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Women and Lung Cancer

Mitt Romney Didn't Kill Joe Soptic's Wife -- We All Did

Rob Densen | Posted 10.15.2012 | Impact
Read More: Cancer, Lung Cancer, Women's Health, Mitt Romney, Congress, Chronic Conditions, Joe Soptic, Women and Lung Cancer, Cancer Research, Impact News
Rob Densen

Joe, we're sorry for your loss. But we're sorrier still that your story has been used to further obscure the fact that we are all complicit in the ongoing human tragedy of lung cancer.

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Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson

Donna Summer's Death Highlights Risk Of Lung Cancer For Blacks

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 06.01.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Lung Cancer, Women and Lung Cancer, Lung Cancer Deaths, Bv-Life, Donna Summer Dead, Donna Summer Dies, Donna Summer Cancer, RIP Donna Summer, Donna Summer Lung Cancer, Donna Summer, Black Voices News

It's estimated that some 88,000 men and 70,000 women die from lung cancer each year, and for African Americans like disco legend Donna Summer, who rep...

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The Power of Pretty, the Power of Hope: When Feeling Beautiful Matters Most

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 12.17.2011 | Women
Read More: Women, Women and Lung Cancer, Healthy Living, Avon Breast Cancer Walk, American Cancer Society, Life After 50, Susan-Komen, The Best of Everything After 50, Barbara Hannah Grufferman, Laura Geller, Cancer Survivors, Barbara Grufferman, Women Over 50, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Survivor, City of Hope, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Women News
Barbara Hannah Grufferman

As more Americans survive cancer, and live longer, organizations -- and individuals -- are grappling with how to help them transition out of the "patient" stage and into a new life as a survivor who feels good, looks good, and has hope for her future.

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Lung Cancer Kills, So Does Indifference

Rob Densen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Health News, Lung Cancer, Diane Feinstein, Cancer Prevention, Lung Cancer Mortality Reduction Act, Sam Brownback, Women, Women and Lung Cancer, Advocacy, Cancer, Impact News
Rob Densen

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Somebody ought to tell Congress. Maybe you.

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Women Smokers Just Starting To Suffer

New York Times | DENISE GRADY | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Women Smokers, Women and Lung Cancer, Women's Healthcare, Women and Cancer, Women's Health, Women and Smoking, Healthy Living News

"Women started smoking in what I call the Virginia Slims era, when they started sponsoring sporting events," said Dr. Barry J. Make, a lung specialist...

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