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Surviving Cancer: Today Is My Cancerversary

parenting.com | Erin Zammet Ruddy | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Leukemia, Inspiration, Health, Chemotherapy, Cancer Survivors, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Backetball, Wellness, Chemo, Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia, Living News

I may never be cured, but eight years later, I am still here. And I am a wife, a mother, a pregnant lady and (pretty much) cancer free. I could never ...

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Relief Comes To Family's Medical Debt Only After Mother's Death

Huffington Post | Tam Vo | Posted 10.27.2009 | Impact

Read More: Health Insurance, Debt, Medical Bills, Poverty, Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Healthcare, Impact News

"We didn't have enough money to cremate her," Bob Wessenberg of Coppell, Texas, recalls, after being faced with his wife's catastrophic illness and th...

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The Paradoxical Emotions Of A Fatal Diagnosis

Lee Lipsenthal, M.D. | Posted 10.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Chemotherapy, Health, Death and Dying, Doctors, Cancer, Patients, Health Care, Funeral, Death, Living News
Lee Lipsenthal, M.D.

The first emotion that came to me, the day of my diagnosis, was a surprising sense of freedom.

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Volunteer Spotlight: Cima Kalmanson From Starlight Children's Foundation

Posted 10.19.2009 | Impact

Read More: Volunteer Spotlight, Cancer, Volunteering, Children, Chemotherapy, Volunteerism, Starlight Children's Foundation, Impact News

This article was originally published on Causecast.org. Over the last few months, Causecast has been highlighting exceptional volunteers from our netw...

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What Yoga Can Do For Breast Cancer Survivors

Lauren Cahn | Posted 10.08.2009 | Living

Read More: The Inner Life, Yoga, Living News, Herceptin, Lauren Cahn, Health, Chemotherapy, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Fitness, Yoga Chickie, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Yoga for Breast Cancer Survivors, Radiation, Happiness, Living News
Lauren Cahn

Yoga cannot guarantee breast cancer survival. But what I learned, and what I believe my students learned is that yoga can reacquaint and reconnect you with your body.

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The Health Insurance Trap

Ian Sigalow | Posted 10.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Debate, Chemotherapy, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Surviving Cancer, Seminoma, Cancer, Survival, Health Care, Living News
Ian Sigalow

A year ago, I would have said that the government shouldn't intervene in health insurance. But after a cancer diagnosis and four months of chemotherapy, I have a very different opinion. This is my story.

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Arthur Delaney

Uninsured And Sick, Student Begged For His Life

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Chemotherapy, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Bearing Witness 2.0, Cancer, Bearing Witness, Health Care, Health Insurance Reform, Down Not Out, Business News

Freddie Effinger started feeling what he called a "bizarre pain" in his upper thigh during the summer of 2007, just before his third year at the Unive...

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Michael Steele: Meet Amanda Duzak

Dave Zirin | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Howard University, Michael Steele, Townhall Meetings, Healthcare, RNC Chair Michael Steele, Chemotherapy, Towson University, Prescription Drugs, Cancer, Health Care, Michael Steele Howard University, Amanda Duzak, Politics News
Dave Zirin

At a student dialogue Tuesday, recent grad Amanda Duzak told Steele that her mother was unable to afford medication, and died recently of cancer. Steele turned his back on her, and the crowd applauded.

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Art with a Heart

Darryle Pollack | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: No Health Insurance, Artists, Breast Cancer, Public Health Insurance Plan, Artwork, Breast-Cancer-Chemotherapy, Health Insurance, Cancer Patients, Chemotherapy, Breast Cancer Patients, Medical Costs, Cancer, Breast Cancer Treatment, Cancer-Cure, Living News
Darryle Pollack

The Hearts for Anna online fundraiser offers a chance to help Anna beat her cancer and get a beautiful piece of art in return.

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Video: The Opportunity for Prevention -- What Works and What's on the Horizon

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Breast Reconstruction, Breast Cancer, Hormone Therapy, Chemotherapy, Living News
Kathy Plesser, MD

All women can reduce the risk of developing breast cancer by decreasing the intake of alcohol, avoiding obesity and with exercise starting at an early age.

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Donna Karan's Urban Zen Offers Integrative Therapy To Cancer Patients And Their Families

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Donna-Karan, Living News, Acupuncture, Chemotherapy, Health, Service, Meditation, Aromatherapy, Integrative Medicine, Beth Israel, Cancer, Wellness, Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald, Living News
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald

When one thinks of the medical oncology unit at a major hospital, the inhalation of uplifting aromas, a feeling of sanctuary, opportunities for center...

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Daniel Hauser: Police look for mom, son who fled to avoid chemo

AP | AMY FORLITI and PATRICK CONDON | Posted 06.20.2009 | Home

Read More: Cancer, Mom and Chemo Son, Daniel Hauser, Colleen Hause, Chemotherapy, Boy Who Escaped Chemo, Health, Home News

SLEEPY EYE, Minn. — A courtroom clash between medicine and faith took a criminal turn, with police around the country on the lookout Wednesday f...

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Arrest Ordered For Colleen Hauser, Mom Of Boy Resisting Chemo

AP | AMY FORLITI | Posted 06.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Colleen Hauser, Daniel Hauser, Chemotherapy, Chemo, Home News

NEW ULM, Minn. — Authorities sought to arrest the mother of a 13-year-old boy with cancer who refuses chemotherapy after she fled with her son a...

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Why I Take Animal-Tested Drugs

Simon Chaitowitz | Posted 04.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Animal-Tested Drugs, Usda, Drugs, Animal-Testing, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Animals, Aspirin, Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Vioxx, Living News
Simon Chaitowitz

Throughout the past six years, I have felt terribly guilty about the drugs and procedures I've undergone because I know that so many animals have suffered in their development.

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Leukemia: A Soldiers Souvenir From the Burn Pits of Iraq

R. B. Stuart | Posted 03.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Journalists, Doctor, Troops, Colon Cancer, Lt. Col. James R. Elliott, Burn Pit, Cbs, Tb, Lt. Col. Darrin L. Curtis, Ed Bradley, Veterans, Dod, Embedded, Lung Cancer, Scholfield Barracks Hawaii, Leukemia, Military, Army, Peter Jennings, Chemotherapy, Cancer, Abc, Ted Kopple, Duke University Hospital, Depleted Uranium, Leroy Sievers, US Air Force, Soldiers, Balad Air Base Iraq, Fort Bragg NC, Aml, SSG. Steven G. Ochs, Baghdad, Afghanistan, Long Beach California, Dav, Carcinogen, Paratrooper, Anaconda, Health, Living News
R. B. Stuart

Although SSG. Steven Ochs seemed impenetrable, he could not sidestep the invisible weapon that would course through his bloodstream five months after his third tour ended.

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Don't Risk Going Unvaccinated

Paul A. Offit, MD | Posted 02.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Sickness, Measles, World, Children, Multiple Sclerosis, United States, Dehydration, Death, Vaccines, Polio, Us Measles Cases Rising, Pneumonia, Chemotherapy, Us Measles Cases, Health, Disease, Romania, Asthma, Autism, Epidemic, Vaccine, Cancer, Autism Vaccines, Diabetes, Children's Health, Allergies, Living News
Paul A. Offit, MD

If parents choose not to vaccinate their children, not only do they put their own children at risk, they put others at risk as well.

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Fit For Duty: Proceed With Caution - Part II

R. B. Stuart | Posted 02.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Soldiers, Chemotherapy, Iraq, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Cancer, Chaplain, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Depleted Uranium, Health, Politics News
R. B. Stuart

My sister's cancer brought a roulette of abandonment and fears. The chemo compounded it by stripping away not only the cancer cells, but every living cell and organism that made up who she was.

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"Sister Soldier: A Chronicle of Life After Iraq" - Part I

R. B. Stuart | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: 101st Airborne, Germany, Soldiers, Military, Tumor, Chemotherapy, Iraq, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Depleted Uranium, Cancer, Chaplain, Mosul, Politics News
R. B. Stuart

My sister Fran's cancer appeared at the beginning of January. She felt tired, bloated, and had an unusual feeling of fullness, and immediately thought her term in Iraq was the culprit.

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What's Worse than Chemo? A Common Toxin that Renders It Less Effective

Frances Beinecke | Posted 01.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Estrogen, Baby Bottles, Breast Cancer, Health, Chemotherapy, Plastic Bottles, Bpa, Endocrine Disruptor, Breast Cancer Treatment, Bispheno-A, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Going through the insult of chemotherapy is bad enough. But discovering that it could be undermined by a hazard the FDA refuses to regulate makes it worse.

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Newsflash: Breast Cancer Sucks, and You Can Die From It

Lauren Cahn | Posted 10.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Her2neu Support, Young Survival Coaltion, Brca Gene, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, iVillage Breast Cancer Support Board, Chemo, Christina Applegate, Brca, Cancer Vixen, Breast Cancer, Herceptin, Health, Mastectomy, Chemotherapy, Brca2, Brca1, Genentech, Living News
Lauren Cahn

Maybe a reality check isn't something you want when you're being bombarded with "Breast Cancer Awareness" messages. After all, that would be kind of scary.

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Can Fasting Ease or Eliminate Chemotherapy's Side Effects?

Paul Raeburn | Posted 10.13.2008 | Living

Read More: Cancer, Calorie Restriction, Nausea, Longevity, Fasting, Chemotherapy, Animal Testing, Health, Living, Living News
Paul Raeburn

Researchers theorize that when cells are starved they toughen up, becoming more resistant to stress -- including the stress of chemotherapy.

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Advice For Christina Applegate: Fight the Good Fight, then Take Savasana

Lauren Cahn | Posted 09.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, Hot Yoga, Chemo, Radiation, Happiness, Christina Applegate, Vinyasa, Herceptin, Living News
Lauren Cahn

In my own experience as a 36 year-old breast cancer patient and now six-year survivor, yoga was the means by which I began the process of re-connecting with my body.

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From Cancer To Yoga: 10 Year Nap, My Ass!

Lauren Cahn | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Rabbit Pose, Natarajasana, Ashtanga, 10-Year Nap, Law Firm" "Hogan & Hartson, Inner Life, Chemo, Jivamukti, Camel Pose, Ustrasana, Naval Gazing, Breast Cancer, Meg Wolitzer, Dancer Pose, Chemotherapy, Sarvangasana, Living, Disability, Ten-Year Nap, Yoga Chickie, Bikram, The Inner Life, Living News
Lauren Cahn

Yesterday, my mom called to tell me about this book she was reading: The Ten-Year Nap, by Meg Wolitzer. Since these days, most of my reading is done ...

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GMA's Roberts To Begin Chemotherapy

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

Read More: Chemotherapy, Breast Cancer, Robin Roberts, Good Morning America, Media News

Robin Roberts, who had surgery last month for breast cancer, was to begin chemotherapy Thursday. Roberts, co-host of ABC's "Good Morning America," wh...

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