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Cancer and your Sex Life

Cancer affects all areas of your life – from the way you look, to the way you feel about yourself, and the way others perceive you. In the last several years, fertility after cancer has become more open, particular after Lance Armstrong shared his fertility challenges publicly.

I Lost a Friend Yesterday

Samuel S. Thatcher, M.D., Ph.D. wasn’t well-known outside of his field and if you didn’t know anything about infertility, you’d never had heard of Sam. A quiet man, with a wife, and no children, Sam’s legacy was instead the hundreds of families created through his clinic and research.

Mapping Cancer’s Genome

I will be the first to admit – I am not a science geek and sometimes, reviewing new research intimidates the heck out of me. But this – I get.

Natural Air Filters to Keep You Healthy

If you are undergoing chemotherapy this winter, your immune system is not operating at full capacity. To make sure you don’t catch every bug that comes down the pike, take extra precautions to protect yourself during the holiday hustle and bustle.

Follow all normal precautions that you should be doing anyway this time of year – avoid crowds, wash your hands carefully and frequently, do not share food, drinks or towels with anyone, if crowds can’t be avoided, wear a mask, avoid contact with children as much as possible.

New Clinical Trial for Lymphoma Patients

Ever consider participating in a clinical trial? Although there are many definitions of clinical trials, they are generally considered to be biomedical or health-related research studies in human beings that follow a pre-defined protocol.
People participating in clinical trials have access to experimental medications or devices before they become available to the general public. If you participate, you may receive careful medical attention including examinations and tests at no cost. In some cases, you may be reimbursed for your time and expenses, such as travel.

Survivor: Africa Star Zohn Reports Good News

Ethan Zohn, the oh-so-cute reality star, has been public about his battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma during the past nine months. He had a rough beginning – the early rounds of radiation and chemo failed to put him in remission, so he decided to follow it up with a high-dose radiation treatment and a stem-cell transplant.

Now that his five weeks of radiation therapy is completed, doctors did a PET scan test to see how he responded, and the news is the best they could hope for - no active cancer cells in his body! Finally – a remission for the formerly curly-haired hearththrob.

Light a Candle

Lighting a candle has long been a tradition to show hope of a loved one's healing or return as well as to memorialize a loved one who is gone.
At caring.com, you can “light” a virtual candle and create your own personalized pages on the caring website, or show the candle on your own facebook or blog pages. Not only do you raise awareness about an issue you are passionate about, you can also honor or memorialize a loved one.

Lymphoma Survivor Gene Wilder Continues Stem Cell Advocacy

Think Gene Wilder and cancer in the same sentence, we’re most likely to think of Gilda Radner, Wilder’s wife and fellow comedienne, who died from ovarian cancer.

A Day in the Life of Chemo

Anyone who has ever been through chemo knows it is not a walk in the park. In fact, how you feel from minute to minute can change significantly. In fact, one such chemo patient described a recent day on a lymphoma forum.

Minute to minute daily chemo pattern:

Survivor Winner Ethan Zohn Out of Remission

Ethan Zohn, the 2002 winner of Survivor: Africa, was diagnosed in May with stage II CD-20 positive Hodgkin's lymphoma, a rare, but treatable, form of the blood cancer. The soccer commentator, motivational speaker, and co-founder of the charity, Grassroot Soccer,