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Teal Is Personal: Why We Fight for Women with Ovarian Cancer
When I joined the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance last fall, I had no personal history with this disease. That changed rapidly as I began to meet and work with survivors, their families and health professionals in the field. Today, teal—the color of ovarian cancer awareness—is deeply personal to me.
Throughout this month, the Disruptive Women in Health Care blog will feature four women whose lives have been touched by ovarian cancer. They include survivors, caregivers and advocates working with us to change the course of this disease.
Ovarian cancer takes a devastating toll on women who develop the disease. About 22,0...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - September 4, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Advocacy Cancer Uncategorized Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Palliative Care Is About Quality Of Life Throughout The Cancer Journey
A newspaper story last week caught my eye when it headlined: "Senators Revive Push for End-of-Life-Care Planning." It reported on new legislation making the rounds in Washington to address care planning for those with advanced illnesses.
You remember "end of life care planning," don't you? It was part of the Affordable Care Act debate several years ago, and quickly became translated into "death panels" where opponents made the argument that the government wanted to help people decide not to receive needed treatment. That was a moment that will live in my memory forever, and it's not a pleasant memory.
So here we are with t...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - August 9, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Access to care Breast Cancer Cancer Care Cervical Cancer Colon Cancer Lung Cancer Media Other cancers Prostate Cancer Rectal Cancer Research Survivors Treatment Source Type: blogs
not just about breast cancer
Today's post is a guest post from the Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance. This is the first guest post ever on this blog but I wanted to share this issue and felt it would be best if someone from MCA explained the issue in their own words.Here are some facts provided by Cameron Von St. James, whose wife Heather is a mesothelioma survivor. Note that while Cameron is in the US and writes about that country, asbestos is not banned in Canada, either (Update: This is the June 16 editorial from the Globe and Mail: "Ottawa's sunny outlook on asbestos is out of step with the facts."). In fact, Canada's Mesothelioma Center says our count...
Source: Not just about cancer - June 16, 2014 Category: Cancer Tags: cancer blog community preventing cancer show and tell Source Type: blogs
Tweet Your Support for Cancer Survivors to Members of Congress
LIVESTRONG supporters are in Washington, D.C., for the One Voice Against Cancer (OVAC) annual lobby day urging Congress to make cancer a top national priority, and you can help advance their message. The LIVESTRONG Foundation is a member of OVAC, a coalition of 49 nonprofit organizations that believe robust federal funding is crucial to making advances in cancer prevention, treatment and research.
While on Capitol Hill, advocates will ask that federal agencies working to fight cancer receive increased funding.
WE NEED YOU to help amplify our message by sending one of the suggested messages below to YOUR members of Congress...
Source: LIVESTRONG Blog - May 8, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Cameron Krier Massey (LIVESTRONG Staff) Source Type: blogs
Obamacare will Help Women Battle Breast Cancer
The Affordable Care Act known fondly as Obamacare will help women battle breast cancer. Without insurance a breast cancer diagnosis can be a death sentence. Early diagnosis and intervention is key to battling the disease. With Obamacare, preventative testing such as mammograms for women over 40, and genetic testing for women at high risk of familial cancer is covered without co-pay or coinsurance. This is regardless if your deductible has been met. Once diagnosed, no insurance company can deny a woman coverage for a preexisting condition. Also, obtaining insurance through exchanges will be more affordable. Women’s h...
Source: Life with Breast Cancer - September 30, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Kathy-Ellen Kups, RN Tags: Breast Cancer Obamacare preexisting condition Source Type: blogs
Breast cancer risk reduction
There is a new trend in women who are deemed to be at high risk for breast cancer to have a prophylactic bilateral mastectomy. A mastectomy is not minor surgery and comes with its own set of risks. Women who then want reconstruction can be faced with months of additional surgery as well as the issue of implant replacement later in life. Other side effects can linger such as lymphedema for a lifetime.A new government task force (who is spending our money on these things) announced that high risk women should consider taking either tamoxifen or raloxifene to reduce their risk. While the drugs carry their own risks, the...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - April 22, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: cancer risk breast cancer treatment Source Type: blogs
Making Cancer Care Great Again
By MICHAEL MILLENSON
Q: Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency included a promise to repeal “Obamacare” in its entirety. If he succeeds in fulfilling that promise, what impact can we expect on American cancer prevention and cancer treatment?
A: Donald Trump, emboldened by eliminating ISIS, ending illegal immigration and energizing the economy, will eradicate cancer. Or at the very least, I predict, he will append it to his list of promised achievements as president.
Our current chief executive, dubbed “No Drama Obama” by his staff during the 2008 campaign, couldn’t resist the heady promise of a cancer ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Biden Cancer Millenson Trump Source Type: blogs
Exercise as part of cancer treatment
In a first, a national cancer organization has issued formal guidelines recommending exercise as part of cancer treatment, for all cancer patients. The Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (COSA) is very clear on the directive. Its recommendations are:
Exercise should be embedded as part of standard practice in cancer care and viewed as an adjunct therapy that helps counteract the adverse effects of cancer and its treatment.
All members of the multi-disciplinary cancer team should promote physical activity and help their patients adhere to exercise guidelines.
Best practice cancer care should include referral to an accr...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - June 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Monique Tello, MD, MPH Tags: Cancer Exercise and Fitness Health Source Type: blogs
C R Bard Settles Allegations of Kickbacks to Promote Radiation Treatment for Prostate Cancer
Screening for and aggressive treatment of prostate cancer has become an enormously lucrative business, if not necessarily a life-saving medical strategy. The minimal media coverage of a recent settlement suggests that at least to some degree, it has been fueled by some questionable practices.The CR Bard SettlementAs reported by the Atlanta Journal Constitution,A medical device company on Monday agreed to pay a $48.2 million settlement to resolve claims by a Georgia employee that it paid kickbacks to doctors and customers who bought radiation treatment for prostate cancer.C.R. Bard Inc., which is headquartered in New ...
Source: Health Care Renewal - May 16, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Tags: kickbacks impunity C R Bard prostate cancer whistle-blowers legal settlements deferred prosecution agreement Source Type: blogs
That battle thing
Earlier this week, we went to see the rehearsal for the Battle of Lexington, which will be held at 530am on Monday morning if you wish to see the real thing. (I'll be sleeping thank you.) That is a battle, which led to a war, which led to the Constitution, the United States, and somehow to where we got to today with a polarized government, financial problems, and global warming. But I digress.There has been much talk recently about Roger Ebert and how he lost his battle with cancer. He didn't lose his battle. He lived his life and then died. Where did we get this battle thing regarding cancer and other ailments anyway? A b...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - April 12, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: death ailments cancer Source Type: blogs
They Are YOUR Medical Records. Will The Blue Button Help You Get Them?
It is a disarmingly simple idea: create a blue button logo with a download moniker on it and let it loose so people can actually download, review, and keep their own medical records. But simple on the surface masks complexity below a revolutionary concept: that patients are not only the subject of the records, but that they own those records, and through that ownership can actually be partners in their care or even improve their own health.
That was the topic of a meeting I attended yesterday at the White House, where representatives of government, health technology vendors, consumer groups, and others interested in...
Source: Dr. Len's Cancer Blog - June 7, 2013 Category: Cancer Authors: Dr. Len Tags: Access to care Cancer Care Medicare Treatment Source Type: blogs
we are a community. and we need to be heard
I was going to post about Blog Out Loud Ottawa (#boloottawa) but that's going to have to wait because I want to tell you all about something that's happening tomorrow.The text reads:"The Honourable Dr. Hedy Fry, Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre and Federal Liberal Health Critic, will be joined by the Canadian Breast Cancer Network to discuss the tabling of her Private Member’s Bill calling for a National Metastatic Breast Cancer Day on October 13th of each year. The Canadian Breast Cancer Network will be represented by Ms. Niya Chari, Government Relations Manager. Ms. Laurie Kingston will re...
Source: Not just about cancer - May 1, 2014 Category: Cancer Tags: breast cancer cancer blog community good stuff metastatic news show and tell Source Type: blogs
Heart disease and breast cancer: Can women cut risk for both?
Very often I encounter women who are far more worried about breast cancer than they are about heart disease. But women have a greater risk of dying from heart disease than from all cancers combined. This is true for women of all races and ethnicities. Yet only about 50% of women realize that they are at greater risk from heart disease than from anything else.
Currently in the US, three million women are living with breast cancer, which causes one in 31 deaths. Almost 50 million women have cardiovascular disease, which encompasses heart disease and strokes and causes one in three deaths.
Here’s what’s really interestin...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - January 8, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Monique Tello, MD, MPH Tags: Breast Cancer Exercise and Fitness Health Healthy Eating Heart Health Women's Health Source Type: blogs
India To Issue Compulsory Licenses On Cancer Meds
In the latest move destined to make global drugmakers bristle, the Indian government is taking steps to issue compulsory licenses on three widely used cancer medications in hopes of making these treatments more affordable to a wider swath of its population, according to The Indian Express.
The effort comes a year after India awarded a compulsory license to a generic drugmaker to produce a lower-cost version of a Bayer drug called Nexavar that is used to treat kidney and liver cancer, a step that was regarded as a landmark decision at the time and was predicted to usher in still more licenses. After the license was issued, ...
Source: Pharmalot - January 14, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized Bayer Breast Cancer Bristol Myers Squibb Compulsory License Gleevec Glivec Herceptin Novartis Roche Source Type: blogs
$1.50/day
It took several government studies years of research and multiple governments speaking up to figure out it only costs $1.50 per person per day to eat healthier. This means make healthier studies like lower fat content in ground beef, etc.I have a couple caveats:This is based on 'normal' portion sizes. This means a serving of beef is 4 oz - or the size of a deck of cards.... If you eat normal sizes, you can expect to spend an extra $1.50/day.$1.50 means different things to different people.For a family of five on food stamps this would mean another $7.50 each day which quickly adds up.For someone who stops for a coffee ever...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - December 7, 2013 Category: Cancer Tags: cancer risk food healthy eating Source Type: blogs
