Chemo can cause diarrhea because it harms your healthy cells that line the large and small bowel. It may also speed up food moving through your bowels. Diarrhea also can be caused by infections or drugs used to treat constipation. Here are a few dos and don’ts for managing diarrhea: Do drink 8 – 10(...)
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Cancer Screening Tests Everyone Should Know
Posted by Valerie Matthews-Mehl | Issues & Perspectives, Prevention/ScreeningKimmel Cancer experts frequently say that “the best way to cure cancer is to prevent it from ever occurring.” Most experts agree that currently-available cancer screening tests have lead to a decline in cancer deaths. Moreover, they allow cancers to be detected early, making more treatment options available to patients. Let me say up front,(...)
May 4, 2011 2 comments
Communicating Cancer Messages
Posted by Vanessa Wasta | Issues & Perspectives, UncategorizedI'm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina this week attending the annual meeting of Cancer Center public affairs, marketing and development professionals. There are more than 200 of us gathering to discuss best practices in our fields, including communicating cancer messages to the media and general public. I'm giving a talk to professionals who are new(...)
Apr 28, 2011 1 comment
Twenty-One Years Ago Today
Posted by Amy Mone | Issues & Perspectives, UncategorizedI hate April 25. It’s the day my mother died of breast cancer, 21 years ago. I don’t think anyone is really ever prepared to lose a parent. I certainly wasn’t. I often think of the many milestones in my life that she missed. Much has changed since then, particularly in the field of cancer(...)
Apr 25, 2011 1 comment
Caring for the Caregiver
Posted by Elissa Bantug | caregiving, Issues & Perspectives, SurvivorshipSpeaking at a breast cancer caregiver support group recently, I listened closely as they joked with one another about remaining in the “doghouse“ during the entirety of their wife or girlfriends’ oncology treatments and for several months once active care completed. Although they were laughing and seemed to be taking it in stride, I could not(...)
Apr 18, 2011 No comments
Kimmel Quotables
Posted by Michelle Potter | Issues & Perspectives, UncategorizedWho are the heroes in your life? The Daily Record chose Laurie Bryant, R.N. as their Health Care Hero. Sharon Krumm, our director of nursing had the following to say about Laurie. “Laurie's passion for excellent nursing care includes psychological, social and spiritual aspects of care. Her passion is manifested in a number of ways,(...)
Apr 12, 2011 1 comment
Reporting from the Front Lines of Cancer
Posted by Vanessa Wasta | Issues & Perspectives, UncategorizedWar correspondent Leroy Sievers had seen his share of gruesome battles and war-torn lands, but this strong, tall, affable guy would be taken down not by a stray bullet, but by cancer. It's never fair when fate deals this blow. But Leroy used used his storytelling talent to give readers and listeners an account of this(...)
Apr 5, 2011 No comments
5 Ways Social Workers Can Support You
Posted by Elissa Bantug | Issues & Perspectives, Survivorship, treatmentDo you know your social worker? You should. We’ve listed 5 ways that social workers can help cancer survivors. Elisabeth Tamasi, clinical social worker at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, discusses these five tips. 1. Sexuality, Intimacy and Body Image “Social workers are great resources to help start a dialogue with you and your(...)
Mar 29, 2011 No comments
Our Cancer blog finds a new home
Posted by Vanessa Wasta | Issues & Perspectives, UncategorizedPatients, caregivers, friends, family, doctors, nurses and researchers...we're proud to introduce a new blog in the Johns Hopkins family. The Our Cancer blog, authored by Laurie Singer Sievers and previously hosted by National Public Radio (NPR), has a new home here. Johns Hopkins is a natural landing spot for Our Cancer. It was here that Laurie's(...)
Mar 21, 2011 1 comment
A Prize, Promotion and Press Story
Posted by Vanessa Wasta | Issues & Perspectives, ResearchAbout ten years ago, researcher Bert Vogelstein appeared with Katie Couric on the Today Show to announce new research on a stool test for colon cancer. Since then, he's mapped scores of cancer genomes to boost knowledge about cancer-related genes, and the Brupbacher Foundation in Zurich has now awarded Vogelstein a prize for his research(...)
Mar 18, 2011 No comments