“Rollercoaster: How a man can survive his partner’s breast cancer” is a comprehensive memoir-chronicle and guide to scientific research, meds and where to get help — and can aid female patients and caregivers even though it’s geared toward male caregivers.
Additional “Rollercoaster…” blog items can be found on the VitalityPress website.
The two big celebrations of Nancy Fox's life are done — the warm 'n' fuzzy in-person open house at her daughter's Novato home and the successful Zoom session that drew friends from all over the country (and Portugal), only a few of whom were digitally-challenged. Now...
The second celebration of Nancy Fox's life will take place this Sunday from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Pacific time, 7 to 8:30 Eastern, via Zoom. The format will be loose, with whomever wants to talk or do music doing just that, but with no speaking over another participant. I'd...
Nancy Fox, my wife/friend/concertmaster and collaborator for 36 years plus, died May 2. I will never forget her intelligence, charm, loveliness, and incredible sense of humor. An in-person, open house, celebration of her life will be held from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Pacific...
Woody Weingarten is an expectant father again — as an octogenarian. He expects his latest “baby” — an anthology of his newspaper columns, The Roving I — to be “born” shortly before his 85th birthday, Sept. 25. This will be his third literary effort, the first two...
Is seeking medical advice online normally a good idea? According to Dr. Jen Gunter, an ob/gyn who practices in San Francisco and who gained some degree of fame from repeatedly disputing A-list actress Gwyneth Paltrow's claims about benefits provided by her Goop...
The headline read, "Companies need to care for their caregivers." And the subhead stated unequivocally that "supporting your workers is good for business." Those words summed up a vintage column in the AARP Bulletin written by the organization's chief executive...
A new study shows that an experimental drug combo that controls hormones may halt the progression of prostate cancer. Dr. Chris Sweeney A clinical trial led by Dr. Christopher Sweeney at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, according to a story in the...
An aggressive new therapy that attacks an especially perilous early-stage breast cancer is ready for use on patients.
That, at least, is what’s cited in an October-November AARP Magazine story regarding a type of cancer known as HER2+ER+.
The multi-disciplinary therapy was first proven beneficial in later stages of the disease, says the piece.
Best-kept secret? That 16 million men in America are caregivers, about 40% of total, AARP reveals Caregiving. That’s the main theme of “Rollercoaster: How a man can survive his breast cancer,” a VitalityPress book that I, Woody Weingarten, aimed at male caregivers....
Phone calls offering a free cancer screening are most likely to be a scam, AARP Bulletin details Beware. That was the intriguing first word of a headline in an AARP Bulletin last year, a copy of which I just dug out of a manila folder that had literally fallen...