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“Interview with Jen Smith of LivingLegendary.org.” By Lisa Bonchek Adams, LisaAdams.com. Jen Smith was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 30. Three months after her treatment ended the cancer returned, and it had spread to other parts of her body. By age 31, Jen Smith was diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer, a terminal disease . . . → Read More: Interview with Jen Smith of LivingLegendary.org
“Breaking down the “20 mind-blowing medical breakthroughs” hyped by Readers Digest.” By Harold Demonaco, Health News Review. The use of “cures…mind blowing…breakthroughs” as descriptors should set off alarms in readers. While there is a nubbin of truth in each of these stories, the real truth that readers/consumers need is stretched a bit in most. Rather . . . → Read More: Breaking down the “20 mind-blowing medical breakthroughs” hyped by Readers Digest
“More Money Won’t Win the War on Cancer.” By Jacoba Urist, The Atlantic. A broken grant structure, turf wars, and an exodus of scientists for other professions are bigger barriers to progress than a lack of funding. Forty-two years after President Nixon signed the National Cancer Act and declared the “war on cancer,” it’s virtually . . . → Read More: More Money Won’t Win the War on Cancer
“40 Years Later, Relearning That Sometimes Less Is More in Breast Cancer.” By Karuna Jaggar, Let Life Happen. Forty years ago, the radical Halsted mastectomy was the standard treatment of the day for any breast cancer diagnosis. Surgeons removed a woman’s cancerous breast as well as underarm lymph nodes and the chest wall muscles — . . . → Read More: 40 Years Later, Relearning That Sometimes Less Is More in Breast Cancer
“How Social Media Is Changing The Way We Approach Death.” By Paul Bisceglio, The Atlantic. Death has long been taboo in an American culture that values youth, but an open conversation online can increase our enjoyment of life and understanding of its eventual end. Social media support networks tend to enable more frequent and lower-stakes . . . → Read More: How Social Media Is Changing The Way We Approach Death
“Yale Genetic Counselor Weighs in on Myriad Case and More: Ellen Matloff.” Published by Ayanna Monteverdi, Mendelspod.com. The first genetic counselor at Yale’s School of Medicine, Ellen Matloff has had a front row seat to the long saga of gene patents, particularly the BRCA patents of Myriad Genetics. In today’s interview Ellen recalls the days . . . → Read More: Yale Genetic Counselor Weighs in on Myriad Case and More: Ellen Matloff
“What’s In A Name? Cancer – or Indolent Lesions of Epithelial Origin.” By Jody Schoger, Michael S. Cowher, M.D., and Deanna J. Attai, M.D., F.A.C.S., BCSMCommunity.org. What’s in a name? In the case of cancer, there are myths, fears and misinformation – more than perhaps any other illness. Cancer encompasses hundreds of different diseases and . . . → Read More: What’s In A Name? Cancer – or Indolent Lesions of Epithelial Origin
“The Trauma of Being Alive.” By Mark Epstein, The New York Times. Trauma is not just the result of major disasters. It does not happen to only some people. An undercurrent of trauma runs through ordinary life, shot through as it is with the poignancy of impermanence. I like to say that if we are . . . → Read More: The Trauma of Being Alive
A column on Breast Cancer Fund’s work on breast cancer and the environment. By Jeanne Rizzo, Huffington Post. Jeanne Rizzo, president and CEO of the Breast Cancer Fund, has helped the organization to build an impressive track record of advocating for public policy and business practices to ensure safer products and reduce exposures to toxic . . . → Read More: Breast Cancer Fund’s Work on Environmental Links to Breast Cancer
“Definition of Cancer Should Be Tightened, Scientists Say.” By Tara Parker-Pope, The New York Times. A group of experts advising the nation’s premier cancer research institution has recommended sweeping changes in the approach to cancer detection and treatment, including changes in the very definition of cancer and eliminating the word entirely from some common diagnoses. . . . → Read More: Definition of Cancer Should Be Tightened, Scientists Say |
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