http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington elizabethwhittington Blog en-us Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:03:44 -0600 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:07:00 -0600 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss moderator@curetoday.com (moderator) moderator@curetoday.com (moderator) moderator@curetoday.com http://www.curetoday.com/assets/images/placeholder.gif http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington no http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington/2010/3/12/What-were-reading--March-12-2010 Each week the staff of CURE shares some of what they've been reading the past week with our readers. Please let us know what you think and what you've been reading, too! How to Save a Life I saw "How to Save a Friend from the Brink" on CNN Health... General Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:07:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/elizabethwhittington/2010/3/12/What-were-reading--March-12-2010 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington/2010/3/10/Some-earlystage-prostate-cancers-benefit-from-hormonal-therapy At the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, held March 5-7 in San Francisco, researchers presented a study that showed men with early-stage prostate cancer can benefit from a combination of hormonal therapy and radiation therapy. Knowing that not all... Treatment Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:45:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/elizabethwhittington/2010/3/10/Some-earlystage-prostate-cancers-benefit-from-hormonal-therapy http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington/2010/3/5/What-were-reading--March-5-2010 Each week the staff of CURE shares some of what they've been reading the past week with our readers. Please let us know what you think and what you've been reading, too! Infection A story in The New York Times (Rising Threat of Infections Unfaze... General Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:52:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/elizabethwhittington/2010/3/5/What-were-reading--March-5-2010 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington/2010/3/5/New-drug-extends-survival-in-advanced-chemoresistant-prostate-cancer Results announced at the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium this week show impressive gains in prostate cancer, especially those with metastatic cancer and few treatment options. For men with chemotherapy-resistant advanced prostate cancer, hope may be... Treatment Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:51:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/elizabethwhittington/2010/3/5/New-drug-extends-survival-in-advanced-chemoresistant-prostate-cancer http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington/2010/2/26/A-nagging-wife Fertility The first woman to give birth to a second baby after ovarian tissue transplant was featured in an Associated Press article I saw in the Washington Post: "Woman 1st giving birth twice with ovary transplant." Before receiving chemotherapy fo... General Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:59:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/elizabethwhittington/2010/2/26/A-nagging-wife http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington/2010/2/23/A-nagging-wife I'm a nagging wife. After a year of telling my husband he needs to see a dermatologist to get a few moles looked at, he finally relented. I'm sure he thought I was just being overly cautious and a little paranoid. Granted, every three months, I wonde... General Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:22:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/elizabethwhittington/2010/2/23/A-nagging-wife http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington/2010/2/19/What-were-reading--February-19-2010 Roger Ebert & Thyroid Cancer This week, Esquire featured a powerful glimpse into the life of film critic Roger Ebert written eloquently by Chris Jones (Roger Ebert: The Essential Man). Diagnosed with thyroid cancer, Ebert has endured multiple surger... General Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:38:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/elizabethwhittington/2010/2/19/What-were-reading--February-19-2010 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington/2010/2/15/Congratulations-Drew-Brees Drew Brees, quarterback of the New Orleans Saints, has more than just a Superbowl ring to be proud of. Brees, who led the Saints to their first Superbowl win, also secured a $100,000 grant for the city's Patrick F. Taylor Hope Lodge, a place for ... General Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:25:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/elizabethwhittington/2010/2/15/Congratulations-Drew-Brees http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington/2010/2/12/What-were-reading--February-12-2010 Each week the staff of CURE shares some of what they've been reading the past week with our readers. Please let us know what you think and what you've been reading, too! Cancer Research The New York Times book review on "The Immortal Life of Hen... General Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:54:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/elizabethwhittington/2010/2/12/What-were-reading--February-12-2010 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington/2010/2/2/New-breast-cancer-combination-approved Although Tykerb has already been approved for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer, most patients must wait until they progress on other therapies before they are offered the targeted agent. But late Friday, the Food and Drug Administration granted... Treatment Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:35:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/elizabethwhittington/2010/2/2/New-breast-cancer-combination-approved http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington/2010/1/29/What-were-reading--January-29-2009 Each week the staff of CURE shares some of what they've been reading the past week with our readers. Please let us know what you think and what you've been reading, too! Radiation Therapy This series in The New York Times addresses mistakes made ... General Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:34:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/elizabethwhittington/2010/1/29/What-were-reading--January-29-2009 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington/2009/12/16/Befriend-your-body-after-cancer Yoga Bear, a national non-profit organization that provides free yoga services to cancer patients and survivors, is sponsoring an essay contest "Befriending Your Body." On its site, Yoga Bear explains that survivors may feel cancer has taken away ... Exercise Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:17:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/elizabethwhittington/2009/12/16/Befriend-your-body-after-cancer http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington/2009/11/10/Season-for-rare-lymphomas-new-drug-approved-for-CTCL This must be the season for drug approvals for rare lymphomas--an early Christmas gift to many patients suffering from a rare blood cancer. Folotyn (pralatrexate), which was approved in September for peripheral T-cell lymphoma came less than one ... Treatment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:11:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/elizabethwhittington/2009/11/10/Season-for-rare-lymphomas-new-drug-approved-for-CTCL http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington/2009/11/4/Patients-want-honesty-compassion-from-their-doctor Not exactly news to cancer patients, but results released today found that what patients want most out of their oncologist is honesty and compassion. The study results were released at the annual meeting of ASTRO (American Society for Radiation On... General Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:41:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/elizabethwhittington/2009/11/4/Patients-want-honesty-compassion-from-their-doctor http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//elizabethwhittington/2009/10/21/New-smart-phone-application-tracks-cancer-meds-and-side-effects We do it when we drive, when we're at work, when we're suppose to be listening to something important ... I'm sure we do it when we're getting chemo or waiting for the oncologist--talking on the phone, texting, using those many smart phone apps that ... General Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:44:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/elizabethwhittington/2009/10/21/New-smart-phone-application-tracks-cancer-meds-and-side-effects