Edie Falco, Actress, Survived Stage 1 Breast Cancer In 2003, actress Edie Falco was midway through filming a season of The Sopranos when she learned she had stage 1 breast cancer. She plowed through an emotional scene the day she received her diagnosis and continued working as she went through treatment in the months ahead. Rather than going public with the news like some cele...

Who Should Avoid Chest Icing Who Should Avoid Despite how harmless it may sound to ice your chest, Dr. Weiss suggests caution to those who try it. “I would advise anyone experiencing sleep problems, anxiety, and depression to visit their primary care provider before trying anything they see on TikTok,” says Weiss. “Overall risks include an excessive drop in heart rate and bl...

Age Gen X and Millennials Although the average age at diagnosis is 66, early-onset colorectal cancer (cases that develop in people younger than 50) is becoming increasingly common.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e597629369d9c49-4432-4a37-a4c6-2a528e402df8 Diagnoses in people under age 55 doubled from 1 in 10 in 1995 to 1 in 5 in 2019.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e597629db9b0dbc-1...

Post-Op Crohn’s Management Post-Op Management After surgery, treatment strategies typically fall into two categories: prophylactic therapy and endoscopic-driven therapy. Prophylactic therapy involves starting biologics or other advanced therapies soon after surgery — before inflammation returns. “It tends to be favored for people at higher risk,” says Moss, including those w...

Speech Therapist Speech Therapist Speech therapists (sometimes called speech-language pathologists or speech pathologists) can help reduce some of the involuntary face and mouth movements that can affect speech, chewing, and swallowing, as well as your appearance and ability to communicate with facial expressions, says Heather Clark, PhD , a speech-language pathologist who spe...