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“Estée Lauder to Weave Pink Ribbons Through the Internet.” By Stuart Elliott, The New York Times. Editorial comment: Stuart Elliott’s article describes the perceived success of Internet fundraising as demonstrated by the recent social media blockbuster, the so-called Ice Bucket Challenge. However, it also reflects a corporation’s plucky desire to deflect well-founded critique and instead . . . → Read More: Estée Lauder to Weave Pink Ribbons Through the Internet
““The First Time I Knew I Had Breasts” – Leading Male Breast Cancer Advocate Passes.” By Kathleen Hoffman, Medivizor. Editorial Note: According to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs people living or working at the U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina from the 1950s through the 1980s were potentially to drinking water . . . → Read More: Leading Male Breast Cancer Advocate Passes
“The truth about the Ice Bucket Challenge: Viral memes shouldn’t dictate our charitable giving.” By Julia Belluz, Vox. The choices we make about where to donate money for health causes aren’t always rational. We are probably more often driven to give by a disease that has touched a loved one than by utilitarian calculations about . . . → Read More: The truth about the Ice Bucket Challenge: Viral memes shouldn’t dictate our charitable giving
“New Understanding of Cancer and Which Cells are Important.” By Susan Love, Act with Love Blog. Two new studies are causing researchers to rethink their assumptions about cancer and metastases, turning some previous theories on their heads. Dr. Susan Love explains the science and its implications. In her blog, Dr. Susan Love first points out . . . → Read More: New Understanding of Cancer and Which Cells are Important
“Dear Ms. Robach.” By Lori Marx-Rubiner, Regrounding Blog. Editorial Note: President of METAvivor Research and Support Lori Marx-Rubiner writes an open letter to Good Morning America’s news anchor Amy Robach on mammography, overtreatment, “fighting” cancer, and metastatic breast cancer — in other words, the other side of breast cancer. “Dear Ms. Robach, What a journey . . . → Read More: Dear Ms. Robach
“Cancer and the Secrets of Your Genes.” By Theodora Ross, The New York Times. An oncologist looks at the evidence for genetic testing in certain circumstances. This takes the conversation a step further. On Aug. 6, researchers announced in The New England Journal of Medicine that they . . . → Read More: Cancer and the Secrets of Your Genes
“The cold, hard truth about the ice bucket challenge.” By William MatAskill, Quartz. Does doing one good action, or just saying you would do it, lead a person in actuality to do fewer good actions in the future? Science says, yes. People are often more concerned about “looking good” or “feeling good” rather than actually . . . → Read More: The cold, hard truth about the ice bucket challenge
“Avoiding the Breast Cancer ‘Warrior’ Trap.” By Peter Bach, The Cut. Doctor and widow Peter Bach takes aim at the spectacle surrounding Amy Robach’s public breast cancer story. “A few months ago, I was at a lunchtime fund-raiser for Gilda’s Club, a support organization for those living with cancer, when I heard Good Morning America‘s . . . → Read More: Avoiding the Breast Cancer ‘Warrior’ Trap
“Harassment in Science, Replicated.” By Christie Aschwanden, The New York Times. Women researchers report that sexual harassment and assault are common at field sites and in universities. Almost two-thirds of the respondents in one study said they had been sexually harassed in the field, with more than 20 percent reporting that they had been . . . → Read More: Harassment in Science, Replicated
“It’s Time for Us to Think About Cancer Differently.” By Paula Mejia, Newsweek. Cancer is typically classified by where the cancerous tissues originated—so cells clustering in the lungs are called “lung cancer,” and those in the throat are “throat cancer.” But many kinds of cancer affect more than one kind of tissue, which can . . . → Read More: It’s Time for Us to Think About Cancer Differently |
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