Finding A Cure Wouldn’t Mean We’ve Defeated Cancer
WebMD wasn't a research option when Ivy Brown was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1974, so her mother looked up her 12-year-old daughter's condition the old-fashioned way, in a hardcover medical volume.
"It just said 'fatal,'" Brown explained. Having moved the family to London a month earlier, Brown's parents were still trying to liaise with her pediatrician in the U.S. "My father told me recently that he was sleeping with the phone on his stomach because of the time change," she said.
"They were as scared as you can be when you have a child who you think you might lose," Brown explained. "It was devastating for ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
When Parents Get Cancer, Children Are Often The Forgotten Victims
On the first day of spring 2007, Francesca Giessmann, 43, a marketing executive and holistic health coach from Kirkland, Washington, was rushed to the emergency room with severe stomach pain.
After running numerous tests, doctors gave her the diagnosis of stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Shocked and saddened by the news of her cancer, Giessmann's thoughts quickly turned to her son, Leo, who'd turned 3 years old the month prior.
"Leo was very young and could not fully understand what was going on," Giessmann said. "Our pediatrician suggested we try to keep everything normal. I spent a great deal of time in bed. Leo related ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scans May Spare Some Hodgkin Lymphoma Patients from Chemo
Test finds those who might respond well, may spare others treatment side effects
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Cancer Chemotherapy, Hodgkin Disease, Nuclear Scans (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - June 23, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Increase in obesity among pediatric Hodgkin Lymphoma patients may be linked to disease relapse
A new study used advanced imaging methods to evaluate obesity, and suggests a relationship between obesity and disease relapse. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 6, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
What REALLY Went Down at Stomp The Monster, the Event to Help Cancer Patients and Their Families
Stomp the Monster 5k Run and Festival 2016.
Video of some runners.
Stomp the Monster Website & Twitter.
Photo by Lisa Lewis.
You know how I love to write about events that are kid friendly? Well, that's because I'd rather write than learn how to cook.
Today's adventure was attending the Stomp the Monster 5k Run and Festival. STOMP The Monster™ provides financial and other support to cancer patients, their families, and caregivers when they need it most - during their fight with the disease. They promote a healthy lifestyle with proper diet and exercise, leading by example, and provide funding for potential advances in...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 6, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
FDA Approves New Immunotherapy Drug for Bladder Cancer
By Hope Cristol The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave accelerated approval to immunotherapy drug Tecentriq (atezolizumab) this week for advanced bladder cancer. It is the first new drug approval in 3 decades for the disease, which is expected to be diagnosed in about 77,000 people in the U.S. in 2016. Tecentriq is part of a new class of immunotherapy drugs called checkpoint inhibitors. This drug, given as an infusion, targets the PD-L1 protein, which some cancer cells use to evade the immune system. By blocking PD-L1, it helps immune cells recognize and attack cancer cells. In a clinical trial that led to the dr...
Source: American Cancer Society :: News and Features - May 20, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Bladder Cancer Source Type: news
FDA Approves Opdivo for Hard-to-Treat Hodgkin Lymphoma
By Hope Cristol Patients with hard-to-treat Hodgkin lymphoma now have a new treatment option. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted accelerated approval to Opdivo (nivolumab) for classic Hodgkin lymphoma that has returned or progressed after a specific type of stem cell transplant and post-transplant medicine. Hodgkin lymphoma is a cancer of the lymph system, which is part of the immune system. There are two main types of this disease, but “classic” Hodgkin lymphoma accounts for about 95% of all cases in developed countries. The American Cancer Society estimates about 8,500 new cases of Hodgkin lym...
Source: American Cancer Society :: News and Features - May 19, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hodgkin Disease Source Type: news
Worries Mount Over Potential Link Between Artificial Turf And Cancer
The federal government launched a new effort in February to study health concerns related to synthetic turf, as worries grow about possible cancer risks to the millions of athletes who play on artificial fields across the country. Now, a former top soccer player who helped convince the feds to investigate the issue says more than 200 athletes have reached out to her after being diagnosed with cancer. Amy Griffin, a goalkeeper for the U.S. National team that won the first women’s World Cup in 1991, has been informally tracking American soccer players with cancer since 2009, when she noticed a “stream of kids...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - April 14, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
NCCN Publishes New Patient Education Resources for Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Hodgkin Lymphoma—a Rare, Yet Curable, Cancer
New patient education resources from NCCN empower patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Hodgkin Lymphoma to work alongside their physicians to make informed decisions about their treatment.
FORT WASHINGTON, PA - To further educate people with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) and Hodgkin Lymphoma about the most effective treatment options for their disease, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) has published the NCCN Guidelines for Patients® and NCCN Quick Guide™ series... (Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network)
Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - March 3, 2016 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
New Cancer Therapy Could Give Hope To 'Incurable' Patients
A new experimental treatment has achieved what chemotherapy and bone marrow transplants have failed to do: put chronic, relapsing blood cancers into remission. What's more, it uses the body's own natural defense system to attack these cancerous growths. The treatment involves T cells, a type of immune cell that works as your body's own personal S.W.A.T. team to detect, surround, and destroy foreign invaders like bacteria or viruses. Historically, cancerous cells have grown too fast for T cells to mount an effective defense, and they can also trick T cells into thinking that they’re a healthy part of t...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 17, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
FDA to Start Testing for Glyphosate in Food
This article originally appeared on Civil Eats (Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories)
Source: TIME.com: Top Science and Health Stories - February 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carey Gillam / CivilEats.com Tags: Uncategorized Cancer FDA Food glyphosate health Nutrition Pesticide public health Roundup Toxin toxins weed killer Source Type: news
Alzheimer's disease 'wonder drug' claims are premature
ConclusionThe number of people with Alzheimer's disease is increasing as the global population ages. Researchers have estimated 44 million people currently have the condition, and this number will grow to more than 135 million by 2050. It's believed the condition is caused at least in part by the accumulation of toxic aggregates of beta-amyloid protein pieces in the brain. Researchers hope stopping this aggregation could be a way to prevent or treat the disease, but have not yet found successful ways of doing this.This piece of research looked at nerve cells and microscopic worms genetically modified to develop beta-amyloi...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication Neurology Older people Source Type: news
The Cancer Moonshot Could Depend Most on You
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama announced that Vice President Joe Biden would lead an effort toward a "moonshot" cure for cancer. More recently, Vice President Biden met with health care leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos to build momentum for the initiative, and later will meet with agency officials and Cabinet members about how the federal government can fund more research and treatment.
This is an ambitious task, to say the least, especially for a disease whose "cure" is often regarded as synonymous with an impossible dream.
Cancer kills more than half a million Americans every y...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - February 8, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Could IVF Raise Children's Odds for Blood Cancer?
Study of in vitro fertilization shows slightly elevated risk, but experts aren't sounding alarms
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Assisted Reproductive Technology, Childhood Leukemia, Hodgkin Disease (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
