Oncology

'I Like My Skin Thin, Thank You'

Lisa Guest | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Research, Medical Centers, Oncology, Waiting Rooms, Choice, Stress, Emotional Processing, Emotions, Self Esteem, Traditions, Urgent Care, Chemotherapy, Disease, Blood Tests, Analysis, Health Insurance, Red Tape, Doctors, Cancer, Second Opinions, Anxiety, Pixar, Power Port Flushes, Women News
Lisa Guest

I've been told I over-analyze things too much. I've been told I'm too sensitive about little things. I've been told I should grow a thicker skin. I like my skin thin.

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Ruth Lavigne on Becoming a Doctor at Age 45

BJ Gallagher | Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Women, Cathy Conheim, San Diego State, University of Cincinnati, Breast Cancer, Oncology, Mesa College, Reinventing Yourself, Medical School, Late Bloomers, Reinvention, Women News
BJ Gallagher

"I want to tell my kids that they can be anything they want to be when they grow up, but how can I do that with any credibility?"

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There Is Life After Lung Cancer

jacksonville.com | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Mayo Clinic, Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Lung Cancer, Lung Cancer Awareness, Oncology, Non-Smokers With Lung Cancer, Non Smoker, Michelle Graff-Radford, Fifty News

Michelle Graff-Radford was 47 the first time she was diagnosed with lung cancer. The diagnosis stunned her. A non-smoker who taught 10 yoga and fit...

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Celebs, Nonprofits Partner For Lifetime Movie On Impact Of Breast Cancer

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Patricia Clarkson, Bob Newhart, The Breast Cancer Protection Act, Marta Kaufmann, Women's Body Image, Alicia Keyes, Oncology, Paula Wagner, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Impact Breaking News, Impact, Demi Moore, Stand Up to Cancer, Penelope Spheeris, National Breast Cancer Coalition, Brca Gene, Breast Cancer Advocacy, Rosario Dawson, Five, Breast Cancer, Jennifer Aniston, Male Breast Cancer, Kristin Hahn, Health Activism, Mastectomy, Prevent Cancer Foundation, Patty Jenkins, Noreen Fraser Foundation, LIFETIME Television, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Impact News
Marcia G. Yerman

Since 1994, Lifetime Television has been a leader in promoting awareness and activism around the issue of breast cancer. Combining advocacy work with ...

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Chemo 101: A Web Success Story

Robert Schwab | Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Small Business, Nurses, Oncology, Chemotherapy, Chemo 101, Online Business, Cancer, Pharmaceuticals, Health Care, Denver News
Robert Schwab

Kristin Gustafson started marketing even before she launched the website that keeps chemotherapy patients, nurses, doctors and caregivers abreast of the latest information available about life in the Chemo Room.

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A New Model For Cancer Care

Dr. Nalini Chilkov | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Oncology, Health Care, Alternative, Robert Zieve, Cancer, Management of Cancer, Home News
Dr. Nalini Chilkov

Healthy Medicine is the recognition that our one-size-fits-all approach to medical practice is largely ineffective if our goal is healing.

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Astoria Characters: The Dedicated Doctor

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Astoria, Bronx, Pied Piper, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, Oncology, Tom Moulton, Walkathon, Brimfield, Orchid, Montefiore Medical Center, Our Town, Sickle Cell Thalassemia Patients Network, Phalaenopsis, Hematology, Case Western Reserve University, Brendan Fay, Soda Bread, Thornton Wilder, New York News, Dominican Republic, Cat, Peanut Brittle, Krakow, Loyola University's Stritch School of Medicine, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Nancy Ruhling, Columbia University, Cleveland, Poland, St. John''s in the Village Episcopal Church, Bagels, Dignity/USA, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

Dr. Tom Moulton arrives cradling an orchid in one hand and a loaf of home-made soda bread in the other. My white phalaenopsis is wilting, so he rushed right over.

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Should Children Have A Right to Die?

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law, Progressive Values, Fathering, Children, Oncology, Washington, Raising Children, Oregon, Terminal Illness, Legislation, Civil Rights, Politics, Right to Die, Mothering, Disease, Cancer, Medicine, Health Care, Bioethics, Pope Pius XII, Assisted Suicide, Fundamental Rights, Massachusetts, Pediatrics, Euthanasia, Babies, Death, Parental Rights, Human Rights, Health, Liberalism, Hospitals, Children's Health, Thomas Aquinas, Politics News
Jacob M. Appel

Pediatric aid-in-dying is coming out of the medical closet. In an era of parental rights and child welfare, maybe we are finally ready to grant suffering minors the right to die.

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South Africa's Environment and Human Rights--the next revolution

Devra Davis, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: South Africa, Environmental Policy, Cancer Prevention, Cancer Research, Pesticides, Cancer Association of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, Asbestos, Oncology, Healthy Living News
Devra Davis, Ph.D.

The Cancer Association of South Africa--the largest nongovernmental agency in the health sector--is setting its sights on a vitally important tactic--making prevention the cure for cancer.

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Video: Treating Breast Cancer Survivors... For Many Years

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Breast Cancer, Health, Survivorship, Oncology, Breast Cancer Committee New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Anne Moore, Video, Healthy Living News
Kathy Plesser, MD

Anne Moore is an oncologist who specializes in the treatment of breast cancer, often seeing her patients for many years past their diagnosis and treatment.

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O. Carl Simonton Dies At 66: Pioneer Of Mind-Body Approach To Battling Cancer

Los Angeles Times | Valerie J. Nelson | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mind-Body Connection, Oncologist, Women's Health, Health, Oncology, Men's Health, Carl Simonton Dies, Carl Simonton, Meditation, Guided Imagery, Guided Imagery Cancer, Meditation Cancer, Mind Body Connection Cancer, Healthy Living News

Dr. O. Carl Simonton, a radiation oncologist who popularized the mind-body connection in fighting cancer and helped push the once-controversial notion...

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The Unspoken Casualties of the Iraq War

R. B. Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Camp Spearhead, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Depleted Uranium, TSGLI Injury Benefits, Iraq, Soldiers, Nuclear Weapons, SS Frank Valentin, Health, Kuwait City, U. S. Army, Dept. Of Veterans Affairs, Arlington Cemetery, Cancer, Oaf, Oncology, Oif, Politics News
R. B. Stuart

A collage hangs on the wall of the 6th floor Oncology Ward 65 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Proudly amongst the staff photo's is the former P...

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