Tearing Down the Wall, Brick-by-Brick News from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of a breakthrough in cancer screening inspires hope that the once insurmountable wall of a cancer diagnosis is being steadily dismantled by the finest minds in biomedical research. NCI, part of the National Institutes of Health, announced on June 11, 2020 that its "scientists have developed a new

Caregiving from a Distance Not every caregiver lives in the same zip code or state as their aging parent, sick sibling or friend in fragile health. Distance caregivers live about 100 miles from the person for whom they're caring. The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) estimates that 13% of Americans provide long distance care for a loved one. Distance caregivers

The Language of Cancer In his blog, at The Oncologist, Dr. Don Dizon invites us into his conversation with patient empowerment advocate Stacy Tinianov. Through meaningful dialogue with Stacy, an early-stage breast cancer survivor, Dr. Dizon seeks to "evolve as a clinician, and as a communicator." His goal with these conversations is to "collectively transform the system to meet the

Caregiver Spotlight: Working Daughters Liz O'Donnell's feelings of being unprepared and overwhelmed when caring for her father following his Alzheimer's diagnosis while simultaneously supporting her mother through a battle with ovarian cancer has transformed her into a resource for caregivers that look a lot like her: working daughters. Her podcast, titled Working Daughter, is geared toward those she identifies as

Turns Out "Chemo Brain" IS for Real "Chemo brain" -- that foggy feeling many patients with cancer describe seems to be related to a variety of factors, not necessarily only to chemotherapy, according to physicians and researchers that contributed to an article for Healio's HemOncToday. Those factors include inflammation associated with cancer itself, treatment-induced anemia, stem cell transplant side effects

Research Survey: Impact of COVID-19 on Rare Disease Community The biomedical research enterprise is in overdrive right now. Experts in laboratories coast-to-coast are vigilantly examining the inner workings and characteristics of the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19. This includes a new online survey supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that explores how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting individuals with