A front page story in today's Wall Street Journal, by reporter John Carreyrou (john.carreyrou@wsj.com), profiles an uninsured breast cancer patient named Shirley Loewe and her four-year ordeal with the U.S. health care system. Shirley, who had inflammatory breast cancer, a rare, aggressive form, was not diagnosed until she walked into a Texas... Read more
This morning I went to check out Newsday reporter Lauren Terrazzano's column "Life, With Cancer," to see what kind of pithy commentary she had on the Livestrong Presidential Cancer Forum. I had been reading and admiring Terrazzano's column on and off for months, as she documented her battle with lung cancer. To me,... Read more
If you haven't yet watched the Livestrong Presidential Cancer Forum, make sure to start from the very beginning, when Lance Armstrong happily points out that his team, along with MSNBC, collected "nearly 1,000 questions" for the Presidential candidates. 1,000 questions? What happened? Is anyone else surprised by how SMALL... Read more
This morning's USA Today blog, "On Politics," highlights Lance Armstrong's cancer forum for Presidential candidates - and why only six candidates are participating. The list of Democratic candidates scheduled to participate in the Livestrong Presidential Cancer Forum includes:Senator Hillary Rodham ClintonSenator John... Read more
Check out these articles on the right to use experimental drugs: In the NYT: Court Rejects the Right to Use Drugs Being Tested A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that patients with terminal illnesses do not have a constitutional right to use medicines that have not yet won regulatory approval. Court Rules Out Terminally... Read more
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