Put your mind at ease with the power of knowledge and understanding in order to live your best when on life's sick list. Living with a serious medical condition means sweeping changes in your daily routine, your relationships, and your outlook. From family life and...
Finding out what’s wrong can be costly and time-consuming. Here’s how to manage your diagnosis for optimal outcomes. When you are diagnosed with a serious medical condition, the journey to successful treatment can sometimes be long, stressful, and expensive. Seeking more information or a medical second opinion can easily...
WorldCare member Candice Madley shares her experience of getting a medical second opinion from a team of experts At the age of 44, I felt it was time for a mammogram. My doctor had been recommending screening since I was 40 because of a history of breast cancer...
Sometimes you need more experts to break a tie. When you, or someone you love, faces a serious or life-threatening medical condition, a medical second opinion can guide crucial treatment decisions you and your doctor make. But what happens when your first and second opinions clash? What you need to...
Checking up on a diagnosis or treatment plan via a medical second opinion is good medicine. Taking a deep breath and telling your physician that you’ve decided to seek a medical second opinion is an important moment along the way to better health. Yes, it’s natural to feel...
Roughly 1 out of 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. 1 out of 31 women will die as a result of her condition. While prevalence of breast cancer is unfortunately rather common, the current forms of treatment save millions of lives annually. Recurrence after...
Neuroscientists from around the world have estimated that roughly 69 million people annually suffer from a traumatic brain injury (TBI). A TBI is defined as “a bump, blow, or jolt to the head that disrupts the normal function of the brain.” Most people assume that football players, soldiers, or...
Roughly 600,000 people across the United States and Canada suffer from Parkinson’s disease and researchers have long been aware of the increased risk that comes with age. Men and postmenopausal women have a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s than premenopausal women do, which lead researchers to examine the link...
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,...