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Loosing weight is a challenged but it can be achieved, the main focus on weight lost should be calories in and calories out, that simple means eat less. Lets do some simple maths, 3500 calories make 1 pound try and eat 500 calories less a day and in one week you will loose one pound.You can loose weight true exercise...

2012 was an exciting year for the Abramson Cancer Center. We are featuring blogs featured on the Focus On Cancer blog that highlight cancer treatment breakthroughs, coping tips and ideas, education and inspiration. Today, we are highlighting the immunotherapy and leukemia. A front-page story in the New York Times details the progress of a...

2012 was an exciting year for the Abramson Cancer Center. We are featuring blogs featured on the Focus On Cancer blog that highlight cancer treatment breakthroughs, coping tips and ideas, education and inspiration. Today, we are highlighting the partnership between the Stand Up 2 Cancer Foundation and Penn Medicine. The SU2C Dream Team...

Colorectal cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Although studies prove that screening reduces colorectal cancer morbidity and mortality and is recommended for everyone over the age of 50, only 60 percent of Americans have been screened.Penn Medicine’s West Philadelphia Gastrointestinal (GI) Health...

2012 was an exciting year for the Abramson Cancer Center. We are featuring blogs featured on the Focus On Cancer blog that highlight cancer treatment breakthroughs, coping tips and ideas, education and inspiration. Today, we are highlighting the brain cancer treatment at Penn.There are new treatments for brain cancer at Penn. In this article,...

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2012 was an exciting year for the Abramson Cancer Center. We are featuring blogs featured on the Focus On Cancer blog that highlight cancer treatment breakthroughs, coping tips and ideas, education and inspiration. Today, we are highlighting photodynamic therapy for mesothelioma. Penn was the first health system in the Philadelphia area to...

2012 was an exciting year for the Abramson Cancer Center. We are featuring blogs featured on the Focus On Cancer blog that highlight cancer treatment breakthroughs, coping tips and ideas, education and inspiration. Today, we are highlighting the Basser Research Center for BRCA.A $25 million gift to the University of Pennsylvania from alumni...

Tracy Lautenbach, MSW, LCSW, OSW, is the social work team leader for radiation oncology at Penn. In this article, she reminds those with cancer, or who are cancer survivors, to stay connected to the ones they love this holiday season.Holidays are traditionally viewed as a time to celebrate with family and friends. However, sometimes...

Debra DeMille, MS, RD, CSO is a nutritional counselor at the Joan Karnell Cancer Center. Debra has worked at Pennsylvania Hospital since 1988 with the last 12 years specializing in oncology. Debra guides individuals receiving chemotherapy and radiation as well as addressing survivorship issues including the use of integrative therapies.She...

 The search for effective treatments for diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes, remains a challenge for medical researchers, regardless of their background. As many of you know, many of the oral medications have significant side effects that are not popular with patients, have limited effectiveness, or lack evidence of impacting the...

Christine Wilson, cancer survivor, shares her experiences from the Abramson Cancer Center’s 2012- Focus on Brain Cancer Conference. In this blog, she discusses recovery from brain cancer and accepting a “new normal.”"You are not alone." - Arbena Merolli, MSW, social worker at the Abramson Cancer CenterFor some brain cancer patients, there comes a day when active treatment ends. That day can bring with it a myriad of mixed feelings,...

Kathy Brandt was diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer in 2011 at her local hospital. After much research, and a recommendation from her brother-in-law, who is a physician, Kathy chose Penn Medicine for her lung cancer treatment, which included proton therapy. Today, Kathy is cancer free. Watch Kathy Brandt, a patient alum, tell...

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — A man opened fire Friday inside two classrooms at the Connecticut elementary school where his mother was a teacher, killing 26 people, including 20 children, as youngsters cowered in corners and closets and trembled helplessly to gunshots reverberating through the building.The 20-year-old killer, carrying two handguns,...

This November marked the 6th year the HEADstrong Foundation prepared and served a traditional Thanksgiving dinner to several floors of patients and families who are amidst treatment for blood cancer in the Rhoads Pavilion at Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.About the HEADStrong FoundationThe HEADstrong Foundation for blood cancer...

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (AP) — An imprisoned man whose infatuation with Justin Bieber included a tattoo of the pop star on his leg has told investigators in New Mexico he hatched a plot to kill the singer, according to documents recently filed in a New Mexico court.An affidavit filed in Las Cruces said Dana Martin told investigators he persuaded...