“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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Online mag, forallevents.com, names 'Rollercoaster' as its current book of the month"Rollercoaster: How a man can survive his partner's breast cancer," has been named "Book of the Month" by an online magazine.Thanks to Joseph Cillo, publisher/editor-in-chief of...
What's behind boom in cancer centers across U.S.? Answer: 'silver tsunami' and moneyA cancer center building boom is spreading across the country, according to a story this week in the Washington Post by Brady Dennis.The piece reports the American Cancer Society as...
N.Y. lawyers argue for easing legislation and regulations that stifle malpractice suitsMalpractice suits are something hospital execs and physicians prefer no one talk about, especially in public.But two attorneys took to the op-ed page of The New York Times this week...
Risk of recurrence is debated because of less costly radiation therapy that's easier to takeShould a breast cancer patient opt for radiation that costs less and is more convenient when it might double or triple the small risk of recurrence?That's what's currently...
Huffington Post exposé looks at possibility that DuPont corp. actually poisoned the planetAlmost everyone agrees that environmental toxins contribute to the fact that 250,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year.And that those environmental...
Women with D.C.I.S. must weigh breast cancer surgeries against doing nothing at allKaren JaggarWomen who get a lumpectomy or a mastectomy after developing ductal carcinoma in situ, or D.C.I.S., an early form of breast cancer, don't necessarily increase their chances...
Actress Shannen Doherty battling breast cancer — and ex-managers, for it spreadingShannen DohertyShannen Doherty, who gained fame by starring in TV's "Beverly Hills, 90210" but even more from fighting with her co-stars, is now fighting again.This time it may be for...
Infection forces longtime Food Network star to undergo new breast surgery in New YorkSpirited Sandra Lee in hospital.Sandra Lee, Food Network star for more than a decade, has undergone a new surgery following complications from her recent double mastectomy.News and...
My Copperfield's Books talk in San Rafael is at 7 tonight — please be there to support meWoody Weingarten and Nancy Fox, with theirgranddaughter in Copperfield's children's section.Tonight's the night.At 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, I'll find out if I can just as easily...
Save the date — for free talk at Copperfield's Books in San Rafael — and help me save faceSilver-haired Woody Weingarten.I don't embarrass easily but I can on rare occasion get rather red-faced.Especially, I imagine, if I'd throw a party and no one came.Ergo, I'm...