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 'diane'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:11:27 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4762750&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FoAmWM9B0Sjo%2F By George Scoville Gary Johnson: the anti-Trump. Interventionists to the left. Interventionists to the right. There ain’t no such thing as free… parking. Vermont has a new universal health care proposal on the table. Michael Cannon joined WAMU’s The Diane Rehm Show (Washington, DC) yesterday to discuss the plan with a panel of other experts: Thursday Links is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4762750 Thu, 28 Apr 2011 14:18:33 +0100 4762750 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4734062&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F_unSeFUtnwU%2F By Neal McCluskeyI don’t have to prove my bona fides when it comes to opposing top-down, standards-based education reforms. I’ve been highly critical of the No Child Left Behind Act; very aggressive in attacking the reckless drive for national curriculum standards; and have repeatedly noted the importance of educator autonomy. So when you read the following, keep in mind that it is definitely not coming from a command-and-control aficionado: The weakest position in today’s big education war is the one opposed to both standards-based reforms and school choice. It’s the one enunciated yesterday by the Washington Post’ s Valerie Strauss, but which is most firmly staked out by historian Diane Ravitch.  It’s the position that essentially boils down to &#8220... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4734062 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 17:41:41 +0100 4734062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4723737&cid=t_137256_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fdr-lazar-greenfield-resigns-board-regents-american-college-surgeons%2F Dr. Lazar Greenfield has resigned as President-elect and Board Member of the American College of Surgeons in the face of burgeoning criticism of a recent editorial he wrote in Surgery News that many College members found offensive and sexist. Drs. Barbara Bass and Diane M. Simone comment. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4723737 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:59:52 +0100 4723737 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676751&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FJnvtT84EUt4%2F By Neal McCluskeyEvery week, the National Journal's Education Expert blog tackles a different issue, and from hereon out I'll be weighing in on many of them, crossposting at Cato@Liberty. I sent in my first entry today, which appears as a "guest response" while they set me up to appear as a regular. It's on my favorite topic -- education and social cohesion -- so hopefully I've started with a bang. Enjoy, and thanks to the National Journal for bringing a libertarian perspective on board: Looking at the evidence suggests that school choice is the best educational system to build strong communities. A lot, though, depends on how you define “community.” Diane Ravitch essentially defines a community as a “neighborhood,” and certainly neighborhoods can be a form of community. But neighb... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676751 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:36:19 +0100 4676751 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4658551&cid=t_137256_134_f&fid=35179&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscottsdiabetes.com%2F2011%2F03%2Fminnesota-crews%2F I love meetups. I will do almost anything in my power to get to them.  I missed a group meeting on Monday night, which bummed me out a bit, but couldn’t be helped. Last night was a different story though.  I spent a few hours visiting with Dean, Mike, and MissItaly.  I loved it (as usual). Scott, Dean, Mike (with MissItaly behind the camera) And I didn’t even have to travel out of state for this one! This little social get-together is one of three groups I attend regularly.  There is one in Woodbury, MN, affiliated with the HealthEast system (you don’t need to be seen there to come, but you have to be diabetic or love one of us…(hi Diane!).  There is another in the Bloomington, MN area, called AWTO (Adults With Type One) that is put together by a couple JDRF vo... Scott's Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4658551 Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:01:54 +0100 4658551 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4258869&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-illusion-of-healthcare-reform%2F2010.12.13 The greatest minds are assembled to discern the answer in healthcare reform. Powerful interest groups are aligned to design solutions to protect their turf. Rubrics, formulas, slogans and taglines get designed, spun, pitched and thrown out. The burden of finding alignment, an answer, a plan that suits everyone seems insurmountable — unless we don’t. The idea of a fit for all is an illusion. Justice and equity are seen differently. We imagine some public consensus at our own peril. But honesty has been in short supply. To paraphrase Oprah: What do we know for sure? Some people want a relationship with a trusted doctor who knows them well. They want to pick the doctor, the neighborhood and the hospital they attend. Others want immediate access and have little trust or interest in a p... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4258869 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:00:00 +0100 4258869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214085&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FRQM4RfbwuLk%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonWriting in yesterday’s WSJ, education historian Diane Ravitch laments that Republicans have abandoned their earlier defense of federalism and limited government in education, embracing vast and expanding powers for Washington over the nation’s schools. In particular, she faults the No Child Left Behind act for demanding public school improvements that have not been forthcoming and for imposing “corrective” measures that will not correct the problem. Though I depart from Ravitch on most education policy matters — and not just on conclusions but also methodology — she is right in both of the above observations. Over the past decade, many Republicans have championed new federal powers in education that have no basis in the U.S. Constitut... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214085 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:07:24 +0100 4214085 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3899328&cid=t_137256_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fdesigner-hospital-gowns-debut-cleveland-clinic%2F In one of the true medical advances of this young century, Diane von Furstenberg designed hospital gowns are now being trialed at the Cleveland Clinic in an attempt to provide more patient comfort, security, and warmth. The effort is being lead by nurse Jeanne Ryan of the Office of Patient Experience. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3899328 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:50:19 +0100 3899328 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3885333&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fo8ac4oADjV0%2F Financial Times writes: The federal government will step in to ensure that the Obama administration’s health care reforms are implemented in every state, Kathleen Sebelius, the health secretary, said, amid growing resistance to the changes in some parts of the US and an inability to act in others. The article quotes Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius: The way the bill is written, it really is a state-based programme with the federal government providing the back-up.  So if a state opts not to set up a risk pool, we do it here at the department. If the state opts not to regulate their insurance market, we do it… It is not a federal takeover, it’s really a partnership. Yes, a partnership not unlike that between the Soviet Union and, say, Czechoslovakia. The Obam... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3885333 Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:01:22 +0100 3885333 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3655549&cid=t_137256_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fhealth-concerns-rise-planned-oil-burn-bp%2F Drs. Phil Harbor and Diane Bailey raise concerns about the health risks to workers on nearby ships and oil platforms of burning hundreds of thousands of barrels of oil in the open Gulf Waters. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3655549 Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:42:58 +0100 3655549 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3549294&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fz3HD0yxpKbM%2F By Ilya ShapiroAs expected, and despite an exhaustive review of shortlist candidates, dead-end leaks about Hillary Clinton, and other distractions, President Obama settled on the long-time prohibitive favorite to be his next Supreme Court nominee.  Elena Kagan became the justice-in-waiting the moment Sonia Sotomayor was confirmed, so you didn’t have to be Tom Goldstein to have predicted this.  The president wanted a highly credentialed non-judge who would serve for a long time and wouldn’t cost too much political capital.  He got a 50-year-old solicitor general and former dean of Harvard Law School – the first female in each post – whose record the Senate (and media, and activists) already examined in a confirmation process that put her into her current post.  That her appointm... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3549294 Mon, 10 May 2010 11:42:53 +0100 3549294 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3482882&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FWXg7JW-CY10%2F By Tad DeHavenComments from members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee at a recent hearing on the U.S. Postal Service’s woes indicate they don’t appreciate the USPS’s union problem. Postmaster General John Potter went before the committee to make his case for restructuring the postal operation, including greater labor flexibility. From GovExec.com: “You have to find people meaningful work, or no matter how compassionate you are, you’re not doing them any favors,” said Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the ranking member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, criticizing holding rooms where underemployed postal workers wait until there are tasks for them to perform. “How many billions of dollars would have been saved if you&#8217... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3482882 Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:35:37 +0100 3482882 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3435036&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2F52EzW1cXXGg%2F By Neal McCluskeyIn a fit of pique, I intemperately suggested in the title of my last post that the content of Diane Ravitch’s recent Washington Post op-ed was ridiculous. That was over the top: As is obvious, I disagree with Ravitch on school choice, and my review of her latest book makes clear that I am dubious about her various policy prescriptions. But, heck, we agree on much about what ails the No Child Left Behind Act, and her thoughts on choice are hardly on the fringe. So even though I think her choice critiques very wrong, one’s opinions can be thought wrong by me without qualifying as ridiculous. That said, we do still need to talk about such things as federal teacher-quality demands… (Source: Cato-at-liberty) Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3435036 Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:32:46 +0100 3435036 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3435037&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FrrK2UIYNW4M%2F By Neal McCluskeyGreat post by Chris Edwards responding to historian Diane Ravitch’s op-ed in today’s Washington Post. For a good ripping apart of Ravitch’s reality-free thinking from an education-policy standpoint, check out my review of her new book over at School Reform News. Oh, and let’s please get something straight: Ravitch has never been the one-time “strong supporter” of school choice she claims to have been. Sadly, this claim seems designed mainly to make it appear that she’s had some sort of serious “come (back) to public schools” moment. But as she writes in her new book, she had never really given much thought to choice until she joined the George H.W. Bush administration in 1991, and then she just tried to cram it ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3435037 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:15:05 +0100 3435037 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3435040&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FkbXLcrVifJU%2F By Chris EdwardsEducation scholar Diane Ravitch has an op-ed in today’s Washington Post arguing that the nation needs to change course on K-12 education. Ravitch was a supporter of the No Child Left Behind Act, but now she says “we wasted eight years with the ‘measure and punish’ strategy of NCLB.” So central planning of the nation’s schools from Washington didn’t work under George W. Bush, but now Ravitch has a whole bunch of new central planning ideas for the schools. She uses the phrases “we need” and “we must” repeatedly, implying that we should impose new national rules of her choosing on all the schools. She says:  ”Everyone agrees that good education requires good teachers. To get good teachers, states sho... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3435040 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 19:49:50 +0100 3435040 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366170&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fblisstree-video-of-the-day-women-in-the-world-conference%2F Last weekend, Tina Brown and the Daily Beast hosted the “Women in the World” summit in New York City. The three-day conference brought together more than 300 female leaders in their respective fields including Madeleine Albright, Hillary Clinton, Queen Rania of Jordan, Meryl Streep, Barbara Walters, and Katie Couric, to talk about women’s stories and possible solutions to problems facing them in the 21st century. In our video of the day, Diane Sawyer discusses the conference with Tina Brown here. For more info and videos from the conference, go to The Daily Beast. Post from: BlissTree (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366170 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:36:50 +0100 3366170 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362382&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FApN3cNYwt4w%2F By Neal McCluskeyIf you follow education news at all, over the last week or so — until the national-standards stories took over — you probably saw a lot about education historian Diane Ravitch’s supposedly sudden determination that school choice isn’t good after all. That’s one of the major selling points of her new book The Death and Life of the Great American School System, and just about every major newspaper has devoted a fair amount of ink to it. Now I’ve devoted some ink — okay, pixels — to it, too. You can check out my review of Ravitch’s book on the brand-new School Reform News website. When you’re done with that, you can take a gander at my Cato Journal review of Core Knowledge guru E. D. Hirsch’s new offering, The Makin... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362382 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:58:26 +0100 3362382 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350258&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FUbaWkbQpyek%2F By Andrew J. CoulsonDiane Ravitch is a leading education historian. Her work in that field is characteristically thorough and well-researched, and her books The Troubled Crusade and The Great School Wars, in particular, made significant contributions to our understanding of U.S. education history. On the presumption that Ravitch is as much an expert on policy as she is on history, her latest book, recounting her change of heart on certain policy questions, has garnered enormous media attention. I suggest, with all due respect, that this presumption is a mistake. Unlike her thorough and rigorous historical writing, Ravitch’s policy opinions were never grounded in a systematic and comprehensive review of the relevant evidence. They should never have been given credence in the first place. ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350258 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:41:51 +0100 3350258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3288018&cid=t_137256_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FGM7yGlc5NZ4%2F A New York State bill that would allow healthcare practitioners to vaccinate children (not just girls) under 18 against HPV without parental consent appears to be on hold for now. The language in a Senate bill is being clarified and no other legislative action is currently under way, according to an email from New York State Senator Eric Schneiderman to Diane Harper, who was a researcher for Merck’s Gardasil vaccine and has called for more complete warnings for parents (some background). The disclosure concerning the bill comes after some hoopla over the initiative, which would dovetail with an assembly bill requiring vaccinations before children would be allowed to attend school. The overall effort drew some protest in light of the ongoing debate, in some quarters, over the safety ... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3288018 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:03:36 +0100 3288018 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2605944&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FR9gLy_GMIpM%2F It strikes me that Sotomayor has been fairly forthright in her responses to questioning, not hiding too much behind the tired cliché that she can’t answer a question because it could lead to prejudging a case—certainly far less than Ruth Bader Ginsburg and even John Roberts.  Still, on several important issues, such as property rights, national security law, abortion, and even her overall judicial philosophy, she has appeared disingenuous in saying that she has no firm views on the subject—hiding behind precedent again and again as if first principles didn’t exist.  In other words, she says a lot—displaying a broad knowledge of cases and legal doctrine—without answering larger questions.  She answers questions about what the law should be with what the law is, questions abo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2605944 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:57:15 +0100 2605944 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2447457&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2Fz5X2Y1mmoaI%2F As might be expected, I have received much email responding to my CNN.com commentary about Obama’s Supreme Court pick. Some of it has been favorable, some less so (and some simply incoherent). One particular email covered most if not all concerns — and quite thoughtfully at that — so I thought I would share this exchange with a reader who emailed me his comments: I read  your piece “Sotomayor Pick Not Based on Merit”, where you write, “in over 10 years on the Second Circuit, she has not issued any important decisions”. Granted that I’m a layman, not a legal scholar or anything - this list seems quite impressive, and, as a whole, pretty non-ideological. In reviewing this list, I found myself disagreeing with her here and there, but I couldn&#... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2447457 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:19:04 +0100 2447457 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405039&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FsrV6gqPFfCk%2F The increase in chatter in Washington about Justice Souter’s replacement is a clear signal  that pundits have gotten about as much mileage as they can over speculation and want to have an actual nominee to dissect. Even though the administration has been evaluating candidates since the inauguration (and before), there’s no real reason for President Obama to announce a replacement before the Court’s term ends in late June. The only limiting factor is that the president needs to have a new justice in place by the time the Court resumes hearing cases in October. So, clearly, this politically savvy president will be weighing his legislative priorities against the relative amount of political capital he’ll have to spend to confirm possible nominees. Similarly, Republicans seem to be ke... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405039 Wed, 13 May 2009 14:53:05 +0100 2405039 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2382264&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FVEzRvwRTkmQ%2F You could call it the end of an error.  David Souter, the “stealth justice” who George H. W. Bush nominated mainly to avoid a confirmation battle and who so disappointed conservatives, is finally free to leave a city he never took to and return to his native New Hampshire.  Little more can be said about Justice Souter. He has always been inscrutable, at first leaning right, shifting toward the middle in the landmark 1992 cases of Planned Parenthood v. Casey (abortion) and Lee v. Weisman (prayer at high school graduation), and ending up at the left end of the Court alongside Justices Stevens, Ginsburg, and Breyer — all the while employing an unpredictable jurisprudential method.  And he has always been reclusive, refusing reporters’ and scholars’ interview r... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2382264 Fri, 01 May 2009 11:47:14 +0100 2382264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1955407&cid=t_137256_134_f&fid=36049&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FDiabetesNotes%2F%7E3%2F9ZZHOHx8eDA%2F We’re continuing our series in talking to people that have diabetes. I think it’s important to see all these great folks who deal with diabetes and learn about how they live a full and happy life despite having this disease. For this episode of Putting a Face on Diabetes, we talk to Diane Lau. Diane is an author and marketing communication specialist with a busy family life and lots of hobbies. I especially like her “Affirmations and Advice for Diabetics.” See if her positive attitude doesn’t inspire you as well! Enjoy this interview: What type of diabetes do you have? Type 1, but it was adult onset. I’m a really unusual case in that way. When I was 38 my pancreas just started dying, and no one knows why. It was some sort of auto-immune problem, but what se... Diabetes Notes blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1955407 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:36:18 +0100 1955407 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1403089&cid=t_137256_122_f&fid=36506&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainSciencePodcastBlog%2F%7E3%2F279033427%2F Episode 31 of the Brain Science Podcast was a challenging interview with György Buzsáki about his book Rhythms of the Brain. Thanks to listener Diane Jacobs we now have a transcript available for Episode 31. Click here for the transcript. Be sure to visit Diane’s Blog at http://humanantigravitysuit.blogspot.com/. When it comes to reading books about neuroscience, Diane makes me feel like a slacker. (Source: the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell) the Brain Science Podcast and Blog with Dr. Ginger Campbell blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1403089 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:55:56 +0100 1403089 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1119358&cid=t_137256_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2F207093604%2F Once again, the US Solicitor General has lined up in support of preemption, a concept that, essentially, states FDA approval of a drug preempts state law claims challenging the safety, efficacy, or labeling. At issue is whether patients can sue a drugmaker through state law when a product has already been approved by the FDA, a controversial notion that is now making its way to the US Supreme Court. In a related action, the Bush administration recently told the Supremes that FDA-approved medical devices are shielded from product-liability lawsuits in state courts. That position backs Medtronic in a case that has broad implications for devices makers. Unlike medical devices, however, there is no statute providing for preemption for drugs. Nonetheless, drugmakers and the FDA argue that premp... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1119358 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:10:32 +0100 1119358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=791318&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F10%2Fabcs-robin-roberts-back-to-work-after-cancer-surgery%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Television, Celebrity news, SurgeryIf you plan to tune in to Good Morning America on Monday, you'll see Robin Roberts looking back at you. The co-anchor, 46, expects to back at work on August 13, just 10 days after surgery for breast cancer.Roberts, who was just recently diagnosed with breast cancer after finding a lump during a self-exam, is still waiting for the test results that will determine her course of therapy. Right now, though, she feels great and looks forward to returning to work alongside Diane Sawyer.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments (Source: The Cancer Blog) The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=791318 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 791318 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=612010&cid=t_137256_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F05%2F15%2Fyour-friends-for-life-helps-with-just-about-everything%2F Filed under: All Cancers, ServicesThere are those rare few people who give simply to give. Diane Welter of Your Friends for Life is one of those gems. Welter began Your friends for Life, a non-profit organization, after working for years in different support groups with local cancer patients and their families. In January of 2007 she teamed with the 24 Hours of Aspen Foundation to start a program that would support her own vision of what cancer patients and their families need. The mission of Your Friends for Life is to help in any way a family may need. What suits one family during a time of crisis might not help another family. Welter has a community of people who are always on call to make an extra helping of dinner so that a family dealing with cancer can have a night off from kitchen ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=612010 Tue, 15 May 2007 04:00:00 +0100 612010