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“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 
I wish someone had told me about genetic mutations and cancer risk in 2003 when, in my mid-30s, I was first diagnosed with breast cancer. Even though women diagnosed with breast cancer at younger ages are more likely to have a genetic mutation, after combing through every scrap of paper I collected during that time, . . . → Read More: Face Your Risk of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Empowered
“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 
After living in the United States for 19 years I moved back to my native Germany last year. Shortly after my arrival, I received an invitation to be screened for breast cancer. The standard letter I got in the mail described Germany’s FREE screening program and conveniently came with an automatic appointment that was set . . . → Read More: The Mammography Screening Debate in Germany: Yes or No?
“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 
Evidence and controversy over Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy (CPM) A recent string of articles in the media (and discussions in social media) have considered a particular type of breast cancer treatment called Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy (CPM). CPM involves the removal of both the breast where breast cancer cells have been found and the healthy breast . . . → Read More: Decision-making in the midst of medical un/certainty |
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