MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cancer politics'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:30:42 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4902639&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fare-profits-driving-breast-cancer-clinical-studies%2F I got the bright idea this week that it would be great if now and then I could provide information about clinical studies being done on treatment or drugs for breast cancer. I am involved in a clinical study through Sister (the name I give to my younger sister in case you forgot) who is part of a study into the BRCA gene mutation carriers in Canada. Other than that, I have answered questionnaires for various studies. Now as a survivor I wonder if I could be helpful as a participant in drug research and trials. My investigation into this idea brought up a whole other issue however. Large pharmaceutical companies fund many of the studies looking for a wonder drug. The intent is to not only find effective and safe drugs, but profitable ones too. This actually limits the studies being done. Ta... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4902639 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 21:29:25 +0100 4902639 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4445984&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F02%2F07%2Fjudging-mark-kelly-gabrielle-giffords-would-want-him-to-fly-the-shuttle%2F Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly married in 2007. My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. Judging Mark Kelly: Gabrielle Giffords Would Want Him to Fly the Shuttle. Give him some credit. Give her some credit. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, shot in the head on Jan. 8 in Tucson, Arizona, has made so much progress in a Houston rehabilitation center that her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, decided to leave his wife’s side and join his crew aboard the space shuttle Endeavour, scheduled to launch in April. And here come the critics, right on time: Mark Kelly is selfish, he’s ego-driven, he cares more about his career than he does his wife. How can he even think of abandoning her in her fragile state? Hey, people! Mark Kelly is going back to work, like thousands of other husbands with sick... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4445984 Mon, 07 Feb 2011 09:44:38 +0100 4445984 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4411680&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2011%2F01%2F27%2Frep-gabrielle-giffords-the-state-of-the-union-and-the-empty-chair%2F Gabrielle Giffords My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, the State of the Union, and the Empty Chair. On display during the State of the Union speech was the vacant chair that would have been occupied by Ariz. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who could not attend because she was in a Houston hospital recovering from a bullet wound to the head. Recuperation could take as long as a year. The empty chair got to everyone, myself included. What got to me even more was the photograph of her husband, Mark Kelly, holding her hand in the hospital as the couple watched the speech on television. I could imagine what might be on the left side of that cropped photo. Nine years ago I lay in a hospital bed with a diagnosis of stage III ovarian cancer. Not the same kind of debilitatio... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4411680 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:55:17 +0100 4411680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4259137&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F12%2F13%2Felizabeth-edwards-topic-no-1-for-a-coupla-sick-chicks-sitting-around-talking%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. Elizabeth Edwards: Topic No. 1 for a Coupla Sick Chicks Sitting Around Talking. The post you are reading is not the way this project was supposed to begin. Elizabeth Edwards graduated in 1977. My friend Julie and I had talked about a project with the working title: ”Coupla Sick Chicks” (with apologies to the 1981 play, “A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking”). But we had no concrete plans. That’s what the meeting last Wednesday in a Kansas coffee shop was all about. I’m a nine-year survivor of stage III ovarian cancer, and my longtime friend Julie Levine is also a cancer survivor. I only brought the camera to show Julie how it works. I brought a yellow legal pad. I was just going to take notes this meet... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4259137 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:08:54 +0100 4259137 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4152166&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F11%2F09%2Fa-magical-life-cut-short-but-lived-on-her-own-fierce-terms-2%2F Linda Elizondo circa 1974. Photo by Donna Trussell My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. A Magical Life Cut Short, but Lived on Her Own Fierce Terms. It seems like yesterday. It seems like a hundred years ago. After my friend Linda Elizondo died of cancer last week, her sister-in-law sent me an old photograph which, she thought, captured Lindy’s joie de vivre. “A magical life cut short,” Lindy’s sister-in-law wrote, “but lived on her own fierce terms.” I had taken the picture 35 years ago. I don’t remember taking it. Not a very natural pose. (Is it any wonder I didn’t last long in photojournalism?) What is Lindy doing? What’s with the unopened bottle of wine leaning against her leg? The answers are lost to history. Except for the c... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4152166 Wed, 10 Nov 2010 03:33:38 +0100 4152166 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119529&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=36032&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Flife-with-breast-cancer%2Fcarly-fiorina-survives-more-than-breast-cancer%2F Carly Fiorina knows what it means to fight like a girl. She had to fight breast cancer after her February 2009 diagnosis, and she is fighting for a Senate seat in the upcoming November election. Like many of us survivors, Ms. Fiorina is also subject to surprise ambushes that come in the aftermath of our battle with breast cancer. This week while on the campaign trail, the candidate was ambushed by an infection related to earlier reconstructive surgery and had to be hospitalized. The source of Ms. Fiorina’s infection is not clear. She had reconstructive surgery in July and her wounds are probably well healed by now. But infections can be present in the body for a long time and may not go away without treatment. After her surgery in 2008, Sister had a chronic urinary tract infection that o... Life with Breast Cancer blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119529 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:46:35 +0100 4119529 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013443&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F09%2F28%2Fcancer-and-the-color-wars-pink-teal-purple%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. Cancer and the Color Wars: Pink? Teal? Purple? The late summer teal dusk of September is leaving us. You did know that September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, and that teal is the ribbon color, didn’t you? And of course you saw the woman with Teal Toes. Oh I guess not, since she’s in Chicago, and you’re in Cincinnati. But you must have seen the teal fountains around town. They’re everywhere! Why, entire cities have colored their oceanfronts teal in honor of ovarian cancer survivors. Coastal cities aside, teal has a long way to go to catch up with pink. It’s almost October, aka “pink nausea” in some circles. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the color, in case you just arrived here on planet... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013443 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:44:19 +0100 4013443 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3960053&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F09%2F11%2Fmy-own-private-911%2F Posters of the missing after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. My Own Private 9/11. Nine years ago on the morning of September 11, 2001, I turned on the TV to check the weather. My default station, CNN, broadcast a huge gaping hole in the Word Trade Center, with black smoke billowing out. I yelled, “Robert, come here! Something horrible has happened.” If I recall correctly, we were watching live TV as the tower collapsed. My husband and I knew we were experiencing the biggest story of our lives. My husband is a journalist, and he headed off to work at The Kansas City Star. Around noon a nurse called me. “How about surgery tomorrow?”… Read the rest on Politics Daily. My Own Private 9/11. Filed under: Cancer, P... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3960053 Sun, 12 Sep 2010 02:40:45 +0100 3960053 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3805983&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F07%2F30%2Ftwo-weddings-and-an-e-mail%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. Two Weddings and an E-mail. As some may have heard, Chelsea Clinton is getting married on Saturday in a multimillion-dollar wedding. People have said the event is excessive, especially in these tough times. Others, the U.K. Guardian’s, Paul Harris, observe, after the family scandals she endured, Chelsea deserves an extraordinary wedding, and still others react with a yawn. For a few, the yawn morphs into a sneer. In the comment section of the Guardian, Harris was upbraided for his sycophancy: “You write informed pieces about Detroit and then end up writing this dreadful crap about the Clinton daughter. Were you hoping to be invited?” Another commenter compared Chelsea’s nuptials unfavorably to another president’s daugh... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3805983 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:26:50 +0100 3805983 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3710745&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F06%2F29%2Fwomen-and-their-hair-a-love-story%2F Donna Trussell at 8 years old. The hair hasn't changed much, has it? My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. Women and Their Hair: A Love Story. “How can women think with all this hair?” That quote is from an inconsequential bit of fluff, “Switch,” a 1991 movie starring Ellen Barkin. Plot: a sexist man gets murdered by three ex-girlfriends and is reincarnated as a woman, whereupon he gets a taste of his own medicine. Silly movie. Classic quote. How indeed? You can pass all the equality laws you want, but there is one arena in which men and women will forever diverge. Women are obsessed with hair. Men, on the other hand, tend to notice hair when it’s so long they can no longer see. (Or when it disappears, but that’s another story.) Can you imagine ... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3710745 Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:24:14 +0100 3710745 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3618050&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F06%2F01%2Fwar-casualties-and-the-emptiness-left-behind%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. War Casualties and the Emptiness Left Behind. The first reply to my post “On Memorial Day, Remember the Mothers, Children, Wives and Lovers Too” was from a high school teacher. She remembered Sgt. Ronald Kubik, one of the soldiers featured in the story. She had him in her English class. Sgt. Ronald Kubik, 1988-2010 A month ago Kubik died in Afghanistan. His teacher wrote: “It seems like yesterday that I taught him, but in reality, 7 years have passed since the last day of his freshman year. Ron’s passing has really hit me hard. I might not have seen him in over 4 years (he always stopped by to visit even after he moved and graduated) but I am still having difficulty coming to terms with his untimely death.” I don&#8217... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3618050 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:11:57 +0100 3618050 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3560455&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F05%2F12%2Fcancer-panel-chemicals-grossly-underestimated-as-carcinogens%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. Cancer Panel: Chemicals ‘Grossly Underestimated’ as Carcinogens. Just as we’re once again treated to the sight of volunteers scrubbing oil off wildfowl (ah, memories), along comes the President’s Cancer Panel report that says we’re being polluted to death. And I quote: The “true burden of environmentally induced cancer has been grossly underestimated.” According to the report, “more than 80,000 chemicals are in use, and 1,000-2,000 new chemicals are created and introduced into the environment each year.” Only a few hundred have been tested for safety. Says The Washington Post, “The current system places the burden on the government to prove that a chemical is unsafe before it can be remove... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3560455 Thu, 13 May 2010 03:35:39 +0100 3560455 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3467985&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F04%2F13%2Fvideo-of-phil-and-amy-mickelsons-masters-kiss-pushes-tiger-aside%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up. Video of Phil and Amy Mickelson’s Masters Kiss Pushes Tiger Aside. Phil & Amy Mickelson at 2010 Masters Golf Tournament Tiger Woods is a fine golfer with some personal problems, and that’s all I have to say about Mr. Woods. Except for the schadenfraude enthusiasts, who no doubt relished Tiger’s 4th-place finish at the 2010 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Ga., on Sunday all eyes were turned to winner Phil Mickelson and his wife Amy. For 11 months Amy Mickelson has battled breast cancer. She had not been on any golf course since her diagnosis last May, and she was in bed most of the week in Augusta leading up to the tournament… Read the rest on AOL. Video of Phil and Amy Mickelson’s Masters Kiss Pushes Tiger Aside. F... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3467985 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:14:51 +0100 3467985 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3457981&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F04%2F11%2Fchristie-buckner-they-oughta-name-a-drink-after-you%2F My new post, Christie Buckner, They Oughta Name a Drink After You, on Politics Daily / Woman Up. A sample: Cancer survivors are reluctant to search for old friends with whom they’ve lost touch. We fear what we may find. Eventually, though, curiosity gets the best of us. Sometimes we get good news. More often than not, we get a death notice. Christie Buckner 1970-2009 A week ago I found out my friend and fellow ovarian cancer survivor Christie Buckner died back in October, according to a short obit in the New Orleans Times Picayune. Because of our high mortality rates, the ovarian cancer community is used to deaths. But we never take them lightly. I got on Facebook and posted pictures of Christie, along with excerpts from her 2002 newspaper story in Gambit Weekly. Then it dawned on me... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3457981 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 15:42:56 +0100 3457981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3436373&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F04%2F04%2Fthe-silent-killer-takes-out-a-woman-who-would-not-shut-up%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up: Christie Buckner was an ordinary woman, so the world took little notice of her death last October. Last night I came across a short, vague Times Picayune obit. Christie was 39 years old. “She conducted a courageous and tenacious fight for her life for many years. She is survived by her family and many friends.” To be specific: She survived nine years, and her opponent was ovarian cancer. Christie Buckner 1970-2009 I first became aware of her in late 2002. On an ovarian cancer message board, someone had posted Christie’s article from the New Orleans newspaper, Gambit Weekly: The Silent Killer. This nickname for ovarian cancer made for a good — if ironic — headline. In Christie’s case, her cancer announced itself with pe... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3436373 Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:40:39 +0100 3436373 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3425092&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F03%2F31%2Fcancer-then-treatment-then-voila%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on AOL’s Politics Daily. Cancer, Then Treatment, Then Voila! Filed under: Cancer, Politics Daily Tagged: cancer cartoon, cancer humor, caregiver, chaos theory, medical humor, political cartoon (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3425092 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:01:22 +0100 3425092 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3342849&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F03%2F08%2Fnews-flash-your-diet-may-%25e2%2580%2594-or-may-not-%25e2%2580%2594-beat-cancer%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up: Diet may play a part in ovarian cancer survival rates. Hey, Los Angeles Times, if you’re going to use “may,” the most powerful weasel word ever invented, you don’t have to settle for the humble vegetable. The sky’s the limit! Butter-pecan ice cream may prevent cancer. A Maui vacation may keep cancer from spreading. Daily massages may prevent recurrence. Especially free massages, given by reluctant relatives. On the other side of the equation, housework may cause cancer. Also clerical work. I’d expect weasel words in a blog, since most bloggers don’t get paid. Plowing through a thicket of medical/legal language would not be my definition of a fun or relaxing way to spend a weekend. Nor is waiting for medical... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3342849 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:10:37 +0100 3342849 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3167403&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F01%2F13%2Fthe-bra-ha-ha%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up: Regarding my previous post “My Bra? Color Me Furious,” which has clocked in at 1,000+ comments: I guess I hit a nerve. My initial headline was “My Bra? Color Me Dubious.” But who would click on that? Not me. Writers can be so dramatic. (Besides, furious sounds kinda like dubious.) In truth, I’m not so furious anymore. Mostly I’m grateful. And I’m sad about friends who were not so lucky. I miss them. I still love them. My colleague Frances Tobin wrote an excellent post on the Facebook bra-color meme. We bloggers on Politics Daily try to support and respond to each other. Since memes can come and go quicker than strawberry season, I thought I’d better step it up. Can o’ worms? Oh yeah! As a rule, ... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3167403 Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:31:54 +0100 3167403 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3164006&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2010%2F01%2F11%2Fmy-bra-color-me-furious%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up: The bra-color meme that’s sweeping Facebook and allegedly raising awareness of breast cancer got a nice one-two punch from my colleague Frances Tobin. Allow me to pile on. Not for myself, but for friends I’ve watched face this beast. Many of them aren’t wearing bras of any color because their breasts are long gone. Instead they might be wearing a lymphedema sleeve on their arms, sometimes for the rest of their lives. As a member of the all-too-exclusive club of long-term ovarian cancer survivors, let me first say I used to resent the enormous amount of attention breast cancer got over other cancers. Breast Cancer Awareness Month (also known as “pink nausea” by certain folks) seemed to begin in late July and end in lat... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3164006 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:31:15 +0100 3164006 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2999815&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F11%2F17%2Fyou-and-me-and-cancer-makes-three%2F My new post on Politics Daily / Woman Up: Melinda, I wish you were correct. Junk science, you say – the study showing men will dump sick women with a six-fold greater frequency than women will dump sick men. Eight years ago I happened to read about a similar study that showed a four-fold disadvantage for sick women. That tidbit did me no favors when, just weeks later, I was diagnosed with stage III ovarian cancer. Cancer threw me for such a loop that had it been humanly possible, I would have divorced my cancer and promptly fallen in love with anyone who represented the opposite of this hideous disease. But I was stuck. Not so, my husband. I got it. I just didn’t like it… Read the rest on AOL. You and Me and Cancer Makes Three. Posted in Cancer, Politics Daily Tagged: div... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2999815 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:22:22 +0100 2999815 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2924940&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2009%2F10%2F24%2Fchaos-theory-cancer-patient-boot-camp%2F New cartoon by Trussell & Trussell on AOL’s Politics Daily: Cancer Patient Boot Camp. Posted in Cancer, Politics Daily Tagged: cancer cartoon, cancer patient, cancer survivor, cancer treatment, chemo, humor, lance armstrong (Source: Donna Trussell) Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2924940 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:56:45 +0100 2924940 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2630041&cid=t_130758_86_f&fid=34445&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwomenshealthnews.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F22%2Fat-our-bodies-our-blog-hormone-therapy-and-ovarian-cancer-risk%2F Yesterday at Our Bodies Our Blog, I wrote about a new study in the current issue of JAMA that adds to a growing body of literature suggesting that hormone therapy may increase the risk of ovarian cancer. Co-blogger Christine’s recent posts: -Quick Hit: The Colbert Report and Single Payer Health Reform -Political Diagnosis: Obama Goes on Offensive for Health Reform; Abortion Debate Heats Up; Desperate for “Friends with Benefits” -Political Diagnosis, Part II: Road to the Supreme Court is Paved with Public Humiliation; Surgeon General Nominee and Abortion; Asylum for Battered Women Posted in Cancer, Drugs, Government, Women's Health (Source: Women's Health News) Women's Health News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2630041 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:54:49 +0100 2630041 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2561184&cid=t_130758_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F30%2Fbuilding-britains-future%2F Title: Building Britain’s Future: Strategy Document The Skinny: Government policies aimed at giving people more power over public services.  For the NHS this includes: A major expansion of private sector involvement in health provision. The scrapping of “top-down” targets across services. Making the current 18-week NHS waiting list target an obligation. Free health checks for anybody between the age of 40 and 74. Cancer patients to be given the right to private healthcare if NHS hospitals cannot see them within two weeks. Prescription charges abolished for all cancer patients First ever NHS Constitution enshrined in legislation At least 75 per cent of GP surgeries offer patients extended evening or weekend opening hours Personal Health Budgets pilots be... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2561184 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:37:02 +0100 2561184 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2022840&cid=t_130758_136_f&fid=37852&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdonnatrussell.com%2F2008%2F12%2F07%2Fsick-sick-sick%2F For the record, I’m in favor of universal health care. I’m in favor of free preventive care. I’d even go a step further than most liberals: Gyms and healthy food should be subsidized by the government. Those Little Debbie Snacks will cost ya, but a bag of carrots is free. A place to exercise is free. A weight-control program is free. That said, some complaints I hear about our system of health care strike me as illogical and hypocritical. To the people who saw Michael Moore’s Sicko and thought it was 100 percent accurate, I recommend an article by former Rolling Stone editor Kurt Loder: ‘Sicko’: Heavily Doctored. Should our health care system be overhauled and made more efficient? Absolutely! Will that solve all the problems? Not likely. Surely you&#8... Donna Trussell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2022840 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:54:23 +0100 2022840 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=408179&cid=t_130758_94_f&fid=34496&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogmd.samblackman.org%2F%3Fp%3D259 Remember how last year how the do-nothing, Republican-controlled Congress failed to approve any of the 2007 budgets? Well, the current Congress has its work cut out for it, and unless there is significant public outry (or some other miracle), the President’s proposed cuts to the National Institute of Health and National Cancer Institute budgets could cause significant and long-lasting harm to cancer research. The White House has proposed a 1% ($36 million) budget cut to the National Cancer Institute. When one factors in inflation, this cut actually will turn out to be closer to 4-5% ($100-150 million). Science is expensive, but for every dollar invested in basic science research, the economy gains $7 or $8 in return. To cut the NIH and NCI budgets now would risk stalling the progress... Blog, MD blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=408179 Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:24:19 +0100 408179