“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.
New Taiwan study finds that music might lessen pain, fatigue, appetite problems of breast cancer patientsListening to music at home may reduce breast cancer patients' pain and fatigue.At least in the short run.That activity, according to a recent story by Carolyn...
Vaccines, screenings, treatments could severely cut deaths from cervical cancer, N.Y. Times saysCervical cancer last year killed more than 311,000 women, one every two minutes, but early detection might have prevented thousands of those deaths around the world.Such...
Younger women with advanced breast cancer can find hope in new targeted therapy, N.Y. Times says A new drug has brought new hope for younger women with advanced breast cancer.According to a recent story by by Denise Grady in The New York Times,...
Common dietary supplement might be the remedy for a rare genetic mutation that can lead to cancerAlthough a rare genetic mutation leads to cancer, a fix may already be available.According to a recent story by Gina Kolata in The New York Times, "a common dietary...
Risk factors for another cancer jump up if you've already had one kind — or if one of your kin hasIs it possible to live cancer-free?The answer is a resounding yes, at least according to a recent non-bylined article in the AARP Magazine, whose subhead reads in...
Cutting down on fat while eating more veggies and fruits might save you from dying of breast cancerEating more fruits and veggies, and less fat, can cut women's risk of dying from breast cancer, a new study says.According to a recent story by Marilynn Marchione...
Cancer dangers from obesity are growing exponentially, article in The Washington Post indicates Obesity may overtake smoking as the No. 1 preventable cause of cancer. According to a story by Laurie McKinley in The Washington Post a while back, the change is due to...
'Molecular wiring' of tumors might forecast survival or relapse, new study showsCan the so-called "internal wiring" of breast cancer predict whether you will survive or face a relapse?The answer is a definite maybe.As reported recently by the BBC News...
FDA pressure results in breast implants that cause rare cancer of the immune system being recalledAllergen is recalling its textured breast implants worldwide that have been linked to anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, a rare cancer of the immune system.The company has...
N.Y. Times article exposes major economic hardships that some cancer caregivers are facingAmerica's health system is badly flawed because it's making caregivers of patients with cancer and other diseases work much too hard to negotiate it —...