If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!What Does What You Eat Have to Do with Cancer? David Servan-Schreiber, a medical doctor and Ph.D, was found to have a brain tumor while he was doing research when he popped himself into an MRI machine because one of their volunteers didn’t show up. A Diet Rich in Fruits and Vegetable Fourteen years later, he wrote a book about his experience and his conclusions for combating the recurrence of cancer, Anticancer: A New Way of Life. After two surgeries and 13 months of chemotherapy, he was convinced that, though... (Read More ...)

Does Attitude Matter In Cancer? U.S. Median Household Income Though Book Thursdays usually review classic children’s books or cancer survivor stories, this one is about a cancer survivor who wrote an essay about how to cope with the despair of a cancer diagnosis. A scientist and statistician, Stephen Jay Gould was diagnosed with abdominal mesothelioma in 1982. When Gould asked his oncologist for the scientific literature he could read about his diagnosis after surgery, the doctor said there was nothing worthwhile to read. Gould, used to deep research, set out to find out for himself. That was... (Read More ...)

The White House Is Bathed in Pink Light for Breast Cancer Awareness, October 7, 2008 Jokes. Chocolate. Prayers. What Do You Say to a Chaplain Who Gets Cancer? Here’s what you don’t say. “But, you’re a chaplain. How could this have happened?” Understanding that her profession gave her no exemption, Debra Jarvis, author of “It’s Not About the Hair, And Other Uncertainties of Life,” still wondered why she, in training for a marathon, fit, who ate well and was in a happy marriage, could get breast cancer. Risk Factors The American Cancer Society lays out a detailed list of risk factors.... (Read More ...)

Today, we have a guest blogger, David Haas. He is a hospital family coordinator who decided to start assembling cancer information after seeing many of his friends lost to cancer. In this blog, he focuses on the importance of a community of support. By David Haas, Guest Blogger: Talking About Cancer: Knowledge, Friendship, And Support Early Is the Watchword Cancer Poster Organizations like the American Cancer Society have several programs and services to help cancer patients understand their illness, manage their treatment, and get assistance. These resources make it a little easier for patients... (Read More ...)

Seeds. Radioactive. Professor. What Can a Cancer Patient Learn from Tolstoy? Side Effects of Prostate Cancer It is perhaps no surprise that an English professor, Stewart Justman, would turn to literature to find answers when he is diagnosed with prostate cancer. Not medical answers, of course. He listens to his doctors, does his research, and ultimately agrees to the recommended radiation seeds, brachytherapy. He met with his doctor, after a biopsy, to discuss a course of treatment, on September 12, 2001. But, for the larger question of how he reconciles the fact that he feels and looks healthy... (Read More ...)