Ever since Angelina Jolie used cancer genetic counseling and testing to learn about her risk for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, many other women have chosen to do the same. But for women in ...
Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer among men and women in the United States, yet a recommended test that could be used each year to screen for it only gets used about half the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The counseling that goes along with testing for breast cancer risk genes can be delivered just as effectively over the phone as in person, and at lower cost, according to ...
One hundred breast cancer survivors with a body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m 2 were randomly assigned to in-person counseling (n = 33), telephone counseling (n = 34), or usual care (UC) (n = 33). In-person ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Obese adults trying to lose weight might benefit just as much from advice received over the phone as they would from in-person counseling, a new study suggests. The ...
Smartphone telehealth profiling, combined with nurse-led telephone counseling, increased smoking cessation rates in users unwilling to quit. This intervention showed higher rates of tobacco abstinence ...