Saving Lives by VAP-orizing Pneumonia
When Joseph Nates, M.D., joined MD Anderson's faculty in 2002, he discovered a high incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia.
By 2009, he and his team had brought its occurrence to zero.
In the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 90% of pneumonias occur while patients are ventilated. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) increases the length of hospitalization by an average of 23 days, with an associated cost per patient...
Diet and Cancer
A growing body of research has revealed that diet is thought to account for about 30% of cancers in Western countries.
Clare McKindley...
Why Cancer Patients Should Get Organized
Janice Simon believes that cancer patients can, and should, get organized.
A project director in MD Anderson's Department of Faculty...
Woman Beats Rare Form of Cervical Cancer With Help of Faith and Family
Jennifer Dunmoyer lived the first 34 years of her life feeling invincible -- until she was diagnosed with cancer.
"I have always been very healthy," she says. "I never took any medications. I was young, strong and vital and had a deep faith in God."
"Cancer shook everything I ever believed to the very core."
In July 2010, Dunmoyer learned that she had small cell cervical cancer...