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 'cancercare'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:40 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3416265&cid=t_125671_136_f&fid=39025&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Feverythingchangesbook%2F%7E3%2FEk3aEwHDkro%2Ftips-for-dealing-with-family-and-illness I’m glad to be celebrating Passover with my family and getting a reprieve from thinking about healthcare reform.  Waking up in my parents’ house got me thinking a lot about how much I love them and what it’s like dealing with family in general when you’re sick. I’m going to brag: I’ve got the most close knit, loving, caring, nuclear and extended family I have ever seen outside of shows like Eight is Enough and the Waltons. Still, cancer put temporary stress on some of my family relationships.  I know scores of other young adult cancer patients who have dealt with family issues like: differing medical values, old feuds and hurt feelings rising to the surface, having someone by your side who loves you but is sometimes just a little too close, or handling complet... Everything Changes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3416265 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:14:35 +0100 3416265 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3408608&cid=t_125671_136_f&fid=39025&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Feverythingchangesbook%2F%7E3%2FEk3aEwHDkro%2Ftips-for-dealing-with-family-and-illness I’m glad to be spending a long weekend with my family celebrating Passover and getting a reprieve from thinking about healthcare reform.  Waking up in my parents’ house got me thinking a lot about how much I love them and what it’s like dealing with family in general when you’re sick. I’m going to brag: I’ve got the most close knit, loving, caring, nuclear and extended family I have ever seen outside of shows like Eight is Enough and the Waltons. Still, cancer put temporary stress on some of my family relationships.  I know scores of other young adult cancer patients who have dealt with family issues like: differing medical values, old feuds and hurt feelings rising to the surface, having someone by your side who loves you but is sometimes just a little too cl... Everything Changes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3408608 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 13:35:35 +0100 3408608 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2630336&cid=t_125671_136_f&fid=36162&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyelomablog.com%2F2009%2F07%2F22%2Fcancercare-launches-new-program-to-help-multiple-myeloma-patients-cover-transportation-costs%2F A list member just told us about this. Thanks, Sandy! CancerCare Launches New Program to Help Multiple Myeloma Patients Cover Transportation Costs ‘Door to Door’ initiative offers individual grants to patients to help defray costs of transportation to and from medical care NEW YORK, July 20 /PRNewswire/ — CancerCare announced today the launch of the “Door to Door” program for patients with multiple myeloma. CancerCare’s program will provide individual grants of up to $600 annually to multiple myeloma patients for covering transportation costs such as gasoline and taxi, bus or train fare to and from their medical care. The program is funded in part by a generous grant from Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company. CancerCare is a national non-profit organi... beth's myeloma blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2630336 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:39:07 +0100 2630336 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=682740&cid=t_125671_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F18%2Fare-women-lacking-knowledge-about-breast-cancer-treatment-option%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Research, Cancer SurvivorsA survey sponsored by CancerCare, a national non-profit cancer support organization, stated that a majority of women surveyed said they know a fair amount about breast cancer however, many remain unaware of the recent progresses made in treatment. Fewer than one in four women in the survey have heard of new therapies available for breast cancer, revealing a gap between awareness and information that women can use toward getting a better treatment plan for themselves. Diane Blum, executive director for CancerCare, says "While great progress has been made in breast cancer awareness through public education and increased media coverage, women with breast cancer would benefit from more information about advances in treatments after surgery"... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=682740 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 682740