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“U.S. Cancer Care Facing Crisis, Notes New IOM Report: Key to Improvement-Renewed Focus on Patient-Centered Care.” Oncology Times. An aging population and rising cancer incidence, along with increasing scientific complexity and rapidly escalating costs of care, are placing the U.S. cancer care system in crisis mode, according to a new report from the Institute of . . . → Read More: U.S. Cancer Care Facing Crisis, Notes New IOM Report: Key to Improvement-Renewed Focus on Patient-Centered Care
“Five Years Later: Zigzagging Toward Acceptance.” By BCC member Kathi Kolb, Center for Advancing Health. “Your biopsy is positive.” None of us ever forgets when we first heard some version of that phrase. I heard it five years ago today. And I thought it merited my emerging briefly from my blog hiatus to write a . . . → Read More: Five Years Later: Zigzagging Toward Acceptance
Congratulations to Christie Aschwanden, one of this year’s winners of the Science in Society Journalism Awards, sponsored by the National Association of Science Writers. Her piece, “The Real Scandal: Science Denialism at Susan G. Komen for the Cure” was posted on February 8, 2012, on the web site The Last Word on Nothing. . . . → Read More: 2013 Science in Society Journalism Awards
“I’m just saying no to mammography: Why the numbers are in my favor.” By Christie Aschwanden, The Washington Post. A few days after my 40th birthday, I had a routine appointment with my gynecologist. As she turned to leave the exam room, she handed me a slip of paper without saying a word. It was . . . → Read More: I’m just saying no to mammography: Why the numbers are in my favor
“Slacktivism: ‘Liking’ On Facebook May Mean Less Giving.” Science Daily. Would-be donors skip giving when offered the chance to show public support for charities in social media, a new study from the University of British Columbia’s Sauder School of Business finds. “Charities incorrectly assume that connecting with people through social media always leads to more . . . → Read More: Slacktivism: ‘Liking’ On Facebook May Mean Less Giving
“Exposed: The mammogram myth and the pinkwashing of America.” By Jennifer Lunden, Orion.
PART ONE: THE DIAGNOSIS ON THE DAY of my first mammogram, I walked through the sliding glass doors of the gleaming new hospital and fought the urge to turn right back around. I couldn’t shake the feeling that there was . . . → Read More: Exposed: The mammogram myth and the pinkwashing of America
“Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation Teams with Susan G. Komen and Young Survival Coalition to Document the Collateral Damage of Breast Cancer.” By Gayle Sulik, Pink Ribbon Blues Blog. Dr. Susan Love just announced that three breast cancer organizations have joined forces to document the short- and long-term physical and emotional side effects of breast . . . → Read More: Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation Teams with Susan G. Komen and Young Survival Coalition to Document the Collateral Damage of Breast Cancer
“Your Cancer Metaphors Don’t Comfort Me.” By Stephanie Sliekers, Huffington Post. People react strangely to news of a cancer diagnosis. One of the strangest reactions I experienced by far was that of a former colleague, who surprised me with his anger. His niece, he told me, a 15-year-old girl about to start a new year . . . → Read More: Your Cancer Metaphors Don’t Comfort Me
“Patient Harm—Including One Death—Cited As Faculty Challenges MD Anderson Leadership.” By Paul Goldberg, The Cancer Letter. More than half of MD Anderson clinical faculty said the administration’s demands to increase the workload have eroded patient safety at the institution. Preparing for a meeting with the UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, the MD Anderson Faculty Senate . . . → Read More: Patient Harm—Including One Death—Cited As Faculty Challenges MD Anderson Leadership 
“George Johnson’s ‘Cancer Chronicles.’” By David Quammen, The New York Times. Cancer would seem a dreary, frightful topic if it weren’t also such a universal one. In this era of longer human life spans, it’s almost as inevitable as death and taxes. Most of us will experience some form of cancer — if not in . . . → Read More: Lives of the Cells: George Johnson’s ‘Cancer Chronicles’ |
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