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The Society for Breast Imaging (SBI) is recommending that women schedule their annual mammogram before they get the COVID-19 vaccine or delay screening until four to six weeks after receiving the vaccine.
The recommendation comes after increasing reports of a side effect following receiving the COVID-19 vaccine: swollen, abnormal-appearing lymph nodes in the armpit on the same side as where COVID-19 vaccines were administered.
Swollen lymph nodes under the arm, also known as axillary adenopathy, are not an uncommon side effect of receiving a vaccine. They’re temporary and are actually a good sign as far as immunity goes.
Reconstruction Post-Breast Cancer Surgery Is Not a Given, Anymore Sabrina Emms
In 2016, Kim Bowles, then 35 years old and a mother of two, was facing the loss of both breasts due to cancer. Going into the surgery Bowles told her doctor she did not want breast reconstruction, instead to leave her chest flat.
Her decision, clearly communicated to her surgeon, was not honored. “I brought photos, I brought a witness, I did everything I could to protect my choice,” said Ms. Bowles, who lives in Pennsylvania. Instead, the surgeon left two flaps of skin in case she changed her mind. Ms. Bowles experienced “flat denial”, the response of a surgeon, who for whatever reason, does not honor a patient s wishes.
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Information shared by women with metastatic breast cancer on social media platforms like Twitter may be a timely source of data for policymakers hoping to improve care and outcomes for these patients.
UCLA researchers found that participants in a Twitter group chat about metastatic breast cancer identified a number of significant barriers to care, including communication gaps between health care providers and patients, delays in insurance authorizations for treatments and other procedures, insurance denials of palliative or specialized care, and challenges in obtaining disability benefits.
Based on participants’ online comments, the researchers say, patients could benefit from a variety of policies, including those that would improve access to clinical trials and expand the availability of nurse navigators who work with patients to overcome barriers to care.
The French dubbed the decade after the 1918 flu the années folles the crazy years. Radio, movies, parties, fashion, dance and jazz flourished. Now, a full century later, the quarterly UCLA Anderson Forecast expects a similar redux. “With a vaccine and the release of pent-up demand, the next few years will be roaring as the economy accelerates,” wrote Leo Feler, a senior economist with the forecast.
But for Jerry Kang, a professor of law and Asian-American Studies at UCLA, MLS’ interest in Korea is furthering another more important understanding. By providing the kind of role models Eric Choi had to search for as a boy, Kang said the league is opening up opportunities for another generation. “What we can imagine is often constrained by what we can see,” he said. “So for Korean American or Asian American kids growing up in Los Angeles, seeing a professional athlete who looks like them helps change what’s possible.”