The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding telehealth for cancer care in rural areas through a new partnership with the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation. The $4.5 million grant from the foundation will kickstart a national teleoncology center to reach rural veterans battling cancer. New programs developed by the center […]
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iStock-FatCamera New research has suggested that telehealth could help patients receive the care they need and successfully treat symptoms of cancer. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, cancer patients are finding it increasingly difficult to reach face-to-face care. New research, published in Cochrane Library , has suggested that telehealth […]
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ORLANDO, Fla. — A Central Florida doctor is using technology and her own personal experience to help patients improve their overall health. Dr. Nathalie Mckenzie, a 15-year breast cancer survivor, launched an online program based on lifestyle modifications that helped her while she was battling the disease. “Patients often […]
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A patient receives chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer What we eat has a direct effect on the outcome of medical treatments such as chemotherapy thanks to the interplay between our diets and the microbes in our gut, new research from the University of Virginia has found. Common elements of […]
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Studies show that men often isolate themselves when diagnosed with cancer – which can have severe impacts on mental health and outcomes. Trevor Maxwell is hoping to address this by creating an online community to bring male cancer patients and survivors together. Trevor has been living with stage 4 […]
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Breast cancer patient Jan Schneekloth tries out the scalp cooling cap. (ABC North West: Krystal Gordon) An outback Queensland cancer patient has raised tens of thousands of dollars for a machine that helps save the hair of people undergoing chemotherapy — despite not being able to use it herself. […]
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As the UK resigned itself to life under lockdown, Alyson Gibbons felt her world was falling apart. Two weeks earlier, doctors had told her that her breast cancer had returned and was no longer curable. “The little ray of hope was squashed, and it hit me hard,” she says. […]
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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Breast cancer survivors in romantic relationships who feel happy and satisfied with their partners may be at lower risk for a host of health problems, new research suggests. The findings suggest that the relationship itself wasn’t the cure-all, however. Women who were satisfied in their […]
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You may not know (I didn’t) that the first Sunday in June is National Cancer Survivors Day. It’s a day to “honor cancer survivors and to show the world that life after a cancer diagnosis can be fruitful, rewarding, and even inspiring,” according to the National Cancer Survivors Day […]
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Eyleen O’Rourke, UVA assistant professor of biology, says that by modulating the microbes that live in our gut, there is enormous potential to improve treatment outcomes. Credit: Dan Addison, University Communications What we eat can affect the outcome of chemotherapy—and likely many other medical treatments—because of ripple effects that […]
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