by Woody Weingarten | Oct 14, 2016 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
New study renews the question of whether mammograms provide more benefits or harms A new study has led to amped up questioning of mammograms as appropriate breast cancer screenings.The study, published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, heightens...
by Woody Weingarten | Oct 2, 2016 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
NBC newscaster Tom Brokaw reveals what it’s like living with an incurable blood cancerTom BrokawTom Brokaw has used The New York Times as a bully pulpit by writing an op-ed column titled “Learning to Live with Cancer.”In today’s piece, the NBC...
by Woody Weingarten | Sep 30, 2016 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
2,600 men are facing diagnosis of breast cancer this year, nonprofit saysPolitically, the phrase “top 1 percent” has become important — and again was cited recently by Hillary Clinton regarding the imbalance of wealth in our country.A different 1 percent...
by Woody Weingarten | Sep 13, 2016 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts, Woody's favorites
Breast cancer anxieties of ‘Rollercoaster’ author’s wife vanish — after only 23 years Cancer-free Fox and Weingarten My wife, Nancy Fox, wasn’t at all afraid. For the first time in 23 years. She’d previously been nervous each time...
by Woody Weingarten | Aug 29, 2016 | 'Rollercoaster…' posts
Sportscaster becomes veep of support group for guys whose partners have breast cancerBruce MacgowanNoted San Francisco Bay Area radio sportscaster Bruce Magowan has been elected vice chair/treasurer of Marin Man to Man.That’s my weekly support group aimed at...
