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...lung, one a liver, one a kidney, and the fifth a pancreas. But you have no organs and you’re about to see them die, until suddenly you remember that in the next room there’s a healthy guy who came in for a checkup, and he’s taking a nap. And you could go in and yank out the five organs you need. He would die, but you would save the five. Numbers count! Five versus one! How many would do that? Anybody? I don’t see a single hand! There...
...yearly checkup by an internist or a general practitioner is crucial to maintain such vigilance. But despite the advice of their cancer doctors, only 20% of childhood-cancer survivors take advantage of this simple precaution, according to the latest figures from the NCI study. That's why these doctors are aggressively seeking out survivors, many of whom are now reaching their 30s and 40s, when many chronic conditions tend to strike. "We need to stop cataloging what happens to these patients and start introducing therapies that will either combat or prevent any long-term health effects of their cancer treatment...
...slink down the sleepy western reaches of Hong Kong's Hollywood Road-passing grimy shop fronts and shabby apartment buildings-I become aware that this is one of them. Because just for tonight, I'm going to mentally tear up the mildly disappointing results of a physical checkup I had three months ago, and play fast and loose with cardiovascular health. I'm headed for the Cheese Room, triglyceride levels be damned...
...protecting my child from cancer outweighs any reluctance to ponder her sexual future. "But some parents are totally in denial," says my longtime pediatrician, Dr. Marc Wager of New Rochelle, N.Y. It's his practice to discuss the vaccine when parents bring a daughter for a checkup at 11 or 12. But he doesn't force it on those who resist, and he's willing to edit his discussion of HPV transmission for those who don't want a child to hear...
When my 11-year-old got her tetanus shot during her checkup last week, her pediatrician did not tell her that it was now safe to go dance barefoot on rusty nails. Which got me wondering about a recent battle in the culture wars, in which conservative groups were reported to be opposing a great medical breakthrough - the new cervical cancer vaccine - on the grounds that it might encourage kids to think that casual sex just got a little bit safer...