My healthcare motto as of late is quit bitching and start thinking.  Yes, the health care system sucks and we need to vent about it big time.  But, we also need to learn how the system and its players work so we can use them to our advantage.  We cannot do this if we think patients are never to...

Jonathan Chamberlain’s website, Fighting Cancer, is a valuable resource for anyone whose life is affected by cancer. There are many cures for cancer and fortunately there are also many strategies that have a very good chance of stopping cancer in its tracks within weeks. Jonathan Chamberlain’s wife,...

It’s not the nitty-gritty details of how one is diagnosed or what treatments people are taking that interest Kairol Rosenthal as much as what people do with our lives after the big cancer bomb is dropped in their laps. Kairol Rosenthal is the author of the book, Everything Changes: The Insider’s...

There have been a couple requests for the meaning behind Waeger Will Win and the green bracelets. I had to do a little research, so if I don’t get it exactly right, it’s close enough! So, with a little help from Serge & Joe… “Waeger Will Win is pretty much a phrase coined...

June 25, 2009 — Former “Charlie’s Angel” Farrah Fawcett died today at age 62 after a long struggle with anal cancer, her spokesman told media organizations. Fawcett, 62, was diagnosed with anal cancer in 2006. Farrah Fawcett’s movie and TV roles after Charlie’s Angels...

The Pet Cancer Foundation is an independent, non-profit effort established to provide dog and cat owners with a resource for learning about their pet’s cancer. Here owners can receive a free consultation with a cancer specialist and become informed of the available treatment options in partnership...

I’ve had to live with jobs that were way off my career path just to pay my health insurance.  Heidi Adams, executive director of Planet Cancer, is going to be asking President Obama about this very issue on ABC Primetime tonight live at 10 PM EST.  The program is called “Questions for...

On  SATC when Samantha was diagnosed with breast cancer and faced losing her hair she went wig shopping. As she sat in the chair trying on a few wigs, disliking most of them, she told the wig guy “my hair is my thing”  And isn’t that so true.  I know it was for me. I had a harder...

When I interviewed Rick Gribenas for my book Everything Changes, his honesty blew me away.  That same kind of honesty lives on in Charissa, his wife who is now widowed.  She is the founder of BRICKS for Young Adults. Yep, that’s her pic above.  I hope this is the first of many guest posts...

(CBS) The majority of women diagnosed with breast cancer don’t have known risk factors, such as family history. Dr. Emily Senay Says There Are Steps Women Can Take To Reduce Risk In the third and final part of The Early Show’s series on breast cancer awareness, health correspondent Dr. Emily...