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Managing Heart Failure

Heart failure affects millions of patients, especially those over 65. Here are tips to help manage heart failure symptoms before they become debilitating.

Fear

Fear or anxiety or panic inevitably is sometimes part of living with cancer. Whether it is the temporary distress before a scan or another procedure or more pervasive anxiety about pain or managing treatment or the heart-stopping panic that may accompany thoughts of death, these feelings come to us all. The trick, pretty hard to manage, becomes finding a way to manage or, at least; live with them without being paralyzed.

Cancer, COVID-19, and Mental Health

People living with cancer can apply the same strategies they use to get through cancer to help them manage their mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wellness Works Program: Managing Parkinson's Disease

BIDMC's Wellness Works Program provides specialized exercise classes such as Tai Chi, boxing, and yoga to help patients manage Parkinson's Disease symptoms.

Cancer anxiety

Is your cancer diagnosis making you feel anxious? Here are some strategies to help you manage your fears around cancer, cancer treatment, and your next scan.

Discussing cancer with your kids

Talking about your cancer diagnosis with your children is not a one-time discussion. Here are tips to help parents manage their kids' fears and expectations.

Senior Health Specialty Care

Whatever our patients’ specific needs — blood pressure management, falls or memory loss — our Senior Health team has the expertise to treat and manage these conditions. Learn more about our specialty consultations for seniors at BIDMC in Boston.

Chemo Brain can Persist

Earlier this week, I shared a very useful article from Triage Cancer about chemo brain. It included some practical suggestions of how to manage this problem. Today's offering is related, but focuses on the possible longterm condition

Outpatient Cardiovascular Clinic

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center offers a full range of preventative, diagnostic and non-invasive cardiac services, as well as a number of programs designed to manage the cardiac disease of specific outpatient populations.

Breast Cancer and Integrative Therapies

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recently endorsed complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for breast cancer treatment. Learn more.

You Are Much More than Your Cancer

FAQs

Common questions and answers about having and recovering from orthopaedic surgery.

Nutrition and the Gluten-Free Diet

Recognize some of the nutritional issues, such as lactose and other food intolerances, weight gain, and constipation, and get tips on how to manage them. Understand and avoid cross contamination. Learn about balanced eating to optimize your health and wellness

Conquering Fear

Since we all know that fear is a companion of a cancer diagnosis, we also would all agree that any strategies to better manage it can be welcome. I suspect that conqueringis optimistic, but even better managing would be positive. Especially if some strategies work in the middle of the dark night

Some so called cancer cures are harmful

While some 'alternative' cancer treatments may help with symptoms, some are dangerous to your health. Here are rules for using alternative cancer 'cures.'

Integrative, Complementary and Alternative Cancer Therapies

Most cancer patients going through treatment consider adding complementary and alternative medicine therapies to what their doctor is offering.