At one point having a car made sense. I live in the boondocks as compared to some of my friends, and I have a child. With gas prices through the roof and summer road tripping a far of dream I'm not sure I should own a car. This is New York after all, the home [...]
I have been very negligent in not writing about my experience at the American Association of Cancer Researchers (AACR) annual meeting that I attended last month. I found that there was so much information, experiences and emotions that I came away feeling very awed and somewhat over whelmed by the experience. I am still [...]
One of the options for treatment your oncologist may recommend is for you to participate in a clinical trial. Clinical trials are carefully designed research studies that answer specific questions regarding the effectiveness and safety of new drugs, combinations of drugs, treatments, surgical techniques, or medical devices. Human volunteers with specific health conditions are studied [...]
From a unknown source: "Watch out! You nearly broad sided that car!" My father yelled at me. "Can't you do anything right?" Those words hurt worse than blows. I turned my head toward the elderly man in the seat beside me, daring me to challenge him. A lump rose in my throat as I averted [...]
Susan G. Komen for the Cure CEO Hala Moddelmog testified before a special hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on the need for comprehensive legislation to address the nation's cancer crisis. Along with Moddeling at the committee meeting was Elizabeth Edwards and Lance Armstrong. Moddeling, in her testimony, emphasized the [...]