Anxious When Going to the Doctor?

from MindBodySpace · host Dr. Juna Bobby

Bonus episode for October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Want to know a simple way to decrease your anxiety around getting mammograms and other tests and procedures? Listen to this episode for some great lifestyle tips for prevention and staying well and some great tips on how to stay calm through exams and procedures!  Dr. Saksena also shares with us her story of grit and her 18 year journey to becoming the physician she is today. Mansi Saksena, MD, researched the role of music during breast biopsies to reduce patient anxiety. She is a board certified a Breast Radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. She has published numerous peer reviewed scientific papers and authored six book chapters in addition to making numerous scientific presentations at national and international meetings. She lives in NH with her husband, daughters and the naughtiest labradoodle in the world.

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Bonus episode for October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Want to know a simple way to decrease your anxiety around getting mammograms and other tests and procedures? Listen to this episode for some great lifestyle tips for prevention and staying well and some great tips on how to stay calm through exams and procedures! Dr. Saksena also shares with us her story of grit and her 18 year journey to becoming the physician she is today. Mansi Saksena, MD, researched the role of music during breast biopsies to reduce patient anxiety. She is a board certified a Breast Radiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. She has published numerous peer reviewed scientific papers and authored six book chapters in addition to making numerous scientific presentations at national and international meetings. She lives in NH with her husband, daughters and the naughtiest labradoodle in the world.