the Atlantic – Elaine Schattner

Elaine Schattner

writer, health care advocate, physician

In Wit, the play by Margaret Edson, Cynthia Nixon’s searing performance begs the audience not to turn away.

“The ideal would be to prevent HPV infection in the first place,” Gillison says.

Last week’s report that drinking red wine could reduce the risk for breast cancer was just the latest in a long string of studies on the issue.

A woman with a breast cancer diagnosis faces many sudden choices, and in the emotional frenzy, reconstruction decisions may get short shrift