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Dr. Vassi Gardikas: 'I knew I was going to live'
Dr. Vassi Gardikas had been operating on women with breast cancer for years, so it didn't really surprise her when she was diagnosed with the disease.
She knew she wasn't immune.
And she knew it was good news when the pathologist told her what type of cancer she had -- ductal carcinoma in situ, confined to one site.
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Manly men make trip to Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. -- One man-trip per year is all it would take.
I'm telling you right now, we could practically rid the world of male anxiety and stress if every guy took one man-trip a year.
Like the one I heard about this weekend. Four buddies who all went to Fresno State together were going to meet in Minneapolis on Thursday, then road trip 270 miles to Madison for today's Fresno State vs. Wisconsin game. The only plans were to drive a boat on the Mississippi River, spend some time in a casino, and eat enough brats to possibly send someone to the emergency room. Oh, and maybe make it to the game.
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New 'Dog Travis Brown carries father's legacy
Travis Brown can still hear his father's voice.
Every morning, he can see his father's face.
Day by day, the 19-year-old Fresno State freshman tightly holds onto the memories of his dad, Dan, the school's longtime defensive coordinator who died in March after a long battle with brain cancer.
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Experts: HS football concussions merit more study
While headlines focused this week on potential long-term risks of head injuries to pro football players, Jarek Dombrowski was just hoping to get through his school days without the headaches coming back.
Jarek, 16, returned to high school in Norwich, Conn., on Monday after a neurologist sent him home for most of last week. He suffered a concussion during football practice, and while the nausea and blurred vision he endured in class the next day had gone away, the headaches continued.
Still banned from football on doctor's orders, he's "not doing too bad," said his mother, Donna Dombrowski. But the headaches have been coming back in the afternoons.
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Bulls' Luol Deng has something to prove
It would be hard to find many people who are looking forward to the Bulls' opener Thursday night more than Luol Deng.
Deng was two things last year: much maligned and very much sidelined, the former having everything to do with the latter.
He was called soft. How much could a stress fracture hurt?
In defense of "older" physicians who are still practicing [story Nov. 12]: I'm 46 years old and a patient of Dr. Norman Sigel's. For 13 years, I had some very debilitating symptoms involving my heart and no one could find the cause.
When I first started going to Dr. Sigel four years ago, he said, and quite appropriately, that many of the younger doctors are learning to practice medicine the way the insurance companies allow them to. I had been to three internists, all of whom sent me to specialists. Eleven doctors, and still no diagnosis.
Our pediatrician referred me to Dr. Sigel. He said if anyone could find it, Dr. Sigel could and he did. I had a very rare adrenal tumor, pheochromocytoma, causing my irregular heartbeat and other symptoms. It was especially difficult to diagnose because I didn't have the requisite high blood pressure primarily associated with this tumor and other odd symptoms that didn't fit. He had a gut feeling and went with it. This tumor could have killed me.
It was only because of Dr. Sigel's experience and his way of practicing medicine, as opposed to "insurance influenced medical care," that I am well today.
Sally Strong
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