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How much should smokers be able to sue for? by Katherine B. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer A court in Florida has found in favor of 61 year old Lucinda Naugle and she was awarded $56 million in compensatory damages and $244 million in punitive damages. Ms. Naugle s ... Read on »
How much folic acid do you need? by Katherine B. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Patients with heart disease in Norway, a country with no fortification of foods with folic acid, had an associated increased risk of cancer and death from any cause if they ha ... Read on »
Breast cancer advice from U.S. Preventive Services Task Force by Katherine B. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Keep a canary between your breasts; should the canary die, contact a physician immediatelyExercise regularly so that the cancer will give up on you and go after slower, weaker ... Read on »
Women under 50 don't need mammograms by Katherine B. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer If you are a young breast cancer survivor and haven't seen this yet I want you to get a tissue before you watch this. This is powerful and should be sent to any person who th ... Read on »
New Rules for people with breasts by Katherine B. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I've been trying to write a post about the new mammogram guidelines but I can't seem to strike the tone that I think you expect from this blog. I thought if I gave myself some ... Read on »
After Cancer Housekeeping by Katherine B. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Just like everyone else this time of year gets a little crazy in our home. Between Thanksgiving, my darling daughter's 5th birthday and Christmas things get a little hairy. M ... Read on »
Never had a tan I didn't pay for by Katherine B. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I could stay in the sun all day long and I would never get a tan. That's not completely true, eventually all of the freckles might connect and make it look like a tan but that ... Read on »
PET detects if more treatment is needed after treatment for head and neck cancer by Katherine B. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer A combination of imaging tests conducted six to eight weeks after patients complete chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer may help identify patients who will respond to t ... Read on »
Price Fixing? by Katherine B. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Drug companies are increasing their prices significantly but it doesn't have anything to do with the health care reform bill right? If you believe that I've got some swamplan ... Read on »
Manslaughter charges for medication error? by Katherine B. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer A jury in Britain has returned an inquest verdict of "manslaughter by gross neglect" on a woman killed by a chemotherapy dose four times too high. Anna McKenna, 56, ... Read on »
BCRA lawsuit going forward by Katherine B. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Nothing has been decided, but a federal judge has allowed a class action lawsuit to move forward against the U.S. Patent Office and Myriad Genetics. The lawsuit argues the pa ... Read on »
To sleep perchance to dream by Katherine B. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer For some of sleep is just a dream. I used to be a good sleeper but within the past eight years I’ve had two babies, cancer and menopause and my sleep quality isn’ ... Read on »
Persistent Pain Common for Breast Cancer Survivors even 2-3 years later by Katherine B. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer Nearly 50 percent of women surveyed indicate they experience pain symptoms 2 to 3 years after breast cancer treatment, with women who were younger or who received supplemental ... Read on »
Have you heard about Movember? by Katherine B. Patient ExpertPeople's HealthBlogger Award Nominee Posted in: Blog Posts in Breast Cancer I can't remember the last time I saw my husband clean shaven, it has been years! If he wasn't already rocking the facial hair I know he'd get into Movember and you should too ... Read on »