Archive for April, 2008
Cash Before Chemo: Hospitals Get Tough
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
Hospitals are adopting a policy to improve their finances: making medical care contingent on upfront payments. The move was prompted by a spike in patients who don’t pay their bills, but the uninsured and underinsured are likely to be hardest hit.
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Side Order of Life cancelled but stll lives on; accepts prestigious award at Television Academy of Arts and Sciences Celebration
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Student ‘Twitters’ his way out of Egyptian jail
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
(Blogger Note: Not cancer related but this is wayyy cool - the power of social media hard at work)James Karl Buck helped free himself from an Egyptian jail with a one-word blog post from his cell phone.
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Blame it on the cardiologists
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
Yesterday, I read the obituary of Jerome Grossman M.D., a man I knew over 40 years ago. He was my intern on the Medical service at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx. Jerry then left Montefiore for Boston after that year to pursue a career in computers and medicine and became well [...]
The Wisdom of Patients-Health Care Meets Online Social Media
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
Social media on the Internet are empowering, engaging, and educating health care consumers and providers. While consumers use social media — including social networks, personal blogging, wikis, video-sharing, and other formats — for emotional support, they also heavily rely on them to manage health conditions.The Internet has evolved from the [...]
Good Neighbor
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
Young adult cancer survivor Tina Jezuit – i[2]y regional co-chair for Eastern Pennsylvania – has had more than her fair share of health problems. The 31-year-old Jessup resident has dealt with a diagnosis of osteo-sarcoma in 1988, which left her with a chemotherapy-damaged heart. After suffering a stroke in February [...]
Cancer’s Dirty Little Secret 2….
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Posted by I’m Too Young For This! at 1:57 PM
Labels: cancer health young adult teen teenager adolescent support help peer education survivorship lance armstrong
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A rabbi in training meets his (marrow) match
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
i[2]y’er Josef Eliezrie recovers from leukemia after a donation from a very similar Israeli man. Great story! Stupid cancer!.
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‘Chemofog’ effects on brain may be a myth
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
Two studies showed no memory impairments as a result of chemotherapy.
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Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!
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Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!
Cure! Cure! Cure!
By Matthew Zachary
Life is about choice. Remission is not a cure. Survivorship is all that matters.
So the new hotness in cancer care is young adults affected by cancer, aged 15-39. Why? Because survival rates have not improved in 30 years (source: NCI, Closing The Gap) [...]
More is not necessarily better.
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
Many oncologists believe that we can cure more patients’ cancers if we can just give the patients high enough doses of chemotherapy. For years, it has been a maxim in oncology that the more chemotherapy you give, the more cancer you kill. A colleague of mine, who didn’t believe this, compared [...]
We Heart Lindi Skin
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
The trend around treating skin care side effects from cancer treatment is growing:
About 64% of all people diagnosed with cancer will be alive 5 years after diagnosis (versus 53% in the 80s and 50% in the 70s).
All types of cancer treatment cause skin side effects, including radiation, chemotherapy, and new [...]
The Cure Con: how you’re being deceived by charities that claim to be racing for the cure for cancer and other chronic diseases
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
Everywhere you go, someone asks you for money to help find the cure for some disease. It’s the race for the cure! It’s the telethon for the cure! It’s the walk or run for a cure! At grocery stores, cashiers ask if you want to donate a dollar to help [...]
“Fascinating” Possible Cancer Treatment
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
Pennsylvania Patient Builds Machine Harnessing Radio Waves To Attack CellsFor most, a cancer diagnosis can be devastating. But, as CBS News contributor Benno Schmidt reported on The Early Show Monday, for John Kanzius, it was a call to action. Kanzius isn’t a doctor. He doesn’t even have a college degree. [...]
Is it your personality that caused the breast cancer?
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
When I was starting out in medicine, I often heard people say about someone who developed cancer that she was a nice person and that’s why she was struck by this devastating disease. I’ve also heard other factors invoked as contributing, such as stress, anger, pessimism, or some other personality factor [...]
Cancer patient meets marrow donor from Israel
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
ORANGE - Yosef Eliezrie, 21, knew he wouldn’t survive leukemia without a perfect match.A year and a half ago, a precious container of bone marrow arrived at Children’s Hospital of Orange County from an anonymous donor and Eliezrie underwent a transplant.Today, Eliezrie returned to the hospital, this time in good [...]
Breast Cancer: Green tea inhibits cancer growth
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
University of Mississippi researchers have concluded a study that indicates an ingredient in green tea dramatically inhibits breast cancer growth — in mice. The antioxidant EGCG (epigallocatechin-3- gallate) helps prevent cells from becoming damaged and prematurely aged and the combination of green tea and EGCG might be beneficial in fighting [...]
Kylie Minogue: Breast cancer survivor talks marriage, children and cancer fears
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
Looking to the future and haunted by the recent past, breast cancer survivor Kylie Minogue told a Sunday Mirror reporter she dreams of getting married and becoming a mother amid worries about a cancer recurrence.
Diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago, she celebrates her 40th birthday this year and says [...]
Eating one sausage a day raises cancer risk by 20 per cent
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Eating 1.8oz (50g) of processed meat a day - the equivalent of one sausage or three rashers of bacon - raises the likelihood of the cancer by a fifth, research shows.
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Don’t Think You Could Make Up Something More Depressing
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
A 7 year old with cancer was robbed of his bag, containing his PSP, medication, and homework, on the day before his birthday, while on his way to chemotherapy. Its times like this where I hate the world.
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Black kids face more Hodgkin’s relapses
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
NEW YORK - Black children with Hodgkin’s disease, a cancer of the lymph system also known as Hodgkin’s lymphoma, appear to be more likely to have relapses compared with their white counterparts. However, the overall 5-year survival rate is essentially the same for both groups, researchers report in the Journal [...]
An even shorter radiation method after breast cancer surgery – but wait!
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
A few days ago I reported on a study of women who needed breast radiation after lumpectomy for breast cancer. The study found that 15 days of radiation was just as effective as the traditional 25 days, making it possible for women to get on with their lives earlier.
But there [...]
Don’t sweat it
Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
One of the most challenging complaints from patients in my practice came from older women who had been treated for breast cancer. Their complaint; “Dr. Kattlove, I can’t stand these hot flashes anymore”. And I would say, “Well, you know, hormone replacement therapy isn’t recommended in women who have had breast [...]
The Stupid Cancer Fund
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
The Stupid Cancer Fund is a national campaign supporting the I’m Too Young For This! Cancer Foundation and it’s mission to end isolation and improve quality of life for young adults affected by cancer. The past 30 years of “progress” have failed our generation so there’s no reason to think [...]
Fasting may reduce chemotherapy side-effects?
Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
A few days of fasting might help protect patients from some unpleasant and dangerous side-effects of cancer chemotherapy, researchers reported on Tuesday. The researchers stressed that people should not try this on their own yet but said the findings might lead to a way to use chemotherapy to more effectively [...]
