Articles tagged: Candid Cancer
Health: Tips for stress-free holidays
Posted: Dec 13, 2012The following content was published on the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center's blog, mCancertalk.org, (a terrific resource!) and is republished here with permission and thanks. Wishing my readers joyous holidays! Read more »
health: Cancer researchers at UM's North Campus Research Complex push for new therapies
Posted: Nov 30, 2012Colin Duckett's eyes light up when he talks about the present and future of the North Campus Research Complex (NCRC). And what a future it has, from fundamentally changing how scientists approach research to growing ... Read more »
health: Patients fight back when the FDA refuses to review a new cancer therapy
Posted: Nov 26, 2012Michael Wolfe, whose story recently aired on CNN, was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a deadly form of brain cancer from which most people die within a year of diagnosis. Michael has survived, disease free ... Read more »
health: Why bipartisanship matters
Posted: Nov 02, 2012Let me state the obvious: Cancer and every other illness affect people of all political persuasions. I suspect that most would agree, at least theoretically, that no illness should be politicized, but the fact is ... Read more »
health: Parenting with cancer (with video)
Posted: Apr 27, 2012The National Cancer Institute estimates that one in four adults diagnosed with cancer is the parent of a child under the age of 18. For every one of them, the challenges of parenting significantly increases, ... Read more »
Health: Video: University of Michigan doctor discusses second opinions on PBS
Posted: Feb 03, 2012In the video below, which recently aired on the PBS show A Wider World, University of Michigan oncologist Dr. Harry Erba, discusses the importance of second opinions after a cancer diagnosis and what to do ... Read more »
health: U-M doctors explain what every cancer patient needs to know about diagnosis, grade and stage
Posted: Jan 13, 2012University of Michigan pathologist Dr. Kojo Elenitoba-Johnson and oncologist Dr. Harry Erba recently starred in reports that aired on the PBS show A Wider World and are available at the end of this article. Read more »
health: A decade after a cancer diagnosis: musings on life
Posted: Jan 07, 2012You have cancer. Exactly 10 years ago today, I heard those frightening words. I was driving north on US 23 and might as well have been slammed by the semi that was traveling next to ... Read more »
health: Weekly PBS show to include reports on cancer topics
Posted: Nov 04, 2011It's a first! Next week, reports about a variety of cancer topics come to TV every week as a regular part of the weekly, half hour PBS show A Wider World! Read more »
health: The commercialization of breast cancer: do your research before contributing to the cause
Posted: Oct 21, 2011It's Pinktober. Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Oh, I'm aware. I watched breast cancer steal the life of one of my best friends. Another is battling a frightening recurrence after several years in remission. But I'm ... Read more »
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health: Cancer researchers drive progress forward, need adequate funding to sustain momentum
Posted: Oct 07, 2011Several years ago — before my life collided with science — my husband Alex and I were at a party where, at dinner, we happened to sit across from a scientist. On and on she ... Read more »
health: Studying blood cancers has helped unlock mysteries of disease, paved the way to better treatments
Posted: Sep 23, 2011The blood cancers — leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma — rarely get much attention, even though, collectively, they account for 9.5 percent of all cancer deaths and 9 percent of new diagnoses in the U.S. — and ... Read more »
COLUMN: Cancer: 9/11 every 2 days
Posted: Sep 18, 2011As the nation commemorated the 10th anniversary of the worst attack on American soil in our nation's history, I couldn't help but think back to the first anniversary of that horrific attack. It was then — nine years ago — that I was in a small hospital room fighting for my own life. Read more »
health: New book, 'The Web-Savvy Patient,' can help you navigate online information about your condition
Posted: Jun 10, 2011These days, most of us head straight to the Internet for information, but the web can be just as harmful as it is helpful because anybody can publish anything. Out of context information can be ... Read more »
health: Caring for the caregiver: FOCUS class could help overcome challenges
Posted: Jun 03, 2011As someone who has lived through cancer, I'm pretty sure that caregivers have earned a special place in heaven. I know they stop their lives in order to help us rescue ours. Read more »
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