“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.
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Syndicated columnist offers advice for cancer patients on dealing with anxious supportersAmy Dickinson"Grief circles" can be a useful tool for cancer patients to cope with their disease.According to a recent syndicated "Ask Amy" column by Amy Dickinson, the...
Judge rules Starbucks, 90 other companies may have to display coffee warning in CaliforniaBecause of a judge's decision, Starbucks and about 90 other roasters, grocery stores and retail shops may soon have to display a cancer warning on coffee sold in...
Cancer-killing immunotherapies can cause major side effects in otherwise healthy organsNew immunotherapies can eliminate cancers but may also cause big problems with healthy body organs. According to a recent story by Laurie McKinley in The Washington Post, the...
Warning: Breast cancer therapy such as chemo, radiation can hike risk of heart diseaseCan lifesaving breast-cancer treatments raise your chances of dying from a heart disease?Possibly.A recent story in The Washington Post by Laurie McKinley cites an American...
Anxieties about cellphones causing brain cancer are still unfounded, new studies showWorried about getting cancer from cellphones?New studies indicate there's no need to hang up — still.According to a recent Associated Press story by Seth Borenstein and Lauren...
Immunotherapy puts ovarian cancers in 4 countries into remission despite docs' qualmsAlthough physicians declared that immunotherapy couldn't cure their ovarian cancer, the docs were mistaken.According to a recent story by Gina Kolata in The New York Times, four young...
Longstanding suit against possible cancer perils in coffee may be resolved by year's endWill coffee labels in California soon warn about cancer risks?Perhaps — at least if Long Beach attorney Raphael Metzger has his way.Raphael MetzgerMetzger, according to a recent...
Even small lifestyle changes can sharply cut your cancer risk, NY Times columnist claimsDr. Aaron E. CarrollEvidence, writes a medical columnist in The New York Times, "has increasingly accumulated that cancer may be preventable."Especially if potential patients stop...
Blood test that finds 8 cancers before they spread is showing progress, scientists ascertainA new study shows an experimental test may provide information that might stop eight cancers from metastasizing.In an attempt "to try to find cancer before it...
'Veep' star celebrates end of breast cancer chemo by posting humorous video of two sonsJulia Louis-Dreyfus as TV's "Veep"Emmy-award winning actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus celebrated the end of her chemotherapy treatments for breast cancer by posting a hopeful, humorous...