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.
A Montana judge on Monday sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by permitting fossil fuel development without considering its effect on the climate.
Alzheimer’s mainly affects the elderly, who are eligible for Medicare, but people under 65 — even, rarely, as young as their 30s — also can get diagnosed. They are more likely to have commercial coverage.
Some doctors say the drug should be held for three weeks before sedation to accommodate the delayed emptying of the stomach, which can cause patients to inhale food and liquid into their lungs.
