Darla Kathleen Cook LCSW

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• Risk-Reduction Mastectomy for those with Ovarian Cancer

  A risk-reducing mastectomy is a type of surgical procedure that involves the removal of a woman’s breasts when there is an increased risk of developing breast cancer, yet there is no sign of breast cancer. Any woman who has had breast cancer is considered at high-risk of developing breast cancer...

• Cheerios: A Not-So-Safe Option for Celiac Patients

  Cereal is one of the options preferred by many people especially for breakfast because it is just serve and eat, an excellent way to solve morning hunger when people do not want to wait for something more elaborated.Furthermore, there are cereals of all types and flavors. Having where to decide from...

• What to Know About the Dukan Diet

  The Dukan Diet, designed by the French physician Pierre Dukan for treating people who are obese, has become very popular in other parts of the world after the publication of the book of the same name. The diet plan, which helped about 5 million French people to lose extra weight, is a phased,...

• What are the Stages of Multiple Myeloma?

  This is the uncommon type of cancer that forms in plasma cells. A type of white blood cells found in the body, plasma cells, identify and battle germs and infections that attack the body.In multiple myeloma patients, the healthy plasma cells are overtaken by cancer cells. This reduces the number of...

• Bisphenol A May Lower the Quantity and Quality of Sperm

  A new study has shown that higher levels of bisphenol A (BPA) in urine may lower sperm count and motility in men, affecting their ability to father a child. The results of the study are published in the journal Fertility and Sterility and this is first of its kind to link the levels of BPA to sperm...

• What Are the Symptoms of Gallstones?

  Gallstones are hardened, stone-like particles formed from the contents of the gallbladder. The stones vary in size, from very small grains to the size of a golf ball. In general, small gallstones may remain asymptomatic. But when the stones block the duct, it affects the movement of bile into the...