Another great write up on The Layman’s Guide to Surviving Cancer in the 5 Towns Jewish Times. http://5tjt.com/the-laymans-guide-to-surviving-cancer/.
2014 Must Read Non-Fiction Books
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The Layman’s Guide To Surviving Cancer was picked as one of the 2014 “Must Read Non-Fiction Books.” http://www.judithdcollins.com/#!2014-must-read-non-fiction/c21q1
Why Me? Why Not Me?
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In my book, The Layman’s Guide To Surviving Cancer, I discuss an issue that touches most cancer patients at some point, either at their initial diagnosis or somewhere along the way on their road to survival: “Why me?” It’s a question that affects us on numerous levels. In an initial sense, “why me” asks why […]
Ovarian Cancer Vaccine
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Doctors at UConn Health are working on a personalized vaccine for ovarian cancer. The study, which is awaiting approval for human trials, involves “defin[ing] the fingerprint of each tumor and mak[ing] a drug … a vaccine, for that patient’s tumor based on that patient’s information.” The wheels keep rolling on toward a cure! See the […]
Sleep Disruption and Cancer
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In my book, The Layman’s Guide To Surviving Cancer, I discuss the link between sleep and cancer progression and healing (“To Sleep, Perchance to Dream (About Being Healthy),” pp. 98-102). I address in that section several studies linking insufficient or disrupted sleep patterns and abnormalities in one’s circadian clock with the development and progression of cancer, and […]
