HEAL Living Well After Cancer  

 
             
       
  WINTER 2007 / V1N3      
 

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ADVISORY BOARD

 
Beginnings
 
Cancer Odyssey
A message from the Heal team
 
 
People
 
A Mission of Empowerment

A Mission of Empowerment
A psychologist and brain tumor survivor focuses on helping others flourish

 
Growing Up After Cancer

Growing Up After Cancer
Q&A with Anna T. Meadows, MD, about issues faced by pediatric cancer survivors

 
Friends for Life

Friends for Life
A shared experience of cancer gives four childhood friends a common goal

 
 
Body
 
Best Face Forward Best Face Forward
Survivors of head and neck cancers are benefiting from more specialized approaches to facial restoration
 
Letting Your Guard Down Letting Your Guard Down
Many breast cancer survivors fail to get regular mammograms
 
 
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Spirit
 
Space to Heal

Space to Heal [Cover Story]
After cancer’s devastation, survivors can use music, color and nature to turn their homes into healing places
Also: My Healing Journal

 
The Not-so-Funny Pages

The Not-So-Funny Pages
The comic strip Funky Winkerbean tackles cancer in a beloved character

 
Days of Wine & Chocolate

Days of Wine & Chocolate
One woman’s gastronomic trek to recover a part of her old life

 

 

 

 
Knowledge
 
A Virus as ‘Smart Bomb’
Scientists aim gene therapy at cancer stem cells in order to fight gliomas
 
The Medicare Menu

The Medicare Menu
Cancer survivors should be careful when making Medicare choices
for 2008

 
 
Connections
 
And the Winner Is?

And the Winner Is?
Studying the national healthcare debate

 
Stepping Into the Fray
Deciding to stand for something or someone
 
Hard-Won Lessons

Hard-Won Lessons
Ovarian cancer survivors are working to ensure that future doctors will recognize early symptoms of the disease

 
Picture This

Picture This
A calendar by survivors in Moab, Utah, is educating townspeople about cancer

 
More CONNECTIONS News >
 
 
Transitions
 
Falling off a Financial Cliff

Falling Off a Financial Cliff
Cancer is a leading cause for long-term disability claims, but most people don’t have enough disability insurance to avoid financial hardship

 
Cancer's Crazy Christmas Mother

Cancer’s Crazy Christmas Mother
Seeing every Christmas as a last chance to etch a memory of ourselves in everything our children touch

 
An Advanced Degree in Survival

An Advanced Degree in Survival
A Gilda's Club program enlists the wisdom and experience of survivors

 
 
Prevention
 
Helping Quitters Win Helping Quitters Win
Finding a way to stop smoking is particularly important to the health of cancer survivors, who can use a variety of methods to help them succeed
 

Also
 
Voices Voices
What hurt or helped?
 
Letters