Health

What Men Can Do to Support Women With Eating Disorders

By:

Roy S. Gutterman, JE Feature

For a guy who is astute or caring enough to notice that a woman's behavior might be signs of anorexia, bulimia or another eating disorder, it may only be the tip of the iceberg. This recognition might be lifesaving, but a solution with treatment and therapy will not occur overnight, according to Lauren Strobeck, program coordinator of the Eating Disorders...

Wellness

Diabetes and Danger: The Amputation Factor

Many are not aware of this extreme byproduct of the debilitating disease

By:

Rita Charleston, JE Feature

One of the most frightening risks those with diabetes must face is having a limb or appendage amputated. In fact, according to a recent study by the American Podiatric Medical Association, 25 percent of amputees with diabetes stated that they should have seen a specialist, such as a podiatrist, sooner than they had once their symptoms arose. "Today, diabetes is...

Fighting Cancer

Computer Programs as Cancer Detectors?

Computer programs designed to help radiologists could identify more cases of breast cancer, but they might also increase the number of false-positive results, which can lead to biopsies in healthy women, according to a recent systematic review. Using computer-aided detection mammography, "you do catch some cases that would have been missed if the mammogram had been read only by a...

20s and 30s

When It Comes to Eating Disorders, Most Guys Are Completely Clueless

By:

Roy S. Gutterman, JE Feature

According to estimates, as much as 15 percent of the country's female population suffers from some sort of eating disorder; that number alone would mean that many guys have encountered some of these women, many without even realizing it. For bulimia alone, one study suggests that 2 percent to 3 percent of American women in their late adolescence and college...

Wellness

Face Time

Surgeon from Elkins Park takes part in historic facial transplant

By:

Ben G. Frank, JE Feature

"Historic." That's the only word to describe it. A 22-hour procedure, whereby eight surgeons essentially transplanted a full face onto a patient. Put another way, it was "the largest and most complex face transplant in the world," announced the Cleveland Clinic, certainly one of the nation's best hospitals. And working alongside a multi-disciplinary team of doctors and surgeons at Cleveland...