http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//kathylatour kathylatour Blog en-us Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:14:31 -0600 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:37:00 -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//kathylatour no http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//kathylatour/2012/2/3/For-the-Cure-to-a-broken-heart First a recap. For the past four days we have been bombarded with information about the decision by Susan G. Komen for the Cure to remove funding from 18 Planned Parenthood sites, using the reasoning that they don't fund any organization under inves... News Breast cancer Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:37:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2012/2/3/For-the-Cure-to-a-broken-heart http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//kathylatour/2011/12/20/Living-with-cancer Suzanne Lindley was diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer 13 years ago at age 31. Since then she has become an ardent advocate for others living with cancer. She also writes about her life for CURE on occasion. This is one of those occasions. I w... General Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:28:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2011/12/20/Living-with-cancer http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//kathylatour/2011/12/14/Cancer-and-Christmas I remember well my first Christmas after hearing the words "you have cancer." It's been 25 years, but there are certain things that stay with you. I was diagnosed in October when my daughter Kirtley was only 13 months old. I was in the middle of Che... General Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:35:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2011/12/14/Cancer-and-Christmas http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//kathylatour/2011/11/30/Understanding-the-new-affordable-health-care-act A new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that the country is still confused by what the new Affordable Health Care Act does and does not offer. According to the Kaiser poll, 6 in 10 Americans view favorably the provision that requires i... General Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:29:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2011/11/30/Understanding-the-new-affordable-health-care-act http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//kathylatour/2011/11/28/The-Emperor-of-All-Maladies-A-Biography-of-Cancer If you or anyone you love has had cancer, you must read The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, PhD, an oncologist and assistant professor at Columbia University. What sounds like it could be the most boring book this year by its tit... Reviews Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:31:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2011/11/28/The-Emperor-of-All-Maladies-A-Biography-of-Cancer http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//kathylatour/2011/11/28/The-environment-and-cancer Cancer results from a complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors. However, only 5 percent to 10 percent of cancers are hereditary , meaning that a person was born with a gene that makes him or her more likely to develop cancer. Therefor... General Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:11:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2011/11/28/The-environment-and-cancer http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//kathylatour/2011/11/21/Pink-power-moms-unite This weekend I was surrounded by 40 powerful women, all mothers, all breast cancer survivors. We gathered in Atlanta, the home base of Kids II,a Georgia-based company that makes infant toys and educational products. Since 2007, Kids II has identified... Breast cancer Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:15:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2011/11/21/Pink-power-moms-unite http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//kathylatour/2011/11/14/Who-walks-for-you The playground of the Scottsdale, Arizona, elementary school was covered with bodies on Saturday as the 1,400 walkers in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure sprawled on the grass checking blisters and changing socks. The lunch break on the second ... Survivorship Mon, 14 Nov 2011 09:59:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2011/11/14/Who-walks-for-you http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//kathylatour/2011/10/23/Cardiac-issues-and-Avastin One of the issues for cancer survivors is the long-term and late effects of treatment-- from both radiation and the drugs used. For example, we have known for a long time that doxorubicin (Adriamycin) has cardio toxicity issues, and those who receiv... Survivorship Sun, 23 Oct 2011 08:27:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2011/10/23/Cardiac-issues-and-Avastin http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//kathylatour/2011/10/20/Surviving-Cancer The room I am sitting in is filled with oncologists and nurses and cancer administrators from some of the country's largest - and smallest - cancer centers. They have gathered here in Boston as part of the LIVESTRONG Survivorship Leadership Training ... Survivorship Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:49:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2011/10/20/Surviving-Cancer http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//kathylatour/2011/10/13/Post-traumatic-stress-disorder-in-cancer-patients Is anyone surprised that a new study shows 40 percent of cancer patients have symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. The study says one in 10 patients said they avoided thinking about their cancer, and 1 in 20 said they steered clear of situatio... Survivorship Featured Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:23:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2011/10/13/Post-traumatic-stress-disorder-in-cancer-patients http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//kathylatour/2011/10/5/25-years-of-survivorship It's 25 years ago this week that I was diagnosed with breast cancer. When I try to get my brain around what that means, what I come up with is that this life, as I know it, started 25 years ago. I sometimes wonder who I would have been had I not ... Survivorship Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:08:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2011/10/5/25-years-of-survivorship http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//kathylatour/2011/9/27/The-great-equalizer It seems like every time I open the paper or turn on the television (or computer), I learn of another cancer diagnosis or death or impending death of a well-known individual. With 1,500 Americans dying a day from this disease, it shouldn't surpri... Featured General Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:03:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2011/9/27/The-great-equalizer http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//kathylatour/2011/9/22/Mindfulness-and-cancer I have never understood why every cancer center in the country doesn't have a program on mindfulness meditation. Let's look at the science here. Mindfulness meditation reduces stress, which Barbara Anderson's research says reduces recurrence. Stu... General Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:37:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2011/9/22/Mindfulness-and-cancer http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex//kathylatour/2011/9/12/Who-is-in-charge It's been 25 years, and I still see my oncologist once a year. Is this too long? Should I keep seeing him until I die? (We explore this topic more in "Coordinating Care After Cancer.") When you have had cancer you begin to understand that not all ... Survivorship Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:12:00 -0600 http://www.curetoday.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/blog.showIndex/kathylatour/2011/9/12/Who-is-in-charge