Julia Louis-Dreyfus Raises Discussion-Worthy Points In Her Breast Cancer Update
Her disclosure reflects on the positive impact of awareness, the unfortunate frequency of breast cancer, and benefits of having medical insurance.
writer, health care advocate, physician
Her disclosure reflects on the positive impact of awareness, the unfortunate frequency of breast cancer, and benefits of having medical insurance.
Language can be a powerful tool in medicine. As with physical remedies, there are potential harms and risks to consider, but potential upsides, too.
The question for the new year is not if there’s reason to exercise, or to modify your habits, but if you want to do so.
I’m speaking to people of all communities, he said. With “cancer there’s no prejudice. There’s no age limit. It can happen to anybody.”
Earvin “Magic” Johnson, the basketball legend, announced on November 7, 1991 that he had tested positive for HIV.
Their on-air chat cannot be summarized by “It’s all good. Just do it!” Rather, it’s about the value of men speaking and asking questions of their doctors.
Today, Walter White might not be doomed by his lung cancer. The harder problem is how to pay for his care.
Blankfein meets all three requisites for a positive outcome: a “curable form” of lymphoma, access and, presumably, expert-guided care.
Brain cancer is an outlier in 2015. It’s among a handful of broad tumor types including liver and pancreatic cancer that, sadly, still kill in most cases.
Ignoring non-invasive conditions like DCIS and LCIS, or telling women they’d be better off not knowing about early stage tumors, is not a smart option.
Anne Parker’s perspective on cancer care – as a family member, patient and advocate – spans over 50 years.
By telling her story, she helps break the mystery and stigma that deter honest and needed discussion about cancer-causing, inherited genetic mutations.
Lisa wasn’t quiet about life or living with a devastating condition.
Carr’s story highlights the need for improved survivorship care. As his recent autopsy disclosed, he died with an aggressive form of lung cancer and heart disease.
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, has throat cancer. Yesterday he informed shareholders and colleagues of his new diagnosis. “My condition is curable,” he wrote.
What’s great about this piece, and what’s wrong about it, is that it comes from an individual woman.
Yesterday evening Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was hospitalized for treatment and monitoring of a blood clot.
In retrospect it’s clear that we — patients and their kids, parents, lovers, nurses, doctors, physical therapists and social workers, all of us in cancerland — wanted Armstrong to win.
Singing “Rock and Roll,” on top of a piano
A broken arm, a low-stage breast cancer that’s treated and done with, a bout of pneumonia – these are things that a career can afford, an editor can handle, friends can be supportive. But when you have one thing, and then another, and then…