the word ‘cancer.’ But, with the continued evolution of cancer research, we have begun to see many breakthroughs in cancer treatment and detection methods. One such example is Dr. David Wong's, Associate Dean of...
Finally, mental health illnesses have gained a huge spotlight over the last few years. At WorldCare, we have recognized the need for more services to address the rising occurrence of mental health illnesses and we developed a new, laser-focused mental health medical second opinion (MSO)...