For Cancer Patients, Empathy Goes a Long Way
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At a scary time for patients, too few doctors ask about feelings, a new study finds.
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New research finds that almost half of U.S. women diagnosed with a specific form of breast cancer need not undergo the discomfort of chemotherapy.
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When people say "I feel your pain," they do not mean it literally, but certain people really do feel something that appears to be an extreme form of empathy, British researchers said on Sunday.
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NEW YORK - A well-wisher from Chicago hoped he would have a speedy recovery. An admirer who had just read his autobiography felt it was like having a friend in the hospital...
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When a person is first  diagnosed with cancer and undergoes treatment, their work may  suffer; but in the long run, most people who survive cancer  work a similar number of hours as anyone else, new study  findings show.
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Cancer doesn't doom youngsters to a miserable childhood, new research suggests, finding that after treatment, many are just as happy and well-adjusted as those who never had the illness &#151; sometimes even more.
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TUESDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDayNews) -- People who have survived cancer struggle with a lower quality of life, loss of productivity and more health limitations than those who never had the disease, researchers report.
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Women with breast cancer who take part in group therapy sessions with other patients live no longer than those who do not, but experience a better quality of life and less pain, researchers said on Monday.
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NEW YORK  - People facing the prospect of  cancer treatment typically expect to suffer numerous side  effects -- often more than is actually likely -- a study  suggests.
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In todayÂs world of rapid-fire medicine, ÂinvolvedÂ relatives may be a patientÂs most important advocates.
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The treatment that more cancer patients receive may one day depend on their genes
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Terminally-ill cancer patients should not believe that they can put off dying to avoid missing significant events such as birthdays, weddings, or Christmas, say scientists.
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A surgical gown with incision marks is designed to boost medical students' empathy for their patients.
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It&#39;s a lesson children learn even before their ABCs â-ay you&#39;re sorry when you hurt someone. But it&#39;s now being taught in the grown-up world of medicine as a surprisingly powerful
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Some researchers are finding that the relationship between emotion and health is turning out to be more interesting, and more important, than most of us could have imagined.
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It&#39;s a lesson children learn before their ABCs - say you&#39;re sorry when you hurt someone. Now it&#39;s being taught in the grown-up world of medicine as a surprisingly powerful way to
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A cancer patients increasingly embrace alternative therapies, oncologists are calling for well-designed clinical trials to determine if they are helpful or harmful.