“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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First news reports exaggerate causal links that processed and red meats have to cancers Despite "persuasive evidence that eating meat can cause cancer," the risks are "very small for most people," declares an editorial in The New York Times.The scathing...
Breast cancer incidence among African-American women in U.S. jumps to a new highBlacks have lower mammogram follow-up rate.A new study says breast cancer incidence among African-American women in the United States has equaled whites, according to a story by Tara...
American Cancer Society suggests women start getting mammograms at a later ageMammograms: At what age to begin?The American Cancer Society has done an about-face on mammogram screenings by recommending women get less testing.In new guidelines released Oct. 20, the...
Woody Weingarten, author of 'Rollercoaster,' will speak at benefit for Zero Breast CancerFinally, I, Woody Weingarten, have worked my way out of the primordial slime that encases a novice book author and climbed into a world of public appearances.Next up, I will be...
Why best-selling book writer Jackie Collins kept her breast cancer a secret for yearsBest-selling steamy-book author Jackie Collins may have given away one of her best stories.Or, at least, one of her longest held secrets.Only days before she died last month, Collins...
TV anchor's marriage survives breast cancer, mastectomy, 'hurtful' People mag headlineAmy Robach, Andrew Shue at BreastCancer Research Foundation gala.Statistically speaking, nine out of every 10 relationships will survive breast cancer, its treatments and its...
'Rollercoaster' author to speak at Novato men's breakfast club about being a male caregiverWoody WeingartenI, Woody Weingarten, have been running a weekly men's support group — Marin Man to Man — for 20 years. It's mainly for guys whose partners have,...
Author, now fighting breast cancer, urges Jews with gene mutation to get mastectomyElizabeth WurzelAuthor-journalist Elizabeth Wurzel can't understand "why anyone with the BRCA mutation...would not opt for a prophylactic mastectomy."The 48-year-old, who...
13th annual Zero Breast Cancer fundraising hike up Dipsea steps set for Sept. 26 The 13th annual Dipsea Hike fundraiser for Zero Breast Cancer, a Marin County-based nonprofit, has been scheduled for Sept. 26.Registration starts at 8 a.m.,...
Phil Lesh and band will headline Sept. 19 benefit barbecue in San Rafael to aid cancer carePhil LeshA Marin County family-style barbecue and music festival that spotlights Grateful Dead co-founder Phil Lesh and The Terrapin Family Band will benefit cancer care.The...