Be Well: Author Clea Shearer on Determination to Beat Breast Cancer
Clea Shearer, author of 'The Home Edit: Stay Organized,' joined 'beWell' to talk about her experience in being diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer. She also talked about the mental strain that a diagnosis and its following treatment that patients experience. "There really is no way but through and I knew with 100 percent certainty that I was going to beat this with the full force of every fiber in my being so I just basically prepared for battle and pushed every single day with that in mind," she said.
Doctors in Taiwan made a surprising discovery when a 64-year-old female patient complained of a clicking and rustling sound in her ear, which turned out to be a spider.
Many DNA tests on the market offer a glimpse into what makes your individual character, including who your ancestors are and some can even analyze your risk for developing certain diseases. Cheddar News spoke with Sam Beeler, chief strategy officer with Nebula Genomics; Eleanor Griffith, a certified genetic counselor; and Dr. Neil Iyengar, a medical oncologist with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center about the process involved in checking DNA and its effectiveness.
