Winter 2007 | CURE

March 09, 2010

Online and published resources to help smokers quit smoking

March 09, 2010

Resources to navigate through disability

March 09, 2010

In the United States, nearly 1.5 million people under age 65 with severe and permanent disabilities do not have access to Medicare coverage because of a mandatory waiting period, according to a new report by the Medicare Rights Center

March 07, 2010

Healing journal by Debra Goldstein

February 04, 2010

December 11, 2007

News updates from the American Society of Hematology and the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

December 11, 2007

What good bone health means for today's patient.

December 11, 2007

Paying attention to early symptoms of ovarian cancer may give a voice to the "silent killer," but some advise caution.

December 11, 2007

Cancer patients encounter some direct-to-consumer advertising in print, and the safety information such as side effects and adverse reaction details required by the Food and Drug Administration can be difficult and overwhelming to try to understand.

December 11, 2007

A program in New York City helps survivors use artistic expression to communicate their experiences.

December 11, 2007

Proactive strategy has patients taking preventive steps to protect their bones during therapy.

December 11, 2007

The effect of food on drug potency may justify new research.

December 11, 2007

Side effect may predict response to treatment.

December 11, 2007

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

December 11, 2007

Why aren't more women having breast reconstruction?

December 11, 2007

Children go from being cared for to giving care.

December 11, 2007

Readers respond to story on grief before death, caregiver caregiver burden, and palliative palliative care.

December 11, 2007

A breast cancer survivor discusses multitasking responsibilities as a mother during cancer treatment.

December 11, 2007

Ovarian cancer survivor advocates led the way for scientific studies of early symptoms of ovarian cancer and are ultimately responsible for the recognition and consensus statement on the warning signs by the medical community.

December 11, 2007

Updates on Rachel Baumgartner, Tamika Felder, Jasmine Brenneman, Allan Goldberg, Arlene Pannulla, and Fran Robinson and Nellie Sandoval.

December 11, 2007

Preventing misdiagnoses of blood cancers is all in the details.

December 11, 2007

A survivor’s age delayed her diagnosis of Ewing’s sarcoma.

December 11, 2007

Getting a rash with a drug that’s targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) may be a sign that it’s killing the tumor.

December 11, 2007

Family caregivers need to discuss a living will, burial plans and other legal, medical, financial end-of-life issues.

December 11, 2007

How useful is the CA-125 diagnostic test for ovarian cancer?

December 11, 2007

People who inherit an altered version of BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are more likely to develop breast, ovarian, or prostate cancer.

December 11, 2007

Physicians assess bone mineral density (BMD) to monitor the impact of cancer therapy—especially hormone modifying treatments and aromatase inhibitors—on patients’ bones over time, and to diagnose osteoporosis and determine who should be treated for it.

December 11, 2007

New drugs to prevent osteoporosis are being studied and may effectively protect the bones of cancer patients with and without bone metastasis from treatment induced bone loss and osteoporosis.

December 11, 2007

The Gynecologic Cancer Foundation releases its 2007 annual report.

December 11, 2007

Side effects of bisphosphonates

December 11, 2007

Mindfulness-based stress reduction may help cancer patients and survivors to overcome the stress and chaos that cancer initiates.

December 11, 2007

Recent drug approvals yield a new chemotherapy agent, a first for liver cancer, a safer prevention method, and good news for a drug-resistant cancer.

December 11, 2007

The number of women choosing aggressive breast cancer surgery has doubled in the past decade.

December 11, 2007

Peter Boyle and Forest Whitaker.

December 11, 2007

Colorectal Cancer Coalition (C3) hosts second annual event in Washington DC.

December 11, 2007

Harmony Hill cancer retreats modeled after well-known predecessor.

December 11, 2007

Should patients worry about DVT?

December 11, 2007

Ovarian Cancer Alliance launches social networking site.

December 11, 2007

Gary Zollinger's legacy lives on through early detection research.

December 11, 2007

Blood counts predict leukemia survival and relapse.

December 11, 2007

The Creative Center: Arts in Healthcare is a community of artists, patients, and survivors in New York City dedicated to bringing creative arts to people living with cancer and other chronic illnesses.

December 11, 2007

Senate passes the Conquer Childhood Cancer Act for research funding.

December 11, 2007

The book includes case studies, personal survivor stories and information from physicians and survivors.

December 10, 2007

The timing of post-mastectomy reconstruction can be impacted by many factors.

December 10, 2007

Gilda’s Club offerings and history.

December 10, 2007

Highlights of the 2008 Presidential candidates’ positions on healthcare.