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Be sure to get a cancer awareness badge and post it to your blog today.  What’s a cancer awareness badge? It’s a virtual manifestation of the cancer awareness wrist band — the bloggers way of demonstrating affinity for the cause. They’re available in multiple colors based on the cancer site and/or cause (pink for breast cancer awareness, purple for Relay ...

I’ve been over reading the posts at Blog For Hope, and I just have to  comment from the perspective of someone who’s been in the cancer field for more than 30 years. When I  saw the display of public figures who are participating in the blog and who are sharing how cancer has touched them, my jaw about dropped to ...

The NY Times seems to be on a roll with health care stories. This morning they have an article about what often happens when people make the transformation from citizen to patient upon entering a hospital. Even in well-run, well-intentioned hospitals the experience can be dehumanizing. This is not a new phenomenon by any means. But it can be an ...

This morning’s NY Times has a fascinating article about the difficulties people with serious illnesses are having with the overwhelming amount of information that is available to them and about how uncomfortable they are making the choices they often face as "autonomous" decision makers. The article starts with the experience of a woman with ovarian cancer. When given differing suggestions ...